Plotting a child’s growth by hand carries a quiet but persistent risk. A single miscalculated centile, or a measurement plotted on the wrong chart entirely, can mean a genuine concern goes unnoticed, or a healthy trajectory gets flagged as one. For clinical teams tracking height, weight, and BMI across hundreds of children, that margin for error compounds fast.
A Growth Chart Built for Every Child
Not every child follows a standard growth curve, and their records shouldn’t be forced onto one. iGROW plots against the UK’s full range of national standard charts, including specialist charts for Down syndrome, Turner syndrome, sitting height, and blood pressure, so measurements are always assessed against the curve that actually reflects the child in front of you. From the pre-term stage through to age twenty, iGROW follows a child’s full growth journey in one continuous, accurate record.
Removing the Need to Enter Data Twice
iGROW can run as a standalone system or integrate directly with the EPR systems clinical teams already use, including Lorenzo, EMIS, Cerner, Nervecentre, and Trakcare. That integration matters in practice. Instead of entering a child’s details twice, once in the EPR and again for growth plotting, information passes through automatically, and a plotted chart returns for review. Every measurement, calculation, and intervention is captured in a single audit trail that cannot be altered or deleted, giving clinical teams a fully accurate, reviewable history.
Why This Matters for Clinical Accuracy
Automating centile calculations removes the risk of manual miscalculation entirely. Whatever measurement is entered is plotted correctly, every time, and any incorrect entry is clearly flagged rather than silently absorbed into the record. For Trusts implementing an Electronic Document Management System such as Civica’s Cito, Mizaic’s MediViewer, or transitioning away from paper charts, this answers a question that often gets overlooked during digitisation: once paper is removed, how does a clinical team still plot growth data accurately, over time, without losing precision in the process.
Proven Across the NHS
iGROW is already used by more than 30 NHS Hospitals across the UK, with further Trusts at various stages of implementation. Deployments are typically fast. Once a Trust’s technical prerequisites are in place, a full implementation, integration, and go-live has been completed in as little as four weeks, supported throughout by Harlow’s own documentation and implementation team.
A Clinical Safeguard, Not Just a Digital Upgrade
The value of iGROW isn’t simply that it moves growth charts onto a screen. It’s that it removes a specific, well-documented source of clinical error, while making growth data instantly accessible to every authorised professional involved in a child’s care. That combination, accuracy and accessibility together, is what allows early developmental concerns to be caught sooner, rather than missed in the gap between a measurement being taken and a chart being reviewed.
Discover how iGROW can support your Trust’s growth tracking at igrow.software.