Nottingham University Hospitals selects Medway Maternity from System C

System CNottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has selected System C's Medway Maternity software to handle over 10,000 births a year. The Trust is one of the largest acute teaching trusts in the country, providing services to over 2.5 million residents in Nottingham and its surrounding communities. It also provides specialist services to a further 3 to 4 million people from neighbouring counties each year.

System C will deploy Medway Maternity at the Nottingham City Hospital and the Queen's Medical Centre campuses, both being regional referral units for feto-maternal medicine and high risk pregnancies.

The system will be used by 370 midwives, 60 doctors and 50 administration staff across the two sites. In addition, around 120 midwives working in the community will use digital pens to collect assessment and booking information and enter it directly into Medway.

Dr Ian Denley, chief executive of System C, said the company was delighted to have won such an important contract. "Nottingham University Hospitals is one of the country's foremost acute providers. We are delighted to have won this maternity contract in a 7-month competitive procurement, and to have done so against such stiff competition."

Lucy Kean, maternity service lead for NUH, commented: "We are very excited about this new system. We evaluated many different systems and System C was consistently rated highest by all members of staff involved in the review. We are entering an age where accurate and user friendly electronic records are at the heart of all that we do. We know that System C will make this an achievable aim."

As well as having clear and concise functionality, Medway Maternity will capture full in-depth patient care information to support the hand held records. All users will have easy access to regularly updated electronic clinical guidance materials relating to local and national standards.

Medway Maternity will be interfaced to the Trust's PAS and results reporting software. In addition, there will be a number of feeds to other downstream systems, including neonatal, fetal medicine and GP systems.

The system will incorporate integrated CTG surveillance and archiving.

Medway Maternity will replace NUH's 20-year old maternity system and the first phase is expected to go live in July 2011.

Related news articles:

About System C Healthcare plc
System C Healthcare plc, specialises in the design and development of clinical patient management and business intelligence software, and provides systems implementation and consulting services to the health and social care sectors.

System C Healthcare is quoted on AIM, the London Stock Exchange's market for small and medium sized companies.

Most Popular Now

AI Tools Help Predict Severe Asthma Risk…

Mayo Clinic researchers have developed artificial intelligence (AI) tools that help identify which children with asthma face the highest risk of serious asthma exacerbation and acute respiratory infections. The study...

ChatGPT 4o Therapeutic Chatbot 'Ama…

One of the first randomized controlled trials assessing the effectiveness of a large language model (LLM) chatbot 'Amanda' for relationship support shows that a single session of chatbot therapy...

AI Distinguishes Glioblastoma from Look-…

A Harvard Medical School–led research team has developed an AI tool that can reliably tell apart two look-alike cancers found in the brain but with different origins, behaviors, and treatments. The...

Overcoming the AI Applicability Crisis a…

Opinion Article by Harry Lykostratis, Chief Executive, Open Medical. The government’s 10 Year Health Plan makes a lot of the potential of AI-software to support clinical decision making, improve productivity, and...

Smart Device Uses AI and Bioelectronics …

As a wound heals, it goes through several stages: clotting to stop bleeding, immune system response, scabbing, and scarring. A wearable device called "a-Heal," designed by engineers at the University...

Dartford and Gravesham Implements Clinis…

Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust has taken a significant step towards a more digital future by rolling out electronic test ordering using Clinisys ICE. The trust deployed the order communications...

AI Body Composition Measurements can Pre…

Adiposity - or the accumulation of excess fat in the body - is a known driver of cardiometabolic diseases such as heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, and kidney disease...