IT SOLUTIONS
L /R - Lord Philip Hunt, Chair of Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust; Lesley Conner, EDM Group’s Business Development Director; Sam Ferguson, CEO of EDM Group; Andy Laverick, IT Director for Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust.
The Heart of England NHS Foun- dation Trust has signed a £7m contract to digitise its patient medical records across all hospi- tals and clinics.
The five-year contract will allow images and date to be scanned and transferred onto the trust’s secure online workflow system.
Digitisation aims to reduce costs and increase the security of pa- tient files. A rapid response ser- vice will also allow records to be made available within two hours, according to need.
As part of the contract agreement, more than 360 million archive im- ages and thousands of daily files are being tracked, transported, captured and scanned.
Andy Laverick, IT director for the trust, said: “As one of the largest trusts in England, the digitisation of records is part of our ongoing
commitment to drive up stand- ards, putting patient care and safety at the heart of everything we do. Not only will using this new system enhance the overall effi- ciency of the trust, it will also help to reduce costs and increase the security of our patient files.”
Medical records manager Lynn Duggan added: “When undertak- ing the procurement process we wanted to secure a partner who not only represented the best val- ue for money, but could also se- curely process the large volumes of documents with exacting audit- ability and traceability.”
Sam Ferguson, CEO of EDM Group, which is conducting the work, said: “We believe our suc- cess was, in part, due to our ca- pacity to meet the project time- scale, as well as the quality of our solution which addressed all compliance issues at a competi- tive cost.”
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