EPR System at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

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Dear The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust,

We are currently doing some research and would greatly appreciate it if you could help us with the following questions:

1. Please could you confirm the main EPR system (e.g Cerner Millennium, EPIC etc.) in place at your Trust.
2. If you currently do not have an EPR system in place, do you have plants to implement one? (Yes/No) If yes, when?
3. Does your main hospital EPR system have the HL7 FHIR API’s enabled? (Yes/No)
4. If no, do you have plans to enable this at present?
5. What is the specific product name of the EPR product you currently use for your Oncology department (e.g. ARIA, FLATIRON etc.)?
6. Is your Oncology EPR HL7 FHIR enabled? (Yes/No)
7. If no, can it be HL7 FHIR enabled? (Yes/No)
8. If no, why can it not be HL7 FHIR enabled? (e.g. technology is not capable, cost related reasons etc.)

We look forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,

Aiysha Rasul

foi (SHREWSBURY AND TELFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST), The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

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Dear Ms Rasul,

 

Thank you for your request for information.

 

The Trust acknowledges your request and it is being processed as a new
request under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, I will
let you know. A fees notice will be issued to you if necessary and you
will be required to pay before I will proceed to deal with your
request.                                                                            

                                                                  

Please find attached a briefing which explains:

 

o your rights to request a review by the Trust or to complain to the
Information Commissioner’s Office if you are not satisfied with the
response from the Trust,
o an outline of the Trust’s policy on the Reuse of Public Sector
Information

 

If you have any queries regarding this email, please contact me and quote
the reference number above in any future correspondence.

 

Please note that there may be an unavoidable delay in response to your
request for information due to urgent operational pressures Trust staff
are undergoing while responding to Public Health priorities. We apologise
for any inconvenience this may cause, we do remain committed to responding
to your request and will respond as soon as we are able. Should our
response to your request breach the statutory timeframe and you remain
unhappy with our response you have the right to complain to the
Information Commissioners Office and you can contact them at:

 

 

The Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

 

Tel: 0303 123 1113

Website: [1]www.ico.gov.uk

 

There is no charge for making an appeal.

 

Please find the link to the ICO’s COVID-19 response

 

[2]https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-an...

Kind regards,

Sophie Cole

 

 

 

 

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Oak Road | Shrewsbury |
Shropshire | SY3 8XQ

 

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COLE, Sophie (SHREWSBURY AND TELFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST), The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

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Dear Ms Rasul,

 

I am writing to apologise that this request will be late. We have most of
you request read but our outstanding information relating to questions
6-8.

 

Would you like what we have ready now, or wait for the complete response
when all the information has been sought?

 

Kind regards,

 

Sophie

 

 

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Trust | Royal
Shrewsbury Hospital |
Mytton Oak Road |
Shrewsbury | Shropshire
| SY3 8XQ

 

Telephone 01743 261087

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From: foi (SHREWSBURY AND TELFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST)
Sent: 09 June 2020 17:32
To: I.Data <[5][FOI #669027 email]>
Subject: 20-0608 FOI Request: EPR System at Shrewsbury and Telford
Hospital NHS Trust

 

Dear Ms Rasul,

 

Thank you for your request for information.

 

The Trust acknowledges your request and it is being processed as a new
request under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, I will
let you know. A fees notice will be issued to you if necessary and you
will be required to pay before I will proceed to deal with your
request.                                                                            

                                                                  

Please find attached a briefing which explains:

 

o your rights to request a review by the Trust or to complain to the
Information Commissioner’s Office if you are not satisfied with the
response from the Trust,
o an outline of the Trust’s policy on the Reuse of Public Sector
Information

 

If you have any queries regarding this email, please contact me and quote
the reference number above in any future correspondence.

 

Please note that there may be an unavoidable delay in response to your
request for information due to urgent operational pressures Trust staff
are undergoing while responding to Public Health priorities. We apologise
for any inconvenience this may cause, we do remain committed to responding
to your request and will respond as soon as we are able. Should our
response to your request breach the statutory timeframe and you remain
unhappy with our response you have the right to complain to the
Information Commissioners Office and you can contact them at:

 

 

The Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

 

Tel: 0303 123 1113

Website: [6]www.ico.gov.uk

 

There is no charge for making an appeal.

 

Please find the link to the ICO’s COVID-19 response

 

[7]https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-an...

Kind regards,

Sophie Cole

 

 

 

 

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The Shrewsbury and
Telford Hospital NHS
Trust | Royal
Shrewsbury Hospital |
Mytton Oak Road |
Shrewsbury | Shropshire
| SY3 8XQ

 

Telephone 01743 261087

Email
[9][email address]
 

FOI email
[10][email address

 

 

 

 

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foi (SHREWSBURY AND TELFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST), The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust

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Dear  Ms Rasul,

 

Thank you for your FOI request sent on 5^th June 2020. You asked:

 

 

We are currently doing some research and would greatly appreciate it if
you could help us with the following questions:

 

1. Please could you confirm the main EPR  system (e.g Cerner Millennium,
EPIC etc.) in place at your Trust.

2. If you currently do not have an EPR system in place, do you have plants
to implement one? (Yes/No) If yes, when?

3. Does your main hospital EPR system have the HL7 FHIR API’s enabled?
(Yes/No) 4. If no, do you have plans to enable this at present?

