Case Study: North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust advances digital patient records with BridgeHead Software

BridgeHead VNA at forefront of North Middlesex NHS data transformation programme

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust faced the challenge of managing patient data stored in departmental silos, especially with the impending end of its national PACS contract. The Trust needed a strategic, long-term solution for the storage, protection, and sharing of its radiology images and other data to support its vision of a digital, paperless hospital and a true single patient record. To address this, they selected the HealthStore™ Independent Clinical Archive (VNA) from BridgeHead Software.

The solution implemented by BridgeHead Software provided a central, application-agnostic repository that began by managing radiology data and was expanded to serve as the foundation for a new Electronic Document Management System (EDMS). This eliminated information silos, giving clinicians faster, easier access to comprehensive patient histories at the point of care and providing greater efficiency. The VNA's vendor neutrality also future-proofed the Trust's data, ensuring it would not be locked into any specific vendor for future application refreshes.

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust

Eddie Webb

Head of IT