1. System Integration and
Clinical Portals in the NHS
 ClinicalSystems
 What is a clinical portal?
 Why do you need a clinical portal?
 How to build one?
 Summary
 Questions

2. Clinical Systems in Hospitals
 ICE – Integrated Clinical Environment
 RIS – Radiology Information System
 PAS- Patient Administration System
 PACS – Picture Archiving and
Communication System

3. Clinical Systems - Community
 SystemOne
 EMIS

4. Clinical Portals
 Web-based framework for accessing patient
records
 Vital information about patients in a single view
and in real-time
 For clinical professionals and other healthcare and
management professionals
 Clear and instant view of essential information
 Before, during and after consultations and
procedures

5. Why
 Improve service efficiency
 Improve quality of care
 Improve safety
 Minimise re-ordering of tests or other duplication
 Cost effective - All the existing health systems are
still in place
 Single log-on - No need to search different
systems with different passwords
 Time effective - Consolidated information in one
place

6. How
 Use of standards such as ICD-10 and
SNOMED CT, LOINC, OPCS-4
 HL7 feeds
 Role based access
 Security
 Integration engine – JCAPS, Ensemble,
Rhapsody

7. Summary
Clinicians, Healthcare staff
PAS RIS ICE
Multiple clinical applications
PAS, ICE, RIS
Databases

8. Clinicians, Healthcare staff
Healthcare Portal
Integration Engine
Multiple clinical applications
Databases PAS, ICE, RIS

9. Questions?

10. Questions?