Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust has signed a contract with the Access Group to introduce its electronic patient record system.
Nick Black, CIO and senior information risk owner at Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS has taken to LinkedIn to announce the trust’s successful procurement of the EPR.
Black shares that following a “robust” procurement process, TEWV has signed a contract with The Access Group for their Rio Evo EPR, with work already starting ahead of a planned go-live in April 2027.
Reposting news of the contract signing from The Access Group on LinkedIn, Black goes on to say: “I haven’t been this excited about tech for years – the transformational and productivity opportunities are endless. Underpinned by cutting edge AI driven dev tooling (cutting edge for business not just for healthcare).”
Wider trend: EPR
Progress is being made toward the development of a national electronic health record in Ireland with the publication of a tender, the Health Service Executive has shared. The move toward a national electronic health record echoes the Irish government’s commitment to digitising healthcare records and information systems set out in the Programme for Government and Sláintecare, with a focus on data to follow the patient, support integrated care, and reduce admin burden. It will be supported by the Health Information Bill, offering a legal framework for sharing health information across the health service.
With the help of a panel of experts from across the health sector, HTN recently took a deep dive into EPRs, looking at approaches to implementation, lessons learned, challenges, and future directions. Panellists included Ian Mackenzie, CIO at Surrey and Borders Partnership; Ciara Moore, EPR operations director at Bath, Salisbury and Great Western Group; Keltie Jamieson, CIO at Bermuda Hospitals Board; and Michael Hardman, practice lead for software development at Aire Logic.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has announced a 10-year agreement for the Nervecentre electronic patient record system across the trust’s hospitals. The £53 million agreement will see Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital and Royal Liverpool University Hospital utilise the single, integrated digital patient record, joining 15 trusts now committed to Nervecentre. The system is planned to replace “a complex landscape of existing digital systems”, the trust said.
