The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust has shared that its new electronic health record ‘Alex Health’ is to go live on 2-3 November 2024, offering an integrated digital record of patient care which will draw information from “all health systems that currently store patient information/data”.
The trust refers to the go-live as a “major undertaking” with a lot of work involved, but expects “huge benefits for patients” following deployment.
Princess Alexandra add that it will be operating at a reduced capacity for a number of weeks following go-live to enable staff to get used to new ways of working, with urgent and emergency, maternity and critical care services unaffected.
On X, the trust highlighted the potential as well to “lead to some delays” and shared answers to commonly asked questions such as what patients can expect, how patients may access the record, and what patients will see. Read the questions and answers guide here.
From 31 October, we will be operating at a reduced capacity for a few weeks while our people adapt to the new ways of working for our electronic health record system, Alex Health, which may also lead to some delays. For more information, visit: https://t.co/mUmrHLjI6n pic.twitter.com/RvnTJIVNW9
— The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (@NHSHarlow) October 29, 2024
In other news around electronic patient records, we recently highlighted how United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust announced the preferred supplier for its upcoming EPR.
Earlier this week, HTN noted how NHS England published a contract notice with an estimated total value of £13.3 million for an “experienced, multi-skilled, rapid response intervention service also known as a Tiger Teams service” to support EPR delivery across England.
Other contract news includes Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust and Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust seeking to establish a framework for a data partner to support their unified electronic patient record programme.
And as part of our recent EPR-focused feature series, we shared a report into all things electronic patient records including recent go-lives, market analysis, insight from digital leaders on the topic and more.
Also from the region
Looking at the wider Essex region, we reported how NHS Mid & South Essex ICB is looking to appoint a provider for an integrated community dermatology service including teledermatology.
We also noted how Mid and South Essex ICS went live with its shared care record in the summer; and looked into the annual report from Mid and South Essex Community Collaborative, which examines some of the key digital projects and initiatives to have impacted on health and care in the region over a 12-month period.
