Good Hope Hospital is investing £1 million in OASIS, a brand new, state-of-the-art Patient Administration System.

Under a three year deal with Siemens/Capula Elan, Good Hope is replacing its existing 16 year-old PAS with the new system which will be in use by the end of this year.

This will come as good news to staff and patients alike, as the new system will be more reliable, reduce the number of times patient details are entered into the system and provide additional functionality such as medical record tracking.

These improvements will also boost the quality of services offered at Good Hope, in that patients will only have to give their details once when visiting the hospital. The new system will automatically recognise if they have previously attended the hospital, even if it was at different clinic. OASIS will also help to solve the problems associated with medical records going astray, as the new system will electronically ‘tag’ each record and trace its movements around the Trust. OASIS Project Manager, David Newey said,

“The introduction of OASIS to Good Hope is probably the largest and most important IT project to happen in the Hospital for the past decade, and with it will come a whole host of improvements to both patient care, and the efficiency of the hospital’s patient administration services.”

Patients will also see the benefits of OASIS at their own GPs as it will be fully integrated with Good Hope's existing and very successful electronic booking system, enabling day case and minor operations to be added to the options available for direct referral and booking online within primary care. Finally the new system will also play a pivotal role in the development of the £18 million Diagnosis Treatment Centre.