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Pukka-j was recently chosen by Mercury Health to supply PACS, image management and teleradiology services for the new St. Mary's NHS Treatment Centre in Portsmouth, including the seamless integration into the Healthcare Software Systems, CRIS, Radiology Information System. The project represents the second such installation that Pukka-j has provided for Mercury Health, a UK Independent Sector Provider.
Dicom Explorer is the latest intelligent web technology from Pukka-j. It is a powerful application for viewing, reporting and archiving and managing all DICOM images of any modality, and enables multiple studies to be displayed and manipulated simultaneously. Its component technology provides seamless integration and interoperability to communicate with all other digital healthcare systems.
Lisa Holmes IM&T Manager at Mercury Health commented:
We were very pleased with the first installation at High Wycombe; the Pukka-j system, which is simple to use, has nevertheless proved to be a powerful software tool with speed and instant accessibility.
As part of the project, Mercury commissioned Pukka-j to develop a new bespoke feature to smooth their patient delivery and workflow. The solution was to add a document retrieval system to facilitate a trigger to search for patient-relevant scanned documentation. The Pukka-j system queries the RIS for any hardcopy scanned-in patient referrals and consensus forms; converts the documentation into a DICOM secondary capture format, and attaches the secondary capture files to the corresponding DICOM patient images. This new feature provides on-site specialist nurses with the possibility to make a preliminary diagnosis, which can be added to the file, before the complete patient folder is sent off to the Mercury Health remote central data store for archiving and is then ready for auto-forwarding out to remote tele-reporters for diagnosis.
Kevin Wilson, Managing Director of Pukka-j says:
“the interesting challenge of Mercury Health was the distributed nature of the images and where they get reported. It’s a Connecting for Health project on a slightly smaller scale.
Under a contract worth about £65 million over five years, the centre will handle 6,500 day surgery cases, 10,500 diagnostic investigations and up to 50,000 attendances at its Minor Injuries Unit and Walk-in Centre annually.
With four theatres, a special suite for performing investigations, consulting rooms and a comfortable waiting area, the treatment centre’s surgical work will range from hernias and stomach investigations to operations on hands and feet and cataract removal.
On the ground floor of the building, the Minor Injuries Unit will provide an alternative to the trip to the Accident and Emergency at Cosham if the injury is not serious (a cut or ankle sprain). The nurse-led Walk-in Centre means that patients can local residents can call in without an appointment for the types of consultations that a GP might handle. Conditions that are likely to require admission to hospital will continue to be treated at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust.
The new service is designed to complement existing services at the Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth. Portsmouth City Teaching Primary Care Trust and the other South East Hampshire PCTs, which are funding the venture, have welcomed the new centre as an important partnership between the public and private sectors. The treatment centre is one of a number created nationally under a contract agreed between the Department of Health, NHS primary care trust and Mercury Health.
St. Mary's NHS Treatment Centre in Portsmouth.
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