York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust have announced their preferred supplier for their integrated EPR systems, with Nervecentre to deploy its cloud-native platform for both trusts.
Nervecentre’s EPR offers software-as-a-service architecture and access to real-time electronic patient records on mobile devices. The supplier highlights how the platform supports clinicians to work across trusts, with the technology enabling “integration with the wider care system whilst maintaining localised autonomy”.
Paul Volkaerts, Nervecentre’s CEO, shared that seven acute trusts across the NHS are now utilising the EPR.
Electronic patient records in the spotlight
Last week HTN reported how East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust has launched online hub My Pregnancy Notes at Lister Hospital’s maternity unit, facilitating delivery of a maternity electronic patient record system.
We highlighted how Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust has awarded a 10-year contract extension for an EPR system from The Phoenix Partnership (TPP), set to run for 10 years and worth an estimated £6,294,780.
Nervecentre was also selected by Northampton General Hospital, with a 10-year contract signed and announced in July.
We reported an update from Norfolk and Waveney Acute Hospitals Collaborative on plans to implement a shared EPR across Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals, James Paget University Hospitals, and The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King’s Lynn NHS Foundation Trust, with the full business case now approved.
Another shared EPR between Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust was reported upon in May.
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust went live with its Oracle electronic patient system in June.
And to read about health tech professionals discussing how to extend EPR value through mobility and connected devices, click here to catch up on a panel hosted by HTN in July.
Also from the region
Earlier this month, HTN noted how NHS England partnered with the North East Business Resilience Centre on a pilot project designed to tackle cyber threats by delivering ‘digital health checks’ for small and medium businesses in the social care sector in the North East and Yorkshire.
We highlighted how York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust published a prior information notice highlighting its intention to procure a software package to support e-Job planning, medical appraisal, re-validation and 360˚ feedback management.
And you can read more about the digital and data landscape in the North East and Yorkshire here in HTN’s ICS regional feature series.
