What that does is it really frees up our volunteers to be able to spend a lot more time with our patients… helping rehabilitate them ready for release back out into the wild, rather than sitting down and doing a lot of many, many hours of data entry.
Lauren Mills, Manager of the education and wildlife rescue programs, WA Wildlife
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Lauren Mills, Manager of the education and wildlife rescue programs, WA Wildlife
The challenge
WA Wildlife’s recording system was designed when the hospital saw about 1,000 animals a year. Admissions climbed past 4,000, 5,000 and then 6,000, and the system couldn’t keep up with patient IDs and records.
Every record that didn’t go straight into the system meant more hours of volunteer data entry, and less time with the animals.
The solution
OneIT built a new animal management system that veterinarians use directly, recording each patient at the point of care. Lauren Mills says OneIT was “really instrumental in getting the one that we are working with really off the ground.”
OneIT is now working with the hospital on its next goal: fully digital, paperless records.
The benefits
Volunteers back with the animals
Time that used to go on data entry now goes to rehabilitating patients for release.
Records captured at the source
Vets enter patient details straight into the system. No transcribing later.
Built for 6,500+ patients a year
Six times the caseload the old system was designed for, handled with ease.
What we built
Patient records
A unique ID and full history for every animal admitted.
Direct vet entry
Veterinarians record treatment directly in the system.
Room to grow
A foundation for the hospital’s move to fully paperless records.