Clinical Systems Query

Miss G Kovacs made this Freedom of Information request to Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland) as part of a batch sent to 74 authorities This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.

The request was refused by Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland).

Miss G Kovacs
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Dear FOI Team,

I am writing to make an open government request for all the information to which I am entitled under the FOI Act 2000.

Can you please forward responses to the questions below regarding your trust’s BI & Data Warehousing, E-rostering (staffing), Order Communications, Pathology, Pharmacy, and Scheduling systems?

Please enter 'No System Installed' under supplier name if your trust does not use the system:
System type – BI & Data Warehousing
Supplier name
System name -
Date installed -
Contract expiration -
Is this contract annually renewed? - Yes/No
Do you currently have plans to replace this system? - Yes/No
Procurement framework -
Other systems it integrates with? –
Total value of contract (£) –
Notes - e.g. we are currently out to tender
-
System type – E-Rostering (staffing)
Supplier name
System name -
Date installed -
Contract expiration -
Is this contract annually renewed? - Yes/No
Do you currently have plans to replace this system? - Yes/No
Procurement framework -
Other systems it integrates with? –
Total value of contract (£) –
Notes - e.g. we are currently out to tender
-
System type – Order Communications
Supplier name
System name -
Date installed -
Contract expiration -
Is this contract annually renewed? - Yes/No
Do you currently have plans to replace this system? - Yes/No
Procurement framework -
Other systems it integrates with? –
Total value of contract (£) –
Notes - e.g. we are currently out to tender
-
System type - Pathology
Supplier name
System name -
Date installed -
Contract expiration -
Is this contract annually renewed? - Yes/No
Do you currently have plans to replace this system? - Yes/No
Procurement framework -
Other systems it integrates with? –
Total value of contract (£) –
Notes - e.g. we are currently out to tender
-
System type – Pharmacy
Supplier name
System name -
Date installed -
Contract expiration -
Is this contract annually renewed? - Yes/No
Do you currently have plans to replace this system? - Yes/No
Procurement framework -
Other systems it integrates with? –
Total value of contract (£) –
Notes - e.g. we are currently out to tender
-
System definition:
BI & Data Warehousing – integrates data and information collected from various sources, e.g. electronic patient/health records, enterprise resource planning systems, radiology and lab databases, wearables etc, into one comprehensive database

E-rostering (staffing) - An electronic staff management tool that enables trusts to plan staffing requirements, report on enhanced hours, overtime, sickness, TOIL and annual leave. Common suppliers include Allocate Software.

Order Communications - Diagnostic tests are electronically ordered and communicated, rather than being ordered on paper

Pathology - Pathology testing is managed electronically

Pharmacy - Pharmacy orders and stock control is managed electronically

Thanks for your time.

Yours faithfully,
Miss G Kovacs

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Dear Miss Kovacs

FOI ENQUIRY RE: Clinical Systems Query

Thank you for your request for information received on 26 May 2022 which we are dealing with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Further clarification may be required to ensure your request is dealt with appropriately and if this is the case we will contact you again.

Under Freedom of Information guidelines a response should be provided by 27 June 2022.

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Dear Miss G Kovacs,

 

I refer to your Freedom of Information (FOI) request received on 26 May
2022. Our response is now attached for your information.

 

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