NHS Supply Chain
CAD CARE PLUS (VNA), connecting more than twenty departmental and specialty systems under a UK framework agreement, 2020–2024.
UNITED KINGDOM · FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT
Client
NHS Supply Chain
United Kingdom · framework agreement · 2020–2024
Engagement. Under a framework agreement, CAD CARE delivered CAD CARE PLUS — branded for this engagement as CAD CARE PLUS (VNA) — connecting more than twenty departmental, specialty and operational systems around NHS Supply Chain on a single vendor-neutral, FHIR-compliant platform.
Duration. 2020–2024.
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What connected
Twenty-one systems, one vendor-neutral core
Clinical & departmental
- Wards Departmental Information System
- A&E Departmental Information System
- Maternity Departmental Information Systems
- Neurology Departmental Information System
- Dermatology Departmental Information System
- Cardiovascular Information Systems
Diagnostics & imaging
- Laboratory Information Management System
- Radiology Information System
- Cardiology PACS
- PACS
- VNA — Vendor Neutral Archiving
- Dose Monitoring
Operational & shared
- E-Prescribing
- Pharmacy Departmental Information System
- Order Comms Software
- Multi-Disciplinary Team Software
- Electronic Document Management
- Interoperability System (Sharing Solution)
- Business Analytics
- Artificial Intelligence
- Research Software
Approach
How CAD CARE PLUS made this possible
- Vendor neutralityEvery system kept its vendor; none had to be replaced to join the network.
- One interoperability layerFHIR-based exchange connected departmental systems that had never shared data directly.
- Imaging decoupledPACS/VNA connectivity via the CAD CARE DICOM Application Server, independent of any single imaging vendor.
- Shared semanticsCoded clinical data, so information moving between systems retained its meaning.
- Analytics & AI layered on topBusiness analytics and AI worked across the connected estate, not one system at a time.
- Framework governanceDelivered and governed under the terms of the NHS Supply Chain framework agreement.
Impact
Validated, client-authorised outcome figures are published here once confirmed. None are stated yet for this engagement — we do not publish estimated or illustrative numbers as if they were results.
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