Integrated Digital Care Technology Fund - Use of Open Source Technologies
Dear Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,
I am a part time MSc Health Informatics student at Yorkshire Centre of Health Informatics. As part of my MSc project I am undertaking research into take up of using Open Source Software and Technologies within the NHS.
I notice that you were successful in securing Integrated Digital Care Technology Fund funding details which details of are below.
Safer Hospitals, Safer Ward
Project Name: Electronic Prescribing and Administration System (EPMA)
Project Type: Electronic Prescribing
Funding Awarded: £582,400
Safer Hospitals, Safer Ward
Project Name: OPAL - an open source safe patient list and activity management system built on open APIs developed from Wardware (open source electronic nursing observation system)
Project Type: Digital Records (Single Organisation)
Funding Awarded: £99,250
I would really appreciate it if you could answer my quick online survey regarding your experiences of this?
The link to the survey is below:
http://tinyurl.com/gm7y9eg
The survey will take 5 minutes or less to complete and you will be contributing towards a great project.
If you do not answer the online survey I would appreciate you completing the following questions.
1. Does your organisation have an Open Source Strategy?
2. What Software and Technologies did you choose for your Integrated Digital Care Technology Fund funded projects?
3. Is the software and technology you have used for your project an Open Source Product?
4. Does the software / technology interface with another system? If so is the interface based on Open Standards / Open APIs?
Yours faithfully,
Ben Sewell
Dear Ben
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Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Team.
Dear Ben
Due to unforeseen circumstances there has been a delay in providing you with a response to your FOI Request.
Please accept the Trusts apologies for any inconvenience this may cause you. We will provide you with our response in due course.
Kind regards
Freedom of Information Team
Dear Ben
Due to unforeseen circumstances there has been a delay in providing you with a response to your FOI Request.
Please accept the Trusts apologies for any inconvenience this may cause you. We will provide you with our response in due course.
Kind regards
Freedom of Information Team
Dear Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust,
Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.
I am writing to request an internal review of Luton and Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust's handling of my FOI request 'Integrated Digital Care Technology Fund - Use of Open Source Technologies'.
A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address: https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/i...
Yours faithfully,
Ben Sewell
Dear Ben
I am writing in respect of your enquiry below for information held by the Trust. Your request has been handled under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.
Please find our response attached.
The Trust is in the process of "review of handling procedures of your FOI Request 3365" in which you have requested and will be responded shortly.
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Please do not hesitate to contact the FOI team if you have any questions.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Team
Dear Ben
The Trust is very sorry for the delay in our response and hope this has not caused you too much inconvenience
I am writing in respect of your enquiry below for information held by the Trust. Your request has been handled under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act.
Please find our response attached.
The Trust is in the process of "review of handling procedures of your FOI Request 3365" in which you have requested and will be responded shortly if you require this ?
The information supplied to you continues to be protected by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. You are free to use it for your own purposes, including any non-commercial research you are doing and for the purposes of news reporting.
Most documents supplied by Luton and Dunstable NHS Foundation Trust will have been produced by government officials and will be Crown Copyright. You can find details on the arrangements for re-using Crown Copyright on HMSOnline at: http://www.hmso.gov.uk/copyright/licence...
Information you receive which is not subject to Crown Copyright continues to be protected by the copyright of the person, or organisation, from which the information originated. You must ensure that you gain their permission before reproducing any third party (non Crown Copyright) information.
If for whatever reason you are unhappy with our response you are entitled to pursue any dissatisfaction through the Trust’s Complaints Procedure. The Trust's Complaints Officer can be contacted by writing to Patient Affairs. Luton and Dunstable NHS Foundation Trust, Lewsey Road, Luton, Beds, LU4 0DZ.
If you are not content with the outcome of your complaint, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the ICO cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by Luton and Dunstable Hospital Foundation Trust. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.
Please do not hesitate to contact the FOI team if you have any questions.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Team
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