MFT
M
anchester University NHS
Foundation Trust (MFT) was
formed in 2017 following
the merger of two of
Manchester's hospitals,
making it one of the largest hospital trusts
in the UK with around 22,000 staff.
As its Chief Transformation Officer,
Dr Veronica Devlin is overseeing the
transformation element of a vast project
that aims to integrate and simplify a
mosaic of around 2,000 different systems,
operating in 10 hospitals. The goal is to
make the trust a data-driven organisation,
and a key part of this is developing a new
electronic patient record (EPR) system.
Working towards a go live date in
summer 2022 while a global pandemic
is ongoing has been a challenge, Dr
Devlin explains, "but adversity does
bring opportunity sometimes, and what
we've all reflected on is how much more
effective we could have been had we had
a single electronic patient record before
COVID came along. It has put a lot of
unexpected demands on all our services
and our need for data, for interoperability
and the ability for staff to work flexibly
across different areas. Having a standard
approach for everything across the
organisation would simplify this."Dr Veronica Devlin, Chief Transformation
Officer at one of the largest hospital trusts
in the UK, tells us about building their
electronic patient record, adopting a digital
culture, and being digitally inclusive.WRITTEN BY:
LEILA HAWKINS
PRODUCED BY:
JAMES BERRY
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