Integrated Digital Care Technology Fund - Use of Open Source Technologies
Dear The Whittington Hospital NHS 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: Integrated Digital Care Record (IDCR) Portal Development and Telehealth
Project Type: Integrated Digital Care Records (multi- org)
Funding Awarded: £483,000
Safer Hospitals, Safer Ward
Project Name: OpenLTC
Project Type: Other
Funding Awarded: £50,000
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:
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
FoI request re Use of Open Source technologies
Ref: 16-BS-2504
Dear Mr Sewell,
This is to acknowledge receipt of your request for information relating to
using Open Source Software and Technologies. This was received on 25 March
2016.
I can confirm that your request is being dealt with under the terms of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000 and that you can expect to receive a reply
within the timescale specified.
The timescale allowed for a response under the FOI legislation is 20
working days therefore, including any impending public holidays, the
deadline for a response is 25 April 2016. If we are able to respond to you
earlier than this, we will do so.
Your request has been forwarded to the relevant department and I'll get
back to you if there is any need for clarification.
Please quote the above reference in any further communication on this
matter.
Yours sincerely
Malika Hiouni
Freedom of Information Office
Whittington Health
Highgate Wing, Level 5
Magdala Avenue
London, N19 5NF
Tel: 020 7288 5653
[1][The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust request email]
Freedom of Information Office
Whittington Health
020 7288 5653
[2][The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust request email]
FoI request re Use of Open Source technologies
Ref: 16-BS-2504
Dear Mr Sewell,
Thank you for your request for information relating to using Open Source
Software and Technologies.
This was received on 25 March 2016 and has been dealt with under the terms
of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please find our responses below:
Request 1:
Does your organisation have an Open Source Strategy?
No
Request 2:
What Software and Technologies did you choose for your Integrated Digital
Care Technology Fund funded projects?
1. Procurement of Graphnet Carecentric Portal to provide a shared
clinical care record across acute, community, primary care and social care
settings as well as provide a patient portal
2. Integration of Sectra PACs into System C Medway EPR to enable
clinicians to view digital images and radiology reports in patient context
i.e. no need to login into a separate system and search for the patient
again
3. Development of anti-coagulation/atrial fibrillation software system
Request 3:
Is the software and technology you have used for your project an Open
Source Product?
No, but suppliers are committed to developing and implementing APIs to
share patient data between systems.
Request 4:
Does the software / technology interface with another system? If so is the
interface based on Open Standards / Open APIs? Yes open APIs.
I hope you find this information useful. Please quote the above reference
in any further communication on this matter.
If you require any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact
me by email, or telephone or at the address shown below.
Yours sincerely
Malika Hiouni
FOI Coordinator
Freedom of Information Office
Whittington Health
Highgate Wing, Level 5
Magdala Avenue
London, N19 5NF
Tel: 020 7288 5653
[1][The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust request email]
If you are dissatisfied with this response, Whittington Health operates a
complaints procedure, details of which can be found below:
FOI Complaints: If you remain dissatisfied with the
Trust’s response, you may write to:
In the first instance, write to:
Information Commissioner's Office
Director Lead for Information
Governance Wycliffe House
Director of Strategy Water Lane
Jenner Building Wilmslow
Magdala Avenue Cheshire SK9 5AF
London Telephone: 0303 123 1113 or 01625
545745
N19 5NF
[3]www.ico.org.uk
020 7288 3194
[2][The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust request email]
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