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http://www.printweek.com/digital/news/927440/NHS-Trust-turns-Xerox-patient-record-digitisation/
NHS Trust turns to Xerox for patient record digitisation
UK: XEROX’s NEW $ 15Mil CONTRACT
Xerox
has secured a £12.8m contract with Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS
Trust to handle both the digitisation and complete management of its
health records.The 10-year managed service contract, which involves
sixty NHS staff moving to Xerox in a TUPE agreement, began at the
beginning of August.As part of the deal, Xerox will scan all patient
records using its intelligent character recognition technology that
will allow the documents to be accessed through an online portal.In
doing so, medical staff through the trust will be able to view the
records that contain patient information such as administrative and
appointment data.Andy Jones, director and general manager of Xerox
Global Services in Europe, said its management service “is a reliable
and trusted outsourcing solution that will help the Trust to realise
genuine operational benefits and innovative new ways of working”.He
added: “It will increase efficiency – a benefit that will directly
impact on patient care – while also saving money, reducing paper usage
and reducing the Trust’s environmental impact.”According to
John Rostill, chief executive of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS
Trust, the move as part of “a real effort to reduce the paperwork” at
the trust.He said: “Moving to an electronic record system is something
that we should have done a long time ago but I am delighted that we are
going to be one of the pioneers in this area.”It will revolutionise the
way our staff work and make a considerable impact on patient care and
safety.”
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