- FoI Number
- 2024-813
- Subject
- Systems
- Date Received
- 27/03/2025
- Request and Response
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Question/s to be answered
Radiology Information System (RIS)
Examples include: Soliton Radiology+, Sectra RIS, Epic Radiant, Magentus Cris, etc.
Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS)
Examples include: GE Healthcare Centricity, Fujifilm Synapse, Sectra PACS, etc.
Electronic Health Record (EHR) or Electronic Patient Record (EPR)
Examples include: Epic, Cerner, System C, Dedalus, Veradigm, etc.
Please provide answers to the following questions for your Health Board’s Radiology
Information System (RIS). If your Health Board does not use a RIS, please state this.
- Which supplier?
GE Healthcare / Carestream
- What is the name of the system?
Carestream RIS
- When was it installed (month and year)?
Circa 2010
- When does the contract expire (month and year)?
2026
- Is it annually renewed?
No
- What procurement framework do you use (e.g., tender)?
National Services Scotland Framework
- What were the installation costs (in £)?
Costs were covered by the hosting Board, NHS Grampian
- What were the training costs (in £)?
£20,000
- What are the annual maintenance costs (in £)?
£25,000
- What is the annual spend on the RIS (in £)?
£25,000
- What is the total value of the contract (in £)?
In accordance with FOISA s 17(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it does not hold the information requested.
- Do you have any plans to replace the system (yes/no/maybe and why)?
System will be replaced in 2026 when the contract expires
Please provide answers to the following questions for your Health Board’s Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS). If your Health Board does not use a PACS, please state this.
- Which supplier?
GE Healthcare / Carestream
- What is the name of the system?
Carestream PACS
- When was it installed (month and year)?
2015
- When does the contract expire (month and year)?
2026
- Is it annually renewed?
No
- What procurement framework do you use (e.g., tender)?
National Services Scotland Framework
- What were the installation costs (in £)?
£96,000
- What were the training costs (in £)?
£10,000
- What are the annual maintenance costs (in £)?
£4,000
- What is the annual spend on the PACS (in £)?
£4,000
- What is the total value of the contract (in £)?
In accordance with FOISA s 17(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it does not hold the information requested.
- Do you have any plans to replace the system (yes/no/maybe and why)?
Yes, in 2025/26
Please provide answers to the following questions for your Health Board’s Electronic Health Record (EHR). If your Health Board does not use an EHR, please state this.
- Which supplier?
Intersystems
- What is the name of the system?
TrakCare
- When was it installed (month and year)?
2014
- When does the contract expire (month and year)?
In accordance with FOISA s 17(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it does not hold the information requested.
- Is it annually renewed?
No
- What procurement framework do you use (e.g., tender)?
National Services Scotland Framework
- What were the installation costs (in £)?
Approximately £150,000
- What were the training costs (in £)?
In accordance with FOISA s 17(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it does not hold the information requested.
- What are the annual maintenance costs (in £)?
£90,000
- What is the annual spend on the EHR (in £)?
£90,000
- What is the total value of the contract (in £)?
In accordance with FOISA s 17(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it does not hold the information requested.
- Do you have any plans to replace the system (yes/no/maybe and why)?
No
