Sysgroup Regulatory News (SYS)

29 May 2007 07:03

System C Healthcare plc29 May 2007 System C Healthcare signs new deal to provide IT specialists to Connecting for Health System C Healthcare has signed a major new contract to provide experiencedhealthcare IT deployment specialists to the government's NHS Connecting forHealth agency. Under a framework contract with consultancy services specialist QI Consulting,System C will provide specialist support to NHS Connecting for Health's CentralDeployment Support Team. This team is responsible for helping NHS Trustsimplement the National Programme for IT and transfer knowledge and skills toTrust staff. System C's healthcare IT experts are already working directly for Local ServiceProviders and Trusts across the country. They have helped implement a wide rangeof solutions in areas such as patient administration, child health, primarycare, theatres, results reporting, order communications, Single AssessmentProcess (SAP), Picture Archiving (PACS) and decision support systems. The new contract is a flexible and cost effective performance-based frameworkagreement which allows NHS Connecting for Health to draw on the company'sspecific specialist expertise to support the go-live process as and whenrequired. System C employees each have an average of over 15 years' healthcare computingexperience covering all aspects of implementation including design, programme/project management, data migration, interfacing, testing, training and usersupport. For NHS Connecting for Health, they will be delivering practicalhands-on assistance resolving issues, sharing experience and filling short-termresource gaps. Clare Mitchell, Chief Deployment Officer at NHS Connecting for Health said:"System C has successfully begun to support Trusts in robustly preparing forgo-lives, through being an integral part of the deployment team available forSHAs to call on. This framework lets us apply their considerable knowledge andexperience directly to help trusts meet their rollout plans for the comingyear." System C CEO, Ian Denley, said: "The National Programme is clearly acceleratingand there has been a significant increase in the number of acute deploymentsover recent months. The forward plan is very exciting and we are extremelypleased to be able to support NHS Connecting for Health deployments in such adirect manner." For further information please contact System C Healthcare plcDr Ian Denley, Chief ExecutiveMarkus Bolton, Founding Director Tel: 01622 691616 MaitlandEmma BurdettRichard Farnsworth Tel: 020 7379 5151 Connecting for HealthDarren Young Tel: 07795 013058 Notes to editors: System C Healthcare plc (www.systemc.com), established in 1983, specialises inthe provision of information systems and solutions to the healthcare sector. Itsstaff have an average of 15 years' healthcare experience and can provide allaspects of systems design, development and deployment services. System C isfounded upon the belief that IT solutions, when effectively implemented, cansignificantly contribute towards improving patient care. System C is a specialist developer and supplier of Patient Administration andElectronic Patient Record Systems to the health service. The company's MedWayproduct is successfully installed at a number of NHS hospitals includingUniversity Hospitals Aintree, Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust, TamesideHospitals NHS Trust and the Christie, one of the UK's leading cancer hospitals.System C has recently won a £7.5m contract to supply MedWay to the Isle of ManGovernment. System C has helped to install healthcare systems at over 130 NHS Trusts andoffers a wide range of services to Local Service Providers, the NHS andthird-party suppliers. These include programme/project/change management,design, build and test, implementation, training, data migration, interfacingand helpdesk/support services. Within the National Programme for IT (NPfIT),System C people have been involved in the majority of secondary care go-lives todate as well as many GP, community, Single Assessment Programme and child healthdeployments. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange