A groundbreaking alliance aims to help NHS trusts meet the challenge of electronic patient record implementation. By Vivienne Raper Consultancy firm KPMG have established an alliance with Apira, Stalis and Aire Logic to bring to market a comprehensive electronic patient record (EPR) transformation service to help trusts meet NHS England’s target to have an EPR in place by March 2025. The new Alliance, which launched on September 25th, aims to offer NHS trusts a single partner to help them implement and optimise their EPR system. It is the first of its kind in the health and care sector and is designed to comprehensively meet the challenge of large-scale EPR implementation. “Working with public sector organisations, we recognise that no single organisation has all the expertise needed to support trusts to deploy EPRs,” says Jaz Dhaliwal, lead partner for KPMG Digital Health. Building the foundations Dhaliwal, a former doctor in general practice, and a digital leader elected to the techUK Health and Social Care Council decided to help form the Alliance after conversations with customers and NHS England. “It became apparent a different approach was desperately needed to reach the national 2025 target for getting every hospital embedded with an […]
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