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NHSX Market Engagement Questionnaire for Digital Pharmacy, Optometry, Dentistry, Ambulance and Community (PODAC) - Optometry Services

Descriptions

Most of the primary eye care in England is provided by optometrists in high street optical practices, conducting more than 13 million NHS sight tests across England per year and detecting any early signs of eye disease. , The project aims to understand the availability of solutions that can support NHSX to further digitise Optometry services by enabling optometrist services to connect with each other more effectively and with other healthcare providers, right along the wider health and care systems. This will in turn increase the transparency and access to services and enable better communications between clinical teams and services, ultimately improving patient experience and pathway performance. , There are several digital developments in progress in optometry, many of which have helped to partially address these challenges. , •Remote services - building on the work of the Covid-19 urgent and emergency eye care services (CUES), offering remote consultations (with follow-up face-to-face appointments or onward referral) for 75% of the population in England. , •eGOS - Primary Care Support England (PCSE) has introduced new paper forms that can be read using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology, as well as electronic payment claim forms. , •Migration to NHSmail - processes are in place for providers to gain access to NHSmail, and many practices have already successfully completed this. , •Electronic eyecare referral systems - the recently introduced dynamic purchasing system (DPS) is designed to support faster, more informed procurement of systems that have been nationally assessed against set criteria. , Interested suppliers are invited to complete a questionnaire that has been designed to develop an understanding of the current maturity of suppliers in the market and the ability to meet the PODAC Priorities listed below: , •We will continue to scale up the sharing of OCT digital images, so that every integrated care system (ICS) area has access to these facilities. , •Acceleration of e-referral platforms with operability for picture archive and communications systems (PACS), to support shared access to these high-resolution images. , •Where there are referral pathways in place from general practice we will work with the bookings and referrals programme to develop standards for electronic referrals to optometry practices. , •Greater choice and control by providing national support where required for optometry practices to enable patient appointment booking, as part of the development of a minimum viable solution. , •We will work with a number of local systems to explore the integration of optometry records within local health care records, and particularly the articulation of the benefits to be gained from integration. , We will continue to enhance remote services, developing AI technologies to help enable this. , This will be achieved through: , ● Expanding image sharing capability to more providers across the system, including voluntary, community and social enterprise sector (VCSE) and hospital eye services (HES) providers. , ● Enabling the digital transfer of clinically-relevant information into patient records for a wider range of services and pathways. , ● Development of a separate roadmap for interoperability and supporting pilot sites to explore integration of care records. , ● Support the development of blueprints for the digital eyecare hubs as part of the National Eye Care Recovery and Transformation Programme, to support connectivity and ensure a consistent standard is implemented across the country. , Further information on digital Capabilities are included in the presentation that is available via the in-tend portal. , The National Commercial & Procurement Hub is conducting this market engagement on behalf of NHSX. The questionnaire and further detail on the PODAC capabilities are available via the In-tend. Information gathered through this market engagement activity will help inform the PODAC commercial strategy and any possible future procurement process. This market engagement will not impact on participation in any procurement process. , For the sake of clarity, respondents should note that their information will be held as commercial in confidence and solely used for the purpose of strategy formation. , Should you wish to participate in this exercise please register through the Intend e-procurement system (https://in-tendhost.co.uk/scwcsu/aspx/Home) for further instructions. If you require any further assistance, please contact commercial.procurementhub@nhs.net. , The deadline for completing the questionnaire is 17.00 on 10th January 2022.

Timeline

Published Date :

10th Dec 2021 3 years ago

Deadline :

1st Apr 2022 3 years ago

Contract Start :

N/A

Contract End :

N/A

Tender Regions

UK

Keywords

software package and information systems

application software

IT systems

enterprise software

packaged applications

digital solutions

software programming

software consultancy

custom software development

systems analysis

application engineering

solution architecture

software integration

coding services

requirements analysis

healthcare application programming

patient record systems

EHR integration

diagnostic tool software

medical device interfacing

imaging software modules

regulatory compliance coding

telehealth applications

clinical decision support

medical data encryption

tailored software solution creation

bespoke application design

domain-specific coding

end-user feature customization

requirement-driven development

custom interface building

vertical application programming

specialized backend logic

industry-aligned solution delivery

system requirement mapping

data structure analysis

functional specification drafting

software architecture modeling

backend logic coding

process flow optimization

technical feasibility assessment

programming language implementation

algorithm refinement

Tender Lot Details

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Workflows

Status :

Closed

Procedure :

N/A

Suitable for SME :

N/A

Nationwide :

No

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Tender Progress :

0%

Details

Notice Type :

PIN

Tender Identifier :

IT-378-246-T: 2024 - 001

Tenderbase ID :

310724019

Low Value :

£100K

High Value :

£1000K

Buyer Information

Name :

Address :

Liverpool Merseyside , Merseyside , L13 0BQ

Website :

N/A

Procurement contact

Name :

Tina Smith

Phone :

0151 252 3243

Email :

tina.smith@shared-ed.ac.uk

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