Musgrove Park Hospital

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600-bed NHS Hospital in England Goes Live with Open Source Electronic Record for Patients

Press Release | IMS MAXIMS | October 7, 2015

Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has become the first NHS hospital in the UK to go live with an open source electronic patient record (EPR), a landmark move expected to help staff deliver better patient care through improved access to information.The trust has successfully rolled out the system in A&E, theatres, outpatients and the hospital’s 30 wards with the support of IMS MAXIMS, after the software firm released the code for its open source EPR technology to the NHS just over a year ago. Up until now NHS trusts have depended on proprietary software in order to record and manage patient information.

How to Achieve Credibility in NHS Open Source IT Projects

Chris Swinburn | Computer Weekly | July 14, 2016

Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust’s clinical lead for electronic patient records explains how clinical engagement has helped make EPR an open source success. Anyone who knows me will know I am not very good with computers. Which may make me seem a curious choice to lead clinical engagement in an important IT implementation for our trust. Two years ago I took a step back from clinical practice as a consultant physician at Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust to work as chief clinical information officer and clinical lead for the implementation of an open source electronic patient record (EPR) system across the wards and departments of the trust’s Musgrove Park hospital...

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IMS MAXIMS customer Taunton and Somerset FT Named as Global Digital Exemplar by UK Government

Press Release | IMS MAXIMS | September 7, 2016

Taunton and Somerset NHS Foundation Trust (FT), customer of pioneering company IMS MAXIMS, has been named by Government as one of 12 Global Digital Exemplars in the NHS. The trust will receive up to £10 million of funding over the next two years to pioneer digital excellence and share best practice. Recognised for its digital maturity and innovative digital health initiatives, the trust, which runs Musgrove Park Hospital, will be given the financial backing and support to fast track its plans to become world class in its digital deployments; using technology to help staff achieve higher efficiencies, enable better organisational workflows and deliver better patient care...

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NHS England Creates Open Source 'Super' Community Organization

Rebecca McBeth | digitalhealth.net | June 25, 2015

NHS England has set up a ‘super CIC’ to act as a centre of excellence and attract funding for open source projects within health and social care. Peter Coates, NHS England's open source programme manager, told Digital Health News the new community interest company has already received a number of grants, including money from NHS England, to progress outcomes around urgent care and the Code4Health programme.

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