The systems, which will cost an estimated £5m, should provide full desktop integration and voice recognition, South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said. Its current picture and archiving communications system (PACS) is available to around 3,000 service users across acute and primary care sites.
According to the notice published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 30 January 2010, the supplier will provide full data migration from old to new systems with business continuity services as a costed option. The contract will also include elements of standard X-ray technology.
The chosen technology will interface with external and internal systems to allow the sharing of information and images between computers. The contractor will supply diagnostic workstations, a facility for hospital clinicians to view images on existing trust PCs, and a comprehensive management reporting tool.
The notice said that provision of a cardiology image storage system, which will include technology to support catheter labs and echo cardiograms, should be considered as a costed option. It added that storage of other digital media may also be required.
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