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London North West Healthcare trust and the Hillingdon Hospitals FT have signed a ten year, £40 million deal to implement the Cerner EPR.
This is in line with the North West London Integrated Care System s draft commissioning strategy which states that the four acutes are working towards one acute group model .
To facilitate greater interoperability, the trusts will join Imperial College Healthcare trust and Chelsea and Westminster FT, both Cerner clients already sharing a domain themselves.
The two latest trusts to join are also recruiting several senior joint roles to work on the EPR roll-out and digital integration between the trusts.
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Credit: Sunderland Royal Hospital
Sunderland Royal Hospital has become the only hospital in the north of England to be awarded the highest attainable accreditation on the EMRAM.
EMRAM, or the Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model, measures the adoption and maturity of a health facility’s EMR capabilities from 0 to 7.
The hospital, which is recognised as a Global Digital Exemplar (GDE), was awarded Stage 7 following a two day virtual assessment, by HIMSS assessors after previously achieving Stage 6 in January.
WHY IT MATTERS
The accolade means Sunderland Royal Hospital joins an elite few organisations around the world to achieve the digital standard.