Swedish Medical implements Oracle suite to support EMR system

Oracle has announced that Swedish Medical Center, a healthcare provider, has deployed components of the Oracle Enterprise Content Management Suite - Oracle Universal Content Management and Oracle Imaging and Process Management - to deliver a content-enabled electronic medical record system that helps ensure patient information is available when and where a provider needs it.

Oracle enterprise content management software also facilitated Swedish Medical Center's electronic medical record (EMR) training initiative, helping the organization ensure an on-time rollout. Oracle Enterprise Content Management Suite is a component of Oracle Fusion Middleware.

The new EMR system is accelerating the creation and management of patient records. One clinic, for example, had a basic patient records management system that required approximately 12 steps to pull information from faxes, attribute it to a specific patient and incorporate the data into the patient's record.

Swedish Medical Center's new EMR system uses Oracle Imaging and Process Management to complete this task in only four steps, freeing staff to focus on other responsibilities. Swedish Medical Center also slashed the time that it took to assemble training materials for new and existing processes from 24 hours to as little as 4 hours for major productions, and even less time for individual manual productions.

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BSNL Inks With Oracle

Monday, the media reported that Bharat Sanchar Nigam inked a deal with Oracle that comprise Oracle applications, Oracle Database and Oracle Fusion Middleware that would drive BSNL's aggressive growth plans and enhance customer service delivery. Oracle would also provide BSNL with Siebel CRM to provide next-generation services to customers.

The Chairman and Managing Director of BSNL, Kuldeep Goyal, said that the company has undertaken a decisive step towards extensive deployment of IT solutions for enhancing customer service and enabling faster rollout of services. The project seeks to enhance customer service delivery across the organization and would be able to enhance customer care and would reduce operational costs and increase revenue realization for effectively meeting the new challenges in the telecom sector.

BSNL has 7 core customers across the country and plans to invest extensively in technology.

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Morrisons signs up Oracle for IT transformation

Morrisons, the UK’s fourth largest supermarket group, has announced a major partnership with Oracle to help drive a far-reaching overhaul of its IT systems.

Under the agreement, the supermarket chain expects to implement a complete Oracle retail suite of merchandising, planning and stores applications, plus the Oracle E-Business Suite for financials, HR/payroll and manufacturing. It will also roll out Oracle’s Siebel platform for CRM and Oracle Fusion middleware including Oracle SOA Suite and Oracle Identity Management – all underpinned by Oracle databases.

The grocery retailer has said it plans to phase in the Oracle systems over the next five years – much more slowly than the original three-year timetable to overhaul its systems it announced in March last year, when it first confirmed plans for a major capital investment in IT.

The Oracle deal is also departure from its original stated plan to pick and choose best-of-breed systems to support all its core functions.

Gary Barr, the retailer’s IT director, said: “We expect Oracle solutions to meet our needs, offering a breadth of functionality and a level of data that will promote a more accurate assessment of business performance. This will help us to turn information into profitable business decisions.”

The supermarket has not yet confirmed any partner to help it integrate Oracle’s systems with its existing infrastructure, but Retail Week reported last month that the grocer plans to recruit more than 500 IT staff and consultants over the next two years to support its IT transformation programme.

The business transformation plan is reported to be called Project Evolve internally.

Morrisons has more than 114,000 members of staff in stores, factories, distribution centres and head office administrative functions.

The grocer is well-known for managing almost every aspect of its commercial operations in-house, including fresh fruit and vegetables, fresh food, meat processing and transport.

Oracle’s systems will expected to provide Morrisons with the operational functionality required to manage and simplify retail processes around fresh and staple produce throughout the planning process, through the supply chain and into the stores.

Oracle’s Duncan Angove said Morrisons’ verticalled integrated supply chain was “unique and helps them bring a highly differentiated approach to food retailing.”

Source: www.computerworlduk.com

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