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Lorenzo (electronic Health Record)
Lorenzo is a controversial electronic health record platform (EHR) by DXC Technology, originally designed in the early 2010s as part of the National Programme for IT in the NHS. Lorenzo was deployed across more than 20 NHS trusts across the United Kingdom between 2010 and 2015, with most trusts progressing procurement activities to replace the system as of 2020. Lorenzo has been a highly criticised platform, with NHS reviews and coroner investigations finding the system responsible for a number of adverse patient events. Initial procurement and launch The NHS and DXC Technology initiated negotiations for a new whole-of-system EHR in 2010. Despite the National Programme for IT being wound up by the UK Department of Health and Social Care, the department announced that it would enter into an agreement with DXC to supply Lorenzo to NHS trusts under a Standing Order Arrangement. The SOA allows the NHS to negotiate more beneficial agreements with providers by using the full purch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electronic Health Record
An electronic health record (EHR) is the systematized collection of electronically stored patient and population health information in a digital format. These records can be shared across different health care settings. Records are shared through network-connected, enterprise-wide information systems or other information networks and exchanges. EHRs may include a range of data, including demographics, medical history, medication and Allergy, allergies, immunization status, laboratory test results, radiology images, vital signs, personal statistics like age and weight, and billing information. For several decades, EHRs have been touted as key to increasing quality of care. EHR combines all patients' demographics into a large pool, which assists providers in the creation of "new treatments or innovation in healthcare delivery" to improve quality outcomes in healthcare. Combining multiple types of clinical data from the system's health records has helped clinicians identify and st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oracle Cerner
Oracle Health, formerly Cerner Corporation, is a US-based, multinational provider of health information technology (HIT) platforms and services. , it had 27,000 customers globally and 29,000 employees, with over 13,000 at its headquarters in North Kansas City, Missouri. In December 2021, Oracle Corporation announced an agreement to acquire Cerner for . The deal closed in June 2022, with Cerner becoming part of the broader Oracle brand. History Cerner was founded in 1979 by Neal Patterson, Paul Gorup, and Cliff Illig, who were colleagues at Arthur Andersen. Its original name was PGI & Associates but was renamed Cerner in 1984 when it rolled out its first system, PathNet. The name "Cerner" comes from the Latin word "cernere," which means "to separate" or "to discern". The name reflects the founders' vision of using software to help healthcare organizations make informed decisions and distinguish critical information. It went public in 1986. Cerner's client base grew steadily in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
The Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a combined acute and community NHS foundation trust in Sheffield, England. Founded in 2001 and awarded foundation status in 2004, the trust covers most of Sheffield's adult community services, two major adult hospitals, the Northern General Hospital and the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, as well as the specialised Charles Clifford Dental, Jessop Wing and Weston Park hospitals. The chief executive of the trust is Kirsten Major, the chief nurse is Chris Morley, the medical director for operations is Jennifer Hill, and the medical director for strategy and development is David Black. History The origins of the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust can be traced back to the legislation under Section 5 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, enacted by statutory order in October 1991, which transferred control of medical care in the Sheffield area over from the Sheffield Health Authority to f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust
The Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust is a public sector healthcare provider in Walsall, West Midlands, England. It originated as Walsall Hospital NHS Trust in December 1990, and was renamed in April 2011 after a merger by acquisition of the Walsall Community Health NHS Trust. It runs Walsall Manor Hospital and provides community services in Walsall. In December 2020 it agreed to appoint a joint chair with Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, anticipating plans to form a group model across the sustainability and transformation partnership. Development In November 2013 the Trust announced that it needed a new A&E department, intensive care unit and expansion of maternity services to deal with rising demand, on top of the £170 million redevelopment completed in 2010. The Trust's board meeting in May 2014 noted it had been forced to "recruit 25 additional staff" to address "a number of issues hichhave arisen as their Lorenzo patient record systems move to business as usual", including "back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
System C
System C Healthcare Limited is a British supplier of health information technology systems and services, based in Maidstone, Kent, specialising in the health and social care sectors. It employs about 525 staff. Overview System C essentially supplies National Health Service organisations. It is involved with one of twelve Global Digital Exemplars at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust. Company history The company was founded on 21 September 1983, and registered as ''Mythminster Ltd.'' The company was renamed several times before being called ''System C Healthcare Ltd'' on 3 June 2005. In June 2005, the company floated on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM). In 2008, System C acquired Care Records Ltd, a clinical system developer based in Nottingham. In 2009, System C acquired Liquidlogic Ltd, a company involved in social care information systems. In 2010, it was named one of the top 100 mid-sized companies to work for in the United Kingdom. