University Hospitals Sussex signs seven-year contract for Alcidion’s Miya Precision EPR platform

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (UHSussex) has signed an agreement for Alcidion to supply its new Electronic Patient Record (EPR) platform.

The seven-year agreement will see Alcidion’s modular Miya Precision platform deployed alongside Miya Observations and Assessments (Patientrack), which is already live at the trust.

The Miya Precision EPR platform will provide clinicians real-time access to patient records whilst streamlining patient flow and improving clinical decision-making processes.

The scope of modules includes virtual care, marking the first time an NHS Trust has included Alcidion’s Virtual Care module as part of their EPR.

This will support provision of care and remote patient monitoring for patients that may otherwise need to be treated in hospital.

The trust provides care for approximately one million people in Sussex.

It is one of the largest acute trusts in the UK, with seven hospitals hosting more than 1.5 million outpatient appointments, A&E visits and surgery cases annually, employing nearly 20,000 staff.

The deployment of Miya Precision will support the Trust’s transition from multiple systems to a single EPR, addressing challenges with data fragmentation and providing staff with intuitive tools transforming the delivery of patient care.

Kate Quirke, Alcidion Group managing director and CEO, said: “This is an exciting step in our relationship with University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust and we look forward to continuing to work closely together to support their digital transformation strategy.

“UHSussex’s purpose for the EPR procurement is to implement a single, integrated digital platform that improves patient care, supports regional integration, drives operational efficiency and delivers long-term social and research benefits.

“Building upon our existing Patientrack module, which has been deployed at the trust for many years, the modular nature of our Miya Precision platform will enable the trust to realise the benefits of EPR platform deployment progressively, helping to maximise the ROI for clinicians and patients alike.”

Chief strategy officer for University Hospitals Sussex, Roxanne Smith said: “Our strategy, Excellent Care Everywhere sets out highly ambitious plans to transform the care we provide and the way we work, by 2030.

“Delivering an electronic patient record is an essential step towards achieving those ambitions for our patients, helping improve the experience of care and making it easier for staff to access and share information across our hospitals and services

“Our ambition is to provide staff with modern, reliable and intuitive digital tools that bring patient information together in one place and support more consistent ways of working across the Trust.

“Having an EPR will form a key part of the digital foundation we are building for the future.

“This programme has already been shaped by over a thousand colleagues from across UHSussex, and that collaboration will continue as we move into the next phase of readiness and implementation work.”

The agreement also gives the Trust the option to introduce additional functionality in the future.

Implementation will begin immediately and is expected to take approximately 2 years given the breadth of the platform deployment.