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Global healthcare systems vendor, InterSystems, has implemented its Australian-developed software, TrakCare, for the States of Guernsey Health and Social Services Department (HSSD). The island-wide Electronic Health and Social Care Record (EHSCR) system has just gone live, replacing the island’s SWIFT Patient Administration System after 13 years of use.
Intersystems has also simultaneously implemented
new Accident & Emergency (A&E) and Theatre software, with
functionality all provided by the TrakCare connected healthcare
information system that provides the single, shared electronic health
record of the EHSCR.
The HSSD’s chief officer, David Hughes, said the “November 'go live' of
the TrakCare PAS, A&E and Theatre modules included specialist Child
Health software from CSE Servelec that was chosen by InterSystems and
interfaced with TrakCare using InterSystems Ensemble rapid integration
and development platform.”
According to Hughes, to meet its needs Guernsey has developed a
“healthcare delivery framework for all elective and emergency services
using a specially formed group of clinicians, The Medical Specialist
Group (MSG),” adding that “for appropriate governance MSG accesses all
records and appointments information via the HSSD. One of the key
benefits of the EHSCR project will be to provide a safer and more
efficient service by eliminating its previous largely paper-based
data-handling system.”
Hughes said TrakCare was selected as the basis for the EHSCR because it
creates a single patient index for all the island's residents and will
facilitate better communication between providers across all care
sectors. He also said that all support staff will access a single,
integrated record, “no matter where they are located,” and that this
“will ensure they always work with the most up-to-date and
comprehensive patient information thereby enabling timely, informed
decision-making, which will enhance the standard of care and improve
the patient experience.
"The previous system involved too much form filling and letter writing
to transfer information around the HSSD and between the MSG and GP
surgeries. This all took time and could delay the prompt treatment of
our patients. As the EHSCR project moves forward, we can look forward
to a greatly streamlined approach to patient care."
According to Alan Chapman, programme manager at Guernsey HSSD, “the
teamwork between the States of Guernsey project team and the
InterSystems implementation team has been as crucial to the project's
successful progress as the appropriateness of the overall IT solution,"
and he said “InterSystems and our own project team worked exceptionally
well together, demonstrating a highly flexible approach.
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