1st May 2015
Dear Sir/Madam,
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request regarding the Trust’s IT and EPR
structure.
The Trust can provide the following information:
1, What is the Trust’s current policy / position regarding a trust wide Electronic Patient Record (EPR) in relation
to acute, primary, secondary, tertiary, and community care. Where applicable kindly mention how the Trust is
wishing to obtain a Trust wide EPR, and a paperless or paper-light environment, with relevant times scales and
type of solution.
 The Trust has one EPR system for acute care and a second system for community care. The Trust is
working towards a paper-light / paperless environment.
2, Kindly provide an up-to-date and granular Trust IT department structure chart containing positions and
contact details, kindly ensure information relating to the Clinical Information Officer / Department is present.
 We do not have an up-to-date departmental structure chart. Niall Canavan, Director of IT & Systems.
Paul Adams, Head of Clinical Information Systems.
3, Kindly provide information about which company has provided the Trust with a solution to support the
following functionality / departments:
 Trust wide Electronic Patient Record – Cerner Millennium, exp. 2019 / Servelec RiO, exp. 2020
 Patient Administration System – Cerner Millennium, exp. 2019 / Servelec RiO, exp. 2020
 Emergency department Solution – Cerner Millennium, exp. 2019
 Maternity Solution – Cerner Millennium, exp. 2019; K2 Guardian,
 Electronic observations / Early warning signs / Vital signs – Cerner Millennium, exp. 2019
 Theatre Management Solution – Cerner Millennium, exp. 2019
 Radiology Information System – Cerner Millennium, exp. 2019
 Radiology Images (PACS) – Carestream PACS, exp. 2019
 Bed Management / Capacity – Cerner Millennium, exp. 2019
 Trust wide agenda / planning – (roster system) MAPS Allocate,
 Clinical care portal – Cerner HIE, exp. 2016
 Patient care portal – Cerner HIE, exp. 2016
 Prescribing for oncology – Aria,
 Pharmacy dispensing support – JAC,
 Laboratory – Clinisys Winpath,
 Electronic Ordering / Results – Cerner Millennium, exp. 2019 / Clinisys Winpath,
 Discharge paperwork – Cerner Millennium, exp. 2019 / Servelec RiO, exp. 2020
 Clinical documentation – Cerner Millennium, exp. 2019 / Servelec RiO, exp. 2020
 Cardiology PAS – Cerner Millennium, exp. 2019 (to cardiology systems via interface)
 Community PAS – Servelec RiO, exp. 2020
 Paediatrics PAS – Cerner Millennium, exp. 2019
 Data Warehouse / Business Intelligence – Cerner Millennium, exp. 2019 / Qlikview,
4, Kindly provide the Trust’s Clinical Digital Maturity Index (CDMI).
 64
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5, What’s the Trust’s historical and projected annual spend on the above mentioned IT applications, such as
licensing, maintenance and support.
 ~£2m
6, Kindly provide details of strategic IT projects that the Trust are, will be, or are planning to carrying out over
the next few years.
 Infrastructure refresh, including SAN storage, network, virtual server hardware and wifi upgrades
7, What internal or external to the trust information source (contact person or website) should be used by the
external bodies to obtain more information about any upcoming tenders / change processes in connection
with the replacement of solutions for the above listed functionalities / departments.
 http://www.homerton.nhs.uk/our-services/services-a-z/p/procurement/tendering-and-contractopportunities/
8, Who would be the most suitable person / position within the Trust to approach if more information is
required, kindly provide their current contact details.
 niall.canavan@homerton.nhs.uk & paul.adams@homerton.nhs.uk
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manager at foi@homerton.nhs.uk , in the first instance. If, following that, you still have
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Complaints resolution, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SM9 5AF, or by
email www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk to take them further.
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Information Governance Manager/Deputy Calidcott Guardian
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