ReStart in the Midlands
ReStart has strong ties in the Midlands with data integration solutions at acute hospitals as well as ongoing projects to support the digital progress for the West Midlands Ambulance NHS Trust.
ReStart’s team focus on integration and data migration projects, supporting a number of systems including Rhapsody, Ensemble and Health Connect integration engines. They are experienced in developing data interfaces for systems including Cerner, Lorenzo, IPM, Epic, CaMIS and System C.
Digital handovers to A&E at West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (WMAS)
West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust (WMAS) serves a population of 5.6 million and responds to 4,000 ‘999’ calls each day, covering over 5,000 square miles across the Midlands.
Working in close partnership with WMAS, ReStart developed an interface to support the automation of patient handovers to A&E departments. WMAS is recognised as a leading digital Trust, however they were keen to make use of their existing Cleric EPR system and integration engine, as this would save significant time and money in achieving a digital handover solution.
Following an intensive plan with tight deadlines, the ReStart team delivered a fully tested A&E interface to WMAS last year. Since November 2023, the team at WMAS have been using the ReStart interface with Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust. Using handheld devices, the ambulance crew capture patient details in real-time which is shared promptly with staff at the acute Trust. Before the ambulance arrives at the emergency department, Walsall digitally receives all the necessary information about the patient. This enables A&E staff to determine and plan the best course of treatment and also saves time on the manual handover of patients.
ReStart will continue to support WMAS with the wider roll out to additional acute hospitals across the region over the coming months.
Support for Epic at Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust (BWC)
In January 2024 BWC signed a contract with Epic to provide the trust’s future electronic patient record (EPR) system. The Epic solution is planned to go live next spring and will replace a number of legacy IT systems, including both the Lorenzo and IPM Patient Administration Systems (PAS).
In order to achieve the planned go live in 2025, the Trust selected ReStart as an experienced partner to deliver the vital data integration aspect of the EPR project, or following live service commencement.
ReStart has embarked on the project which will use an up to date Rhapsody Integration Engine at the Trust and high availability architecture to deliver the platform for the data migration. A key aspect of the project includes a disaster recovery plan in the event of any issues during the EPR migration.
As well as an in-depth hardware gap analysis at BWC, ReStart is in the midst of a system by system review of the existing integration configuration and the future state EPIC specifications. Following this work and key to the success of the integration, is a detailed user engagement and system readiness plan. This is vital to ensuring BWC has the knowledge transfer from ReStart’s expert team and is confident and skilled to deliver this progressive digital solution to support women and children needing vital care in Birmingham.
“The Epic electronic patient record programme is a hugely exciting digital project for Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust and we’re delighted to have taken another step forward by choosing ReStart as our integration provider.” Christopher Hughes – Deputy Head of IT, Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust.
ReStart has worked with 49% of NHS Trusts, providing 24/7 integration support to 20% of Trusts and currently working in over 50% of ICS’s. ReStart’s team of interoperability experts and solutions connect healthcare leaders to support patient care across all regions.
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