Contract Win
System C Healthcare plc
26 March 2007
System C Healthcare wins major IT contract with Isle of Man Government DHSS
System C Healthcare plc is delighted to announce that the company and its
products have been chosen by the Isle of Man Government Department of Health &
Social Security (DHSS) to provide an island-wide healthcare IT service. System C
will be installing software solutions both at the Nobles hospital in Douglas and
throughout the island's community services to provide a fully integrated
Clinical Care Support Service (CCSS) serving all care settings.
The contract with the DHSS is a three phase framework contract with an estimated
value of £7.5m over seven years. The bulk of the software is expected to be
delivered in 2007/8.
At Nobles' Hospital, on the outskirts of the Island's capital, Douglas, System C
will be providing its MedWay Electronic Patient Record system to manage all
clinical and administrative requirements. MedWay comprises an advanced Patient
Administration System (PAS) and a clinical workstation with test results,
orders, clinical noting, correspondence, integrated X-Ray viewing and clinical
data collection and analysis.
System C will also be providing a range of integrated departmental solutions
including document tracking, maternity, pharmacy, theatres, prescribing and
accident and emergency. Its HealthData Manager suite will provide statistical
and management reporting facilities, and links to both new and existing
specialist systems will be provided using the Rhapsody interface engine. This
will enable clinicians workling across the island to be given access to
electronic care pathways via the CCSS.
The community aspects of the CCSS programme will include social services,
community (GP and Pharmacy services) and mental health applications as well as
an ambulance system.
All of the island's healthcare systems will be linked together using a single
consolidated patient index and an island-wide electronic health record, allowing
care providers to view a consolidated and shared record of each islander's
healthcare details.
A unique feature of the programme is the extremely tight integration of third
party products into the overall solution. Systems such as the Eclipse Maternity
System are completely integrated with MedWay so that users can enter maternity
details or view X-rays directly from MedWay screens.
System C's founding director Markus Bolton said "This is an exciting project
which aims to facilitate closer working between all health and social care
professionals on the island. It is also the first Electronic Patient Record
procurement for some time and we are delighted to have won against such a large
and competitive field. System C has an excellent delivery record of these types
of systems and we look forward to bringing real benefits to patients, clinicians
and all health service users."
System C Chief Executive, Ian Denley, commented, "We are delighted to have been
chosen by the Isle of Man Government. This reinforces the strength of our Medway
product and our group services and underpins market consensus products forecasts
for next year".
Roger Godfrey, Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon at Nobles Hospital and
clinical lead for the programme said "We chose System C because they understood
the island's requirements and showed us a product set which closely matched what
we needed. The way System C has integrated the various components of the
solution will allow us to bring on board different departments in a manageable
way over the next couple of years. We are very pleased to have found such a
proactive and knowledgeable partner."
For further information please contact
System C Healthcare plc
Dr Ian Denley, Chief Executive
Markus Bolton, Founding Director Tel: 01622 691 616
Maitland
Emma Burdett
Richard Farnsworth Tel: 020 7379 5151
Isle of Man Government DHSS
Mr Roger Godfrey
Consultant, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon,
& Clinical Lead of the CCSS Project Tel: 01624 650 198
Allan Paterson
Director, Information Systems Division, Treasury Tel: 01624 685 523
Paul Harper
DHSS Director, Strategic Information & Development Tel: 01624 685 050
Notes to editors:
System C Healthcare plc (www.systemc.com), established in 1983, specialises in
the provision of information systems and solutions to the healthcare sector. Its
staff have an average of 14 years' healthcare experience and can provide all
aspects of systems design, development and deployment services. System C is
founded upon the belief that IT solutions, when effectively implemented, can
significantly contribute towards improving patient care.
System C is a specialist developer and supplier of Patient Administration and
Electronic Patient Record Systems to the health service. The company's MedWay
product is successfully installed at a number of NHS hospitals including
University Hospitals Aintree, Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust, Tameside
Hospitals NHS Trust and the Christie, one of the UK's leading cancer hospitals.
System C has helped to install healthcare systems at over 130 NHS Trusts and
offers a wide range of services to Local Service Providers, the NHS and
third-party suppliers. These include programme/project/change management,
design, build and test, implementation, training, data migration, interfacing
and helpdesk/support services. Within the National Programme for IT (NPfIT),
System C people have been involved in 75% of secondary care go-lives to date as
well as many GP, community, Single Assessment Programme and child health
deployments.
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