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New Regius Professor of Physic for University of Cambridge
Professor Patrick Maxwell will be one of CUH’s seven non-executive directors when he takes up his new appointment as Regius Professor of Physic at the University of Cambridge.
New role for Addenbrooke's chief executive
After nearly six years as chief executive, Dr Gareth Goodier will be leaving Cambridge University Hospitals in June 2012 having accepted a position in a major healthcare organisation in Australia.
New patient record system for CUH and Papworth moves to next stage
02 December 2011
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust have announced a shortlist of bidders who will compete for the contracts to deliver eHospital – a new programme of technology-supported business change.
The programme will give clinicians at both hospitals access to a single source of patient information, whenever and wherever they need it. With the planned relocation of Papworth Hospital to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, and with many of the licenses for hospital information systems at CUH due for renewal, the two trusts are taking the opportunity to create a modern, combined information technology service.
Following 53 responses to an initial tender advertisement in June 2011, 12 companies were selected as bidders in each of two groups – one covering hardware and infrastructure, and the other covering software. The shortlists have now been reduced to two groups of three.
Carrie Armitage, eHospital programme director at Cambridge University Hospitals, said: “Our vision for the future eHospital is one in which every member of our staff will have access to the information they need, when they need it, without having to look for a piece of paper, wait to use a computer, or ask the patient yet again.
“Cross-hospital working between the two trusts is already common, and is likely to increase after Papworth move to join us on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus. It makes sense for us to work together to create a comprehensive electronic patient record.”
Keith Swinburne, new Papworth Hospital technical manager, and eHospital programme director, Papworth Hospital, said: “Any approach which delivers a radical transformation of the productivity of the NHS is going to have information technology at its heart. A future where computers are part and parcel of everyday work for everyone will make our healthcare more efficient, effective, safe and reliable. We aim to improve patient care and to save money.”
The shortlisted firms for hardware and infrastructure are Accenture (as part of a consortium with McKesson and System C), BT, and Hewlett Packard. For software, the three firms are Allscripts, Cerner and Epic. A decision on the preferred bidders will be made in 2012.
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