MFT
Dr Veronica Devlin , Chief Transformation Officer at one of the largest hospital trusts in the UK , tells us about building their electronic patient record , adopting a digital culture , and being digitally inclusive .
WRITTEN BY : LEILA HAWKINS
PRODUCED BY : JAMES BERRY
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust ( MFT ) was formed in 2017 following the merger of two of Manchester ' s hospitals , making it one of the largest hospital trusts in the UK with around 22,000 staff .
As its Chief Transformation Officer , Dr Veronica Devlin is overseeing the transformation element of a vast project that aims to integrate and simplify a mosaic of around 2,000 different systems , operating in 10 hospitals . The goal is to make the trust a data-driven organisation , and a key part of this is developing a new electronic patient record ( EPR ) system . Working towards a go live date in summer 2022 while a global pandemic is ongoing has been a challenge , Dr Devlin explains , " but adversity does bring opportunity sometimes , and what we ' ve all reflected on is how much more effective we could have been had we had a single electronic patient record before COVID came along . It has put a lot of unexpected demands on all our services and our need for data , for interoperability and the ability for staff to work flexibly across different areas . Having a standard approach for everything across the organisation would simplify this ."
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