Wolters Kluwer Health has implemented its medication decision support (MDS) solution, Medi-Span, at the specialist oncology centre, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust.
The Christie is a leading expert in cancer care, research and education and is the largest single-site cancer centre in Europe. The Christie treats more than 60,000 patients a year and is the first facility in the UK to be accredited as a comprehensive cancer centre.
Based in Manchester, they serve a population of 3.2 million people across Greater Manchester and Cheshire while more than a quarter of patients are referred nationally from across the UK.
“The Christie is recognised globally for its excellence and commitment to delivering exceptional patient care,” said Israel Armstrong, Vice President for Medi-Span International at Wolters Kluwer Health. “We’re proud that our first Medi-Span implementation in the NHS should be with such a prestigious institution. We look forward to more collaborations that help streamline processes further and help clinical teams make the most highly informed decisions.”
Hani Hanna, Specialist Clinical Pharmacist – ePrescribing, The NHS Foundation Trust said: “The integration of Medi-Spain into the Better Meds ePMA solution marks a significant step forward in empowering our clinical teams to make more informed prescribing decisions. By embedding allergy and medicine-related information directly into the patient record, clinicians gain clear, actionable insights at the point of care. The hands-on support provided by the Medi-Span team throughout implementation, especially during go-live, was instrumental in ensuring a seamless transition and immediate clinical impact.”
Medi-Span will help to provide the Trust clinicians with screening and personalised alerts tailored to each patient’s unique clinical context, including allergy and medicine-related content, across all inpatient wards.
The company says that Medi-Span can be embedded into any electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) solution using clinical APIs. In this case, it has been embedded into Better Meds ePMA integrated with The Christie’s electronic patient record (EPR) system.
“The Better Meds implementation was a strong collaborative journey with great engagement along the way,” said Stefan Siekierski, Delivery Manager for Better Meds UK & Ireland. “What stood out for me on the go-live day was how well organised and prepared the team was and the level of involvement across different teams and at all levels. There was a real sense of pulling together to support a major change of working to enhance patient care. It was wonderful to see all the hard work of The Christie implementation.”
