Hyland partners with NHS Trust to drive digital transformation

Hyland has formed a strategic partnership with the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA). Within this partnership, Hyland will replace two legacy document management systems with one, single Electronic Document Management Systems (eDMS). This will centralise and standardise patient data to enable clinicians to deliver faster, more accurate and more collaborative patient care decisions across the NCA.

“Healthcare is a field in which incremental advancements can lead to genuinely life-changing results – especially in an organisation as important to its community as the NCA,” said Mike Myers, SVP at Hyland. “The NCA’s Digital Strategy makes it clear that sound data foundations are non-negotiable for connected patient healthcare, and Hyland is proud to become a driving force in that mission for Greater Manchester.”

“Introducing a single eDMS is an exciting step towards the Trust implementing a full Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system in the future as we make our services digital and become more efficient,” said Emma Wright, programme director for the Northern Care Alliance. “Our eDMS will bring together information about our patients from across the organisation, laying the foundations for the roll-out of EPR.”

Emma Wright added: “This project is all about working together. We’re making it easier for colleagues to do their jobs by giving them better tools whilst improving patient care at the same time.”

NCA will benefit from several solutions within Hyland’s Content Innovation Cloud platform, including OnBase, a content services platform that organises, manages and optimises content, processes and cases. OnBase, along with Hyland Clinician Window, will be key in ensuring all patient data is accessible for clinicians, providing a unified approach that eliminates information silos, improves clinical decision-making and ensures patient safety.

Dr James Kerr, NCA Chief Clinical Information Officer, said: "Our patients and clinicians consistently express the need for seamless access to patient information across all our hospitals. Patients expect that every part of the healthcare system communicates effectively to ensure they receive the best possible care. Clinicians rely on comprehensive and accessible records to deliver quality care. This partnership with Hyland starts to unify our systems, making patient information readily available wherever they are seen within the NCA.”