iSOFT wins NHS trust contract worth $5 million

iSOFT, an IBA Health Group Company, has won a contract for a hospital information system, worth $5 million over five years, with a National Health Service (NHS) trust in southern England.The contract with Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is for iSOFT’s i.Patient Manager (i.PM) PAS and a technical refresh of an existing iSOFT clinical solution, i.Clinical Manager (i.CM). i.PM will replace a third-party system.

Jonathan Pearce, NHS’s director of infrastructure, said that the trust elected to contract directly with iSOFT for a replacement PAS instead of waiting for a solution
under England’s National Programme for IT.

This is one of the first major deals in the Southern Cluster, which was earlier serviced by Fujitsu, iSOFT has said.

Jonathan Pearce said, “We already have a strong working relationship with iSOFT as we already use its clinical information system, i.CM. We very much value our partnership with iSOFT and look forward to strengthening this and working with the company to deliver the new PAS solution to the trust.”

Adrian Stevens, Managing Director of iSOFT UK and Ireland, said, “i.PM is a highly robust and proven solution from a company with an established pedigree in the NHS.”

“The seamless integration with i.CM provides a complete patient and clinical management solution to better manage appointments, improve efficiency and reduce waiting times.”

“It also provides a foundation for  a smooth transition to iSOFT’s next generation of healthcare solutions. This underlines our position as the leading provider of healthcare solutions to the NHS,” he added.

The Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 450,000 in Wexham Park Hospital near Slough, Heatherwood Hospital in Ascot and hospitals and outpatient clinics in Bracknell, Maidenhead, the Chalfonts and Windsor.

iSOFT has also entered a $590,000 deal with the St Vincents & Mercy Private Hospital group for its Integra suite of web-enabled finance and purchasing applications to manage finances better and reduce purchasing costs.

Brenton Button, chief financial officer at St Vincents & Mercy Private, was quoted as saying, “Ready access to reliable information allows us to pro-actively manage finances and control this vital business function.”

He added that streamlining and automating the purchasing process will reduce paperwork, data entry, delays and cut purchasing costs.

iSOFT is one of the world’s largest providers of healthcare IT solutions.

The company says that over 13,000 provider organizations in 35 countries use iSOFT solutions to manage patient information and drive improvements in core
processes.