Revolutionising the hospital IT market

With immense pressure on NHS staff, the need for digitisation has never been greater. However, widespread hospital digitisation across the NHS may seem as far away as ever given the dated incumbent systems

NHS IT programmes have seen hospitals left behind. Despite billions of pounds and numerous reincarnations, hospital digitisation has still not been achieved. Many remain paper-based. Many only have fragmented systems that hinder doctors and nurses. Some have been drawn into vastly expensive, protracted programmes of limited benefit. At a time of huge pressure on NHS hospital staff, IT has never been more important. Yet with the increasingly dated incumbent systems, successful hospital digitisation across the NHS could seem as far away as ever.

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Disruption

Things are changing. There is disruption in the air following the launch of TPP’s SystmOne Hospital product. A few years ago, TPP looked at the competition in the market, saw the gaps and opportunities, and set themselves the goal of writing the world’s best hospital system. Their work has paid off. They have just received a prestigious HIMSS award for best hospital IT solution 2022, an announcement that is creating a stir.

“We’ve set out to radically change hospital IT”, says founder and CEO, Frank Hester OBE. “We’ve built a system focussed on the patient and on the clinician, working alongside the NHS. The big incumbent international systems seem to be just designed for billing, with a patient record bolted-on. This approach is not fit for purpose in modern hospitals. We’re shifting the paradigm.”

Next generation

SystmOne Hospital is a next-generation hospital system, enabling trusts to benefit from a modern, secure, enterprise-wide, cloud-hosted solution:

It brings the most advanced digital functionality to every part of the hospital – the emergency department, theatres, wards, clinics, pharmacies, command centres, and offices.
It delivers advanced analytics, rich clinical content, real-time external data flows and in-built AI.
It includes a no-code development platform, that empowers doctors, nurses, and administrative teams.
It enables remote and virtual working.
Extending outside the hospital, it ensures benefits are realised for the whole health and care community while forming the digital backbone for integrated care systems via modern interoperability standards.
It includes Brigid, TPP’s smartphone and tablet clinical app, enabling doctors and nurses to work on the go.
It includes Airmid, TPP’s revolutionary integrated smartphone app for patients themselves.

“It’s the world’s most advanced clinical technology suite”, adds Mr Hester. “You’ve every right to think I am biased, but I work around the world, in health systems from the Americas to Asia, and it’s the most complete solution anywhere.” He continues, “You don’t have to take my word for it. Since we launched, we’ve already deployed in Malaysia, have signed within the NHS, and have just agreed to deliver to hospitals and clinics in Jamaica. We are just getting started. I think the time is up for the big incumbents – the emperor really has no new clothes.”

Trusted

SystmOne Hospital is built on TPP’s trusted technology stack. “Performance, security, and reliability are absolutely key,” says Kevin Sanderson, TPP’s technical director, adding that the system has no downtime and a proven, NHS-accredited Disaster Recovery solution. TPP are already part of the fabric of NHS IT, says Mr Sanderson, “We support over a quarter of the NHS workforce every day, across 8,000 organisations. We process more daily transactions than Visa, Mastercard and American Express combined, and so can easily accommodate the hospital market,” he adds. “There are also no hidden upgrade costs, and no customers get left behind on old versions. Everyone gets new software and functionality every month, automatically and for free.”

Value and Speed

The final pieces of the TPP jigsaw are the cost of the solution and the speed at which it can be delivered. “We have an architecture that means we can operate at a fraction of the cost of the competition and a proven, agile approach to deployment”, says Mr Hester, adding that their latest hospital was live within six months of the project starting.

He continues, “I see eye-watering numbers spent on international systems, at a time when NHS budgets are under so much pressure. You shouldn’t have to compromise on world-class IT but neither should you be held to ransom. We want people to be aware that they really do have a different choice. Frontline digitisation does not have to be imposed upon you. Our hospital product is now the benchmark to measure against for quality, sustainability, value for money and for true integrated healthcare. Come and meet us to judge for yourself.”

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