News
InterSystems' HealthShare chosen
for Swedish National EHR project
27 March 2008
TietoEnator, the prime contractor for the
Swedish National Patient Overview (NPO) has chosen InterSystems
HealthShare as the integration platform. The contract is valued at
SEK115 million (£9.6m) for the first five years, with an option to extend for an
additional two years.
The NPO is designed to enable the sharing of
patient information between regional and local care providers in both
the public and private sectors. In a competitive procurement, the
Swedish Healthcare Advisory Organization (Sjukvårdrådgivningen SVR AB),
chose TietoEnator as prime contractor to deliver the development,
implementation and hosting of the NPO.
InterSystems HealthShare is a health information
network platform that plays an important role in the project as the core
software with which the NPO will be delivered. The solution should be
ready for production within 12 months. The final three months of this
phase will see the first implementation within the Örebro County Council
and municipality.
HealthShare is a comprehensive solution for
aggregating and sharing clinical data across multiple
organisations. This enables the creation of a summary view of a
patient’s medical record on a regional or national basis. It has the
flexibility to support a variety of architectures, and includes a rapid
development and customization environment.
HealthShare allows customers to retain valuable existing systems that
medical professionals are accustomed to using, and
transforms them into connected regional or national solutions.
“We are delighted to have won this important
contract. The national patient overview provides a modern tool to make
co-operation between the county councils, local authorities and other
healthcare providers even more efficient. With this project, TietoEnator
is strengthening its position as a leading supplier of IT support to the
healthcare industry. One particular point of interest is that individual
citizens will eventually have access to their own medical records via
the internet,” said Jan B Andersson, responsible for the Scandinavian
healthcare business in TietoEnator.
“Many countries and regions are making efforts
to computerise patient medical records in order to improve the quality
of care,” said Kerry Stratton, InterSystems’ Managing Director,
Healthcare. “The Nordic healthcare market is regularly cited
as the frontrunner in the development of digital healthcare.
"This is in
part because the Nordic countries have applied modern technology to
deliver high standards of care, but also because of the commitment to
provide those high levels of care to all citizens in these countries.
"This nationwide HealthShare project will enable
us to share the experiences gained from Sweden with other nations as
they seek to develop electronic health records for the benefit of their
citizens.”
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