Outpatient /inpatient e-prescribing, Order communications, Pharmacy and Critical care Query

Miss G Kovacs made this Freedom of Information request to Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust as part of a batch sent to 226 authorities Automatic anti-spam measures are in place for this older request. Please let us know if a further response is expected or if you are having trouble responding.

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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.

Please enter 'No System Installed' or ‘No Department’ under supplier name if your trust does not use the system or have the department:

System type – Outpatient e-prescribing

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

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System name - Inpatient e-prescribing

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

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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

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System type – Critical Care

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 definitions:

Outpatient e-prescribing - Advanced e-prescribing in use across wards for outpatient care, incorporating specialist prescribing and (ideally) clinical decision support, integrated as part of end-to-end medicines management. This possibly offers the single biggest opportunity for improving patient safety through digitalisation.

Inpatient e-prescribing - Advanced e-prescribing in use across wards for inpatient care, incorporating specialist prescribing and (ideally) clinical decision support, integrated as part of end-to-end medicines management. This possibly offers the single biggest opportunity for improving patient safety through digitalisation.

Order Communications - Electronic ordering communications systems (OCS) are computer applications used to enter diagnostic and therapeutic patient care orders, for example laboratory test requests or prescriptions, and to view test results. The primary aim of the system is to remove most of the current paper-based process for requesting laboratory investigations and for receiving results.

Pharmacy - Pharmacy orders and stock control is managed electronically

Critical care - A critical care information system for Intensive Care Units and high acuity care that enables clinicians to manage critical workflow and care plans for patients.

Thank you for your time.

Yours faithfully,

Miss G Kovacs

SWBH-GM-FOIREQUESTS (SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM HOSPITALS NHS TRUST), Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust

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Dear Miss Kovacs

Thank you for your Freedom Of Information Request received on 9/12/22,
your request has been logged under ref FOI/411. Please quote this
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Dear SWBH-GM-FOIREQUESTS (SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM HOSPITALS NHS TRUST),

I hope this meets you well.

Do you know when we might receive a response to this request regarding your Trusts Outpatient /inpatient e-prescribing, Order communications, Pharmacy and Critical care systems, originally sent on 09/12/2022?

Yours sincerely,

Miss G Kovacs

SWBH-GM-FOIREQUESTS (SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM HOSPITALS NHS TRUST), Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust

Dear Miss G Kovacs

Re: FOI  Request  ref: F22/0411

 

Thank you for your freedom of information request.

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

Please enter 'No System Installed' or ‘No Department’ under supplier name
if your trust does not use the system or have the department:

System type – Outpatient e-prescribing

Supplier name No system installed

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 name - Inpatient e-prescribing

Date installed – Winter 2019

Contract expiration - unknown

Is this contract annually renewed? - Yes/No   unknown

Do you currently have plans to replace this system? - Yes/No    no

Procurement framework -  unknown

Other systems it integrates with? – please define ‘ it integrates with’

Total value of contract (£) – commercial in confidence

Notes - e.g. we are currently out to tender

System type – Order Communications

Supplier name Cerner

System name – Cerner Millennium Suite

Date installed – Winter 2019

Contract expiration - unknown

Is this contract annually renewed? - Yes/No   unknown

Do you currently have plans to replace this system? - Yes/No    No

Procurement framework -  unknown

Other systems it integrates with? –  please define ‘ it integrates with’

Total value of contract (£) – commercial in confidence

Notes - e.g. we are currently out to tender

System type – Pharmacy

Supplier name   Wellsky (JAC)

System name -  JAC

Date installed -  unknown

Contract expiration -  Summer 2023

Is this contract annually renewed? - Yes/No     Yes

Do you currently have plans to replace this system? - Yes/No     No

Procurement framework -   unknown

Other systems it integrates with? –   please define ‘ it integrates with’

Total value of contract (£) –  commercial in confidence

Notes - e.g. we are currently out to tender

System type – Critical Care

Supplier name   Cerner

System name – Cerner Millenium Suite

Date installed – Winter 2019

Contract expiration -  unknown 

Is this contract annually renewed? - Yes/No   unknown

Do you currently have plans to replace this system? - Yes/No     No

Procurement framework -  unknown

Other systems it integrates with? – please define ‘ it integrates with’

Total value of contract (£) – commercial in confidence

Notes - e.g. we are currently out to tender

System definitions:

Outpatient e-prescribing - Advanced e-prescribing in use across wards for
outpatient care, incorporating specialist prescribing and (ideally)
clinical decision support, integrated as part of end-to-end medicines
management. This possibly offers the single biggest opportunity for
improving patient safety through digitalisation.

Inpatient e-prescribing - Advanced e-prescribing in use across wards for
inpatient care, incorporating specialist prescribing and (ideally)
clinical decision support, integrated as part of end-to-end medicines
management. This possibly offers the single biggest opportunity for
improving patient safety through digitalisation.

Order Communications - Electronic ordering communications systems (OCS)
are computer applications used to enter diagnostic and therapeutic patient
care orders, for example laboratory test requests or prescriptions, and to
view test results. The primary aim of the system is to remove most of the
current paper-based process for requesting laboratory investigations and
for receiving results.

Pharmacy - Pharmacy orders and stock control is managed electronically

Critical care - A critical care information system for Intensive Care
Units and high acuity care that enables clinicians to manage critical
workflow and care plans for patients.

Kind regards

Freedom of Information Office

[Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust request email]

+ Trust Headquarters, Health and Wellbeing Centre, Sandwell General
Hospital, Lyndon, West Bromwich B71 4HJ

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Dear SWBH-GM-FOIREQUESTS (SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM HOSPITALS NHS TRUST),
Thank you for your response.

Could I please clarify some information?
We have information that your Trust has been using Inpatient e-prescribing system Dedalus- i.CM that with rolling contract. Have you extended their contract of have you replaced the system?

Thank you in advance.

Yours sincerely,

Miss G Kovacs

KNG, Becca (SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM HOSPITALS NHS TRUST), Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust

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Dear

We have been doing a review of the FOI inbox within the trust and the
requests we have received into it. Firstly, the trust apologises for the
delay you have received, please could you confirm if you still need this
information, and we will then progress this with a matter of urgency. If
we do not here from you by 29/3/23 we will close your request.

 

Kind regards

Rebekah Whittaker- Green

Freedom of Information Office

: [Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust request email]

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Hospital, Lyndon, West Bromwich B71 4HJ

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