NHSE warns widely used EPR could pose ‘serious risks to patient safety’

NHS England has issued a national alert to all trusts providing maternity services after faults were discovered in IT software that could pose “potential serious risks to patient safety”.

According to the alert, the Euroking electronic patient record provided by Magentus Software could be displaying incorrect patient information to clinicians.

The Euroking EPR is used in the maternity departments of at least 15 trusts according to information held by HSJ.

These organisations have been asked to “consider if Euroking meets their maternity service’s needs” and to “ensure their local configuration is safe”. Trusts with different maternity EPR providers have also been asked to reassess the clinical safety of their solutions.

The potential “serious risks” relate to a fault in the Euroking EPR which allows new patient information to overwrite previously recorded information, which could lead to “incorrect management of the pregnancy and subsequent harm”.

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Source: HSJ,  8 December 2023