5. What is the specific product name of the EPR product you currently use
for your Oncology department (e.g. ARIA, FLATIRON etc.)?

6. Is your Oncology EPR HL7 FHIR enabled? (Yes/No) 7.  If no, can it be
HL7 FHIR enabled? (Yes/No) 8. If no, why can it not be HL7 FHIR enabled?
(e.g. technology is not capable, cost related reasons etc.)

 

 

Under Section 1(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I can
confirm that The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust holds
information that falls within the definition in your request which is set
out below:

 

1.     Please could you confirm the main EPR  system (e.g Cerner
Millennium, EPIC etc.) in place at your Trust.

SystemC

 

2.     If you currently do not have an EPR system in place, do you have
plants to implement one? (Yes/No) If yes, when?

N/a

 

3.     Does your main hospital EPR system have the HL7 FHIR API’s enabled?
(Yes/No)

No

 

4.     If no, do you have plans to enable this at present?

HL7 and working towards FHIR

 

5.     What is the specific product name of the EPR product you currently
use for your Oncology department (e.g. ARIA, FLATIRON etc.)?

Varian Medocon

 

6.     Is your Oncology EPR HL7 FHIR enabled? (Yes/No)

No

 

7.     If no, can it be HL7 FHIR enabled? (Yes/No)

No

 

8.     If no, why can it not be HL7 FHIR enabled? (e.g. technology is not
capable, cost related reasons etc.)

Varian’s current generation integration engine for ARIA Medical Oncology
(IEM) does not support web services / FHIR.

 

 

Please also find attached a briefing which explains your rights to request
a review by the Trust or to complain to the Information Commissioner’s
Office if you are not satisfied with the response from the Trust, and an
outline of the Trust’s policy on the Reuse of Public Sector Information.

 

If you have any queries regarding this email, please contact the Freedom
of Information Officer via [1][The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust request email] and quote the reference
number above in any future correspondence. If you would like to give
feedback please visit [2]https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/DXTP8QQ for our
short questionnaire.

 

Kind regards,

Sophie Cole

 

 

 

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Stretton House|

The Shrewsbury and
Telford Hospital NHS
Trust | Royal
Shrewsbury Hospital |
Mytton Oak Road |
Shrewsbury | Shropshire
| SY3 8XQ

 

Telephone 01743 261087

Email
[4][email address]
 

FOI email
[5][email address

 

 

 

 

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From: foi (SHREWSBURY AND TELFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST)
Sent: 09 June 2020 17:32
To: I.Data <[7][FOI #669027 email]>
Subject: 20-0608 FOI Request: EPR System at Shrewsbury and Telford
Hospital NHS Trust

 

Dear Ms Rasul,

 

Thank you for your request for information.

 

The Trust acknowledges your request and it is being processed as a new
request under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, I will
let you know. A fees notice will be issued to you if necessary and you
will be required to pay before I will proceed to deal with your
request.                                                                            

                                                                  

Please find attached a briefing which explains:

 

o your rights to request a review by the Trust or to complain to the
Information Commissioner’s Office if you are not satisfied with the
response from the Trust,
o an outline of the Trust’s policy on the Reuse of Public Sector
Information

 

If you have any queries regarding this email, please contact me and quote
the reference number above in any future correspondence.

 

Please note that there may be an unavoidable delay in response to your
request for information due to urgent operational pressures Trust staff
are undergoing while responding to Public Health priorities. We apologise
for any inconvenience this may cause, we do remain committed to responding
to your request and will respond as soon as we are able. Should our
response to your request breach the statutory timeframe and you remain
unhappy with our response you have the right to complain to the
Information Commissioners Office and you can contact them at:

 

 

The Information Commissioner’s Office

Wycliffe House

Water Lane

Wilmslow

Cheshire

SK9 5AF

 

Tel: 0303 123 1113

Website: [8]www.ico.gov.uk

 

There is no charge for making an appeal.

 

Please find the link to the ICO’s COVID-19 response

 

[9]https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/news-an...

Kind regards,

Sophie Cole

 

 

 

 

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Stretton House|

The Shrewsbury and
Telford Hospital NHS
Trust | Royal Shrewsbury
Hospital | Mytton Oak
Road | Shrewsbury |
Shropshire | SY3 8XQ

 

Telephone 01743 261087

Email
[11][email address]
 

FOI email
[12][email address

 

 

 

 

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