Friday 20 March 2026
Internal Reference Number: FOI_9223
Date Request Received: 12/02/2026 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 27/02/2026 00:00:00
This response was sent via: By Email
Request Summary: electronic patient record systems currently in use at your Trust.
Request Category: Health
| Question Number 1: I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 regarding the electronic patient record systems currently in use at your Trust. Please see the requests below. We have reviewed your disclosure log and the specific information that we require has not been published previously. Our preference is to receive responses to requests below in an email or as an attached Word Document. Does your Trust currently use an Electronic Patient Record (EPR) system for inpatient clinical care? | |
| Answer To Question 1: Yes, Lorenzo (Dedalus) EPR | |
| Question Number 2: Please provide the name(s) of the EPR system(s) currently in use at your Trust for each of the following clinical activities (as applicable) • Medicines prescribing/administration • Medical documentation/clinical notes • Laboratory results/reporting • Vital signs/observations • Consent forms viewing/signing • Outpatient letters viewing/writing | |
| Answer To Question 2: Medicines prescribing/administration - Lorenzo Medical documentation/clinical notes - Lorenzo Laboratory results/reporting - T/Quest/Review (Optum) Vital signs/observations - POET (In house system) Consent forms viewing/signing - Paper based Outpatient letters viewing/writing - Lorenzo | |
| Question Number 3: For each EPR mentioned above (2), please provide information on whether the EPR is used Trust-wide or only in selected clinical services. If selected clinical services, please provide details of the services for which each is applicable. | |
| Answer To Question 3: Trust Wide | |
| Question Number 4: For each EPR mentioned above (2), in which year was it first implemented for use? | |
| Answer To Question 4: Medicines prescribing/administration - Lorenezo - EPMA - 2022 Medical documentation/clinical notes - Lorenzo - 2016 Laboratory results/reporting - T/Quest/Review (Optum) -2012 Vital signs/observations - POET (In house system) -2016 Consent forms viewing/signing - Paper based -N/A Outpatient letters viewing/writing - Lorenzo -2012 | |
| Question Number 5: Does your Trust use paper/physical records for any of the following? • Medicines prescribing/administration • Medical documentation/clinical notes • Laboratory results/reporting • Vital signs/observations • Consent forms viewing/signing • Outpatient letters viewing/writing | |
| Answer To Question 5: Medicines prescribing/administration - Digital Medical documentation/clinical notes - Mixed economy of digital and paper Laboratory results/reporting - Digital Vital signs/observations - Digital Consent forms viewing/signing - Paper based Outpatient letters viewing/writing - Digital | |
| Question Number 6: Does your Trust currently extract data from the EPR (s) for research, audit, or quality improvement purposes? If so, please provide brief details | |
| Answer To Question 6: Data is used for specific use case where there are audit, quality or research requirements | |
| Question Number 7: Is there a dedicated informatics, analytics, or digital team that supports the use of EPR data for research, audit, or quality improvement purposes? | |
| Answer To Question 7: No dedicated team | |
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