Digital Health and Care in
Practice
Introduction
Services provided at all NHS locations in the local
health community, including:
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3 acute hospital sites
6 primary care resource centres
3 primary care walk in centres
89 GP practices
Drivers
Computerise healthcare and IT services become
“mission critical”
• Construction of two new hospitals (2008-2010)
• Access to clinical records is available throughout the
health economy
• More users using IT to directly support care
• requiring greater mobility/flexibility in IT access
• accessing greater volumes of information faster
• Information of an increasingly sensitive nature
• from both internal and external sources
• With little tolerance for downtime
Starting the Journey - EDMS
• A pioneering project which enables the delivery of
electronic health records to the point of care in every
setting to every patient, every time.
• This landmark innovation is first of type in
eliminating the use of the paper health records in
clinical practice.
Revolutionary
• Independently accredited award winning solution
• A bespoke design with significant clinical input
• Transformed delivery of clinical services and changed
organisational culture
• C-Cube IHR Software from OIT UK Ltd
• Significant interest from other organisations
The Patients Journey
Clinical System Interaction
Referral
Management
Product
Principles
 PAS
Patient Outpatients
Safety
 PAS
 Maxims ADT
Accident & Emergency
 Maxims A&E
Waiting List
Management
 PAS
 MAXIMS
Inpatients
EDM
 ADT
 eDischarge
 e-VTE
Implementation – Starting the Journey
Infrastructure
• A process driven IM&T service within a strong
governance framework
• Robust, high capacity, Infrastructure to meet the
needs of 24*7 healthcare organizations
Customer facing services that deliver added value
• Skilled, target driven, support service
Design
• Safe and secure system which
is easy to use
• A clinically led intuitive design
• Records are quick to find and
access is fast and flexible
• Works well in all areas and
with all users
• Complete record available in
primary care
Medical Secretary Offices
Health Records Library
EDM- Benefits
• Improvement in Patient Safety
• Concurrent access of a record
• Reduction in estate
requirements for Health records
• Records are quick to find and
access is fast and flexible
• Highly available, high quality
records
• Improve patient experience
PORTAL
E-MEWS
E-prescribing
Theatre
Apps
Maternity
EDMS
PACS
eDischarge
Maxims
OPENSOURCE
PAS (Hearts)
1992
2014
2020
Radiology
Letters &
Discharge
Requests
&Results
Case notes
Capability & Readiness
Success Story – Order Communications
Thank You
Questions?
Rowan Pritchard-Jones
Rowan.Jones@sthk.nhs.uk