The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust has announced the go-live of its clinical portal across the trust. Patient information will be stored on a variety of systems, and can be accessed in a single view in real-time. CSC collaborated with Carefx to deploy the portal.

“The portal gives clinicians an electronic patient record which provides us with a simple, clear and instant view of the essential information we need, on a single screen,” said Chris Walker, trauma and orthopedic consultant at the trust. “This is already bringing benefits to both the patients and clinicians as it ensures we have access to the correct patient information when we need it, before, during and after a consultation or procedure. In addition, less time is wasted trying to sort through and decipher paper notes.
 
Last year, the trust completed a successful proof of concept evaluation of the portal. It demonstrated major benefits, such as an average reduction in the length of clinic times by 30 minutes and improved patient services.

“The proof of concept exceeded all expectations in terms of the availability, speed, performance of the portal as well as the quality of the data integrity and we are now beginning to see those benefits being realised across the trust,” said James Norman, the trust’s IT director.

The portal also serves as a bridge between existing applications. It supports access to data from systems such as orders and results, X-rays, clinical letters and pre-operative assessments, with more systems being integrated in the next phases.

“Not only has the portal allowed us to protect our existing IT investments but it has enabled us to align ourselves with the government’s interoperability agenda ensuring that our systems are future proofed,” said Tony Bell, the trust’s Chief Executive.