Our response to Digital Health’s article – “How yesterday’s systems are causing today’s clinical safety issues.”
The recent article published by clinical safety officers (CSOs), Kimberley Dawson, Ben Jeeves, and Sascha Mullen in Digital Health highlighted the growing risks caused by outdated clinical systems across the NHS — systems that remain critical for patient care but lack modern safety assurance, vendor support, and compliance. These legacy systems put patient safety, resilience, and transformation efforts at risk.
Addressing Legacy Clinical System Risks with IMX Archive
Introduction
The challenges outlined by clinical safety officers (CSOs), Kimberley Dawson, Ben Jeeves, and Sascha Mullen in Digital Health’s recent article published on 28th August, reflect a critical and growing issue across the NHS and wider health sector: legacy clinical systems continue to underpin essential patient care, yet they often operate without modern safety assurance, governance, or vendor support. These systems pose significant risks to patient safety, compliance, and organisational resilience.
ReStart fully recognises this challenge and believes that IMX Archive is the solution to these complex challenges. IMX Archive is already proven, clinically reviewed with safety cases, and ready to provide a safe route out of legacy risk. It enables healthcare organisations to retire unsupported systems, retain access to essential data, and move forward with confidence into modern digital architecture.
How IMX Archive Can Help to Address Complex Legacy Clinical System Risks
Clinically Reviewed and Safe
IMX Archive has been developed with clinical oversight and safety cases, ensuring that data from legacy systems can be accessed safely and securely. This gives CSOs and digital leaders confidence that safety and compliance are not compromised when systems are decommissioned.
Managing Legacy Debt Across the System
Legacy debt is not just a local problem; it affects national, regional, and local healthcare organisations alike. IMX Archive supports:
- National consistency – establishing a standard approach to archiving and decommissioning.
- Regional collaboration – shared archives across Integrated Care Systems (ICSs).
- Local relief – allowing Trusts to safely switch off unsupported systems while maintaining essential access to historical records.
Enabling Modern Architecture
By centralising legacy data into a compliant, future-proof archive, IMX Archive reduces the burden of technical debt and supports the move to modern, interoperable digital platforms. It provides the foundation for innovation and digital transformation.
Freeing Resources for Transformation
Unsupported systems are expensive and resource-intensive to maintain. IMX Archive removes that burden, releasing both financial and operational capacity so organisations can focus on improving care and delivering digital innovation.
Conclusion
The risks outlined by CSOs in Digital Health are urgent and cannot be ignored. Legacy systems are unsafe, costly, and unsustainable.
IMX Archive is clinically assured, ready, and scalable. It offers healthcare organisations a practical solution to:
- Reduce patient safety risks
- Manage legacy debt effectively at national, regional, and local levels
- Enable a transition to modern architecture
- Free resources for innovation
As digital transformation accelerates, IMX Archive provides a clear and immediate pathway to safeguard patient care and build trust in digital health.
To read the full article please visit – Why yesterday’s systems are causing today’s clinical safety issues
To discuss how we can help you to securely access your legacy data giving you confidence that safety and compliance are not compromised which systems are decommissioned please get in contact.
