Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust is to invest £71.2 million in its digital infrastructure over the next 10 years.
It said it has received approval for the funding from NHS England, in line with the Government’s ambition for a wholesale shift from analogue to digital in the health service.
The trust said the investment will enable the removal of legacy paper processes and modernise patient pathways.
Its initial focus will be on the introduction of an electronic patient record, incorporating information across different clinical specialities, in phases over the next two years.
Trust chief executive Neil Macdonald said: “This is a huge amount of work for the trust over the next few years. It marks the biggest single investment in infrastructure we have made and will significantly improve the safety of our care by giving the clinicians both the data and the time they need with their patients.”
