Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) has signed an agreement with the UK National Health Service (NHS) to amend the existing contract under which CSC has developed and is deploying an integrated electronic patient records system using CSC's Lorenzo Regional Care software products.
The agreement will allow the NHS trusts to select the electronic care records solutions of their choice and enable CSC to market the Lorenzo solution to NHS trusts across England.
CSC president and chief executive officer Mike Lawrie said the agreement represents commitment by the NHS and CSC to a long-term partnership as well as CSC's healthcare solutions.
"Under this agreement CSC will continue to have the opportunity to support the NHS Information and Communications Technology infrastructure through deployment of our groundbreaking Lorenzo base product solutions, now rigorously tested and approved for wide-scale deployment across NHS,'' Lawrie added.
''We are already seeing strong demand from NHS trusts that are confident our solutions will bring the safety and efficiency gains required by a modern NHS."
The arrangement will also allow the trusts to combine additional clinical modules with the core care management functionality of the Lorenzo solution to meet their specific requirements.
Trusts will receive ongoing managed services from CSC for a period of five years from the date of Lorenzo deployment by a trust, once the deployment is complete or substantially complete by July 2016, according to CSC.
