New software development expected to have a significant impact on national and international levels

Researchers from our Faculty of Science and Technology's Vision and Eye Research Unit (VERU) have teamed up with healthcare software solutions provider Medisoft in a knowledge transfer partnership to help test new patient records software.

Rather than simply recording data captured during medical consultations the new software will assist the clinician in decision-making and measuring patient reported outcomes (PROMs).

VERU KTP Associate John Somner, who is heading up the tests, commented "electronic health records have typically promised a great deal but have failed to live up to expectations. Hopefully this project will allow a user centred design approach to develop an improved set of tools for glaucoma and uveitis patients."

It is anticipated that the new software will have a significant impact nationally and internationally where most clinicians lack an effective patient record system for these conditions.