CAREFUL is a clinical care coordination platform that provides real-time visibility and accountability for multidisciplinary healthcare teams, enabling efficient communication and task management across different care settings. By integrating with existing hospital information systems, it replaces inefficient tools like emails and messaging apps, ensuring that patient care plans are consistently updated and reducing the risk of errors during transitions of care.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Healthcare teams often struggle with inefficient communication and fragmented task management across different care settings, leading to errors and delays in patient care. Existing communication methods like emails, messaging apps, and paper-based systems lack real-time visibility and accountability, hindering effective coordination among multidisciplinary teams. This can result in inconsistent care plans and increased risk during transitions of care.
Solution
CAREFUL is a clinical care coordination platform designed to provide real-time visibility and accountability for multidisciplinary healthcare teams, facilitating efficient communication and task management. The platform integrates with existing hospital information systems to replace inefficient communication tools, ensuring consistently updated patient care plans. By providing a shared view of patient status and a task-based plan of care, CAREFUL clarifies responsibilities and promotes single-point accountability within clinical teams. The platform supports users in sending, receiving, and sharing responsibility for patient care during handovers, referrals, discharges, and transfers.
Target Audience
The primary users are healthcare practitioners in hospitals, clinics, and community providers, as well as hospital leaders and managers seeking to improve patient flow and resource allocation.
Features
- Real-time task management and communication tools for multidisciplinary teams
- Integration with existing hospital information systems (HIS) and electronic patient record (EPR) systems
- Mobile, tablet, and desktop accessibility for seamless coordination across different care settings
- Configurable patient status views for monitoring patient flow and progress
- Secure platform for sharing patient information and care plans
- Facilitates peer-to-peer handovers, internal referrals, and patient transfers
- Replaces inefficient communication methods such as WhatsApp, emails, bleeps, and spreadsheets