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2.5. RiskThere are no critical (16+) risks in the IM&T register currently, and none that are significantlyincreasing. Oracle licences are in the same round of negotiations as those for Microsoft,being also subject to an EWA that will expire in 2014. This however is being mitigated bydiscussions currently and the score will be revised downwards following indications of apositive outcome. It is currently felt the level of exposure can be handled within existingIM&T plans.2.6. ReliabilityThe IM&T department has had one significant outage in this period. The pathology databasesuffered a problem that caused it to shut down on 13 th November. This was supported bythe supplier (Clinisys) for the afternoon and overnight, when staff from IT and pathology(pathology IT manager) were also working on the problem. The system was out of action foraround 12 hours during which time electronic orders were not being passed to the system.The analysers were carrying out the work but urgent results had to be phoned. Messagequeues took most of the following day to catch up.Investigations by IT and the supplier have not indicated what caused the problem, but somerecommendations have been made about monitoring, which will be acted upon.