IT Spend and HIMSS Request
Emmanuel Phillips made this Freedom of Information request to Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as part of a batch sent to 206 authorities This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear FOI Team,
I would like to submit a request for a disclosure of information relating to your NHS trust’s Information Technology (IT) Spend, and your current HIMSS EMRAM and INFRAM scores.
Can you please provide your trust’s IT spend for the following financial years:
FY 2021-2022:
FY 2022-2023:
Which HIMSS EMRAM score have your Trust currently achieved (0-7):
Which HIMSS INFRAM score have your Trust currently achieved (0-7):
If your Trust are working towards achieving a new HIMSS EMRAM or INFRAM level, what level is this, and when will it be achieved:
Definitions:
Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM) – is an eight-stage model, scored from stages zero (least mature) to seven (most mature). At each stage, organisations need to demonstrate a progressive and eventual removal of paper, higher pervasiveness of use and compliance statistics, and an increasing reliance on automation and clinical decision support.
Infrastructure Adoption Model (INFRAM) – The eight-stage INFRAM measures the maturity of a healthcare facility's IT infrastructure across five areas: mobility, security, collaboration, transport and data centre.
Thank you in advance for your time and I look forward to your response.
Yours faithfully,
Emmanuel Phillips
Dear Emmanuel,
Thank you for your email below requesting information from Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and will be answered within twenty working days.
If you have any queries about this request, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Kind regards
FOI Department
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Trust Headquarters, St George’s, Long Leys Road, Lincoln, LN1 1FS
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Dear Emmanuel,
Further to your Freedom of Information Request, as per your original email, your response from Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is as follows:
The Trust's HIMMS EMRAM score is Stage 1
The Trust does not have an INFRAM score
LPFT is working towards improving its EMRAM score by 31 March 2025 at which point it will achieve a minimum of a Stage 4
Can you please provide your trust’s IT spend for the following financial years:
FY 2021-2022: £934,542
FY 2022-2023: £906,673
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to request for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original letter and should be addressed to: FOI Department, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Trust Headquarters, Long Leys Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN1 1FS. If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.
Kind regards
FOI Department
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Trust Headquarters, St George’s, Long Leys Road, Lincoln, LN1 1FS
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DISCLAIMER: This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. Therefore if the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this E-Mail is strictly prohibited. Any views or opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust unless otherwise explicitly stated. The information contained in this e-mail may be subject to public disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Unless the information is legally exempt from disclosure, the confidentiality of this e-mail and your reply cannot be guaranteed.
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