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust runs the 400 bed Barnsley Hospital in Barnsley, South Yorkshire South Yorkshire is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It borders North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the north, the East Riding of Yorkshire to the north-east, Lincolnshire ..., England. It became a Foundation Trust in January 2005. In 2017 the trust established a subsidiary company, Barnsley Facilities Services, to which 140 estates and facilities staff were transferred. The intention was to achieve VAT benefits, as well as pay bill savings, by recruiting new staff on less expensive non-NHS contracts. VAT benefits arise because NHS trusts can only claim VAT back on a small subset of goods and services they buy. The Value Added Tax Act 1994 provides a mechanism through which NHS trusts can qualify for refunds on contracted-out services. Performance In May 2014 it emerged that the Trust, after bein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warrington And Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 December 2008 from what was formerly known as North Cheshire Hospitals NHS Trust. The trust comprises Warrington Hospital, Halton General Hospital in Runcorn and Houghton Hall in Warrington and is responsible for a budget of around £200 million per annum. 4,100 staff work across the hospitals and provide access to care for a population of over 500,000 people. In 2019 the trust began discussions of a merger with Bridgewater Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. My choice The trust introduced what they called the My Choice system in 2013, which enabled people to pay themselves for procedures the NHS would not provide for patients who had been denied varicose vein procedures. This is not described as a private patients service. According to the trust: "All procedures are carried out as part of the Trust’s normal elective programme." In 2019 it was expanded. The price list includes £8,500 for revision o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust provides mental health services across Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire, England. It runs the Bungalows, Chebsey Close, Darwin Centre, Harplands Hospital, Florence House and Summer View in Stoke-on-Trent, and Dragon Square Community Unit in Chesterton. The Trust formerly ran St Edward's Hospital in Cheddleton, an asylum which has now been closed as well as Bucknall Hospital and Stallington Hall which have also closed. It was established in 1994. It decided in May 2013 that it would not be able to win foundation trust status independently. However with changes to the NHS landscape it is no longer required to do so and was recognised by the CQC as an Outstanding provider of services. Fiona Myers, the chief executive left the Trust with immediate effect in March 2014. It took over the running of two GP practices in December 2018. In 2019 the Care Quality Commission rated the quality of care as outstanding. See also * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Papworth Hospital
Royal Papworth Hospital is a specialist heart and lung hospital, located on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus in Cambridgeshire, England. The Hospital is run by Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The hospital is a world-leading cardiothoracic transplant centre and the biggest in the UK, having carried out more heart and lung transplants in 2019/20 than any other hospital. It is also home to the UK's biggest sleep centre, and is one of five hospitals commissioned by NHS England to provide Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) to adults with severe respiratory failure. History Papworth Hospital was founded at Papworth Everard (to the west of Cambridge) in 1918 as a sanatorium for the treatment of tuberculosis among discharged soldiers who had served in the First World War, following a campaign led by Elsbeth Dimsdale, and was initially known as the “Cambridgeshire Tuberculosis Colony”. The institution was initially under the direction of Dr (later Sir) Pen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust
Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust was an NHS trust which ran Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford, St Peter's Hospital in Maldon, St Michael's Hospital in Braintree and formerly St John's Hospital in Chelmsford until its closure in 2010. A merger with Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was proposed in January 2018. On 31 July 2019 the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care endorsed the merger and a provisional date of 1 April 2020 was agreed. History The trust was established on 1 November 1991, and became operational on 1 April 1992. It took over services previously provided by the Mid Essex Health Authority. It was announced in March 2014 that the trust would take over Serco’s contract for running services at Braintree Community Hospital from the start of April. Performance The Trust predicts a deficit of £19.6m in 2013-14. In May 2014 it was reported that the trust, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Bristol NHS Trust
North Bristol NHS Trust is a NHS trust, National Health Service trust that provides community healthcare and hospital services to Bristol, South Gloucestershire, and North Somerset, England. The trust employs over 8,000 staff and delivers healthcare through several medical institutions, including Southmead Hospital, Cossham Memorial Hospital, Cossham Hospital, and the Bristol Centre for Enablement, as well as through various community-based clinics. In addition, medical teaching facilities are provided in association with the University of the West of England, Bristol University, and the University of Bath. History North Bristol NHS Trust was formed on 18 March 1999 after merging the former Southmead Health Services NHS Trust and Frenchay NHS Trust. The trust's headquarters were at Frenchay Hospital, moving to Southmead Hospital when Frenchay was closed in 2014. In December 2023, it was announced that North Bristol NHS Trust and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DXC Technology
DXC Technology Company is an American multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting company headquartered in Ashburn, Virginia. History DXC Technology was founded on April 3, 2017, through a merger between Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s Enterprise Services business unit and Computer Sciences Corporation. The company provided business-to-business IT services. It began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DXC. At the time of its creation, DXC Technology had revenues of $25 billion, with 6,000 enterprise and public sector clients across 70 countries, managed by around 170,000 staff. In July 2017, the company started a three-year plan to reduce the number of offices in India from 50 to 26, and reduce headcount by 5.9% (around 10,000) employees. In 2018, DXC split off its US public sector segment to create a new company, Perspecta Inc. In June 2019, with about 43,000 employees in India and one of its largest delivery engines for applica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
