Canterbury District Health Board will soon go live with the Cortex mobile clinical documentation application at the emergency department at Christchurch Hospital's new Hagley acute services building, joining another 27 clinical departments using the locally designed platform.

Cortex comprises a digital patient list and task manager, a clinical documentation system, electronic ordering and viewing of results, and a care coordination and communications channel that links all team members in a patient's care, delivered on iPhones and iPads at the bedside.