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Dear Emmanuel

Thank-you for your email received on 28^th March 20230 requesting
information which has been processed under the Freedom of Information Act.
Your request has been considered in accordance with the requirements of
this Act. I can confirm that the Trust is holding records that are
relevant to your enquiry.

Request Response
Please enter 'No System Installed' or  
‘No Department’ under supplier name if
your trust does not use the system or  
have the department:
 
 
Cerner Millennium EPR solution
System type – Discharge Letters
Installed July 2011
Supplier name
Dec 2029
System name -
 
Date installed -
 
Contract expiration -
The contract is not renewed
Is this contract annually renewed? - annually.
Yes/No Do you currently have plans to
replace this system? - Yes/No We are part of a BSW wide programme
Procurement framework - Other systems looking at a shared EPR solution.
it integrates with? – Total value of The preferred provider has been
contract (£) – Notes - e.g. we are identified as Cerner Millennium.
currently out to tender

 
System name - Diagnostic Reporting As above – Cerner Millennium EPR
solution
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 –Digital Dictation WInscribe – Nuance/Dragon

Supplier name  

System name -  

Date installed - We have been using Winscribe for a
number of years and have just
Contract expiration - upgraded to the enable us to
continue to use the platform moving
Is this contract annually renewed? - forwards.
Yes/No Do you currently have plans to
replace this system? - Yes/No Yes
Procurement framework - Other systems
it integrates with? – Total value of No we don’t intend to replace it,
contract (£) – Notes - e.g. we are we would like to embed it within
currently out to tender our EPR solution

-  

 
System type –Bed Management Cerner Millennium EPR solution

Supplier name Details as above

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 definitions:  

Discharge Letters - the ability to
electronically generate and send
detailed discharge letters to GPs and
other relevant HCPs,  when a patient
is discharged from hospital-based
services.

Diagnostic Reporting - test results
which are electronically transmitted
to the clinician who ordered them,
with receipt acknowledgement.

Digital Dictation - device used for
recording and managing natural speech,
allowing staff to verbally input a
patients' note into a system without
having to manually input it.

Bed Management - real-time bed states
are viewable and accessible, enabling
more efficient management of bed
occupancy and patient movements.

I trust that this information provides you with a suitable response to
your enquiry. If not and you feel that your request has not been
satisfactorily answered, then the Trust has an internal review procedure
for dealing with complaints received under the Freedom of Information Act
2000 whereby your case is presented to the Chairman for an independent
review/decision.  Alternatively, you do have the right to complain to the
Information Commissioners Office after any internal review procedure has
been exhausted. The Information Commissioners Office is an independent
body that enforces the Freedom of Information Act, the General Data
Protection Regulation and the Environmental Information regulations. The
address of the Information Commissioner is Information Commissioners
Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow,  Cheshire  SK9 5AF

If I can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact
me again.

Julie Clark

FOI Co-ordinator

Information Governance

Health Informatics Service (E5)

Apley House

Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust
Combe Park, Bath, BA1 3NG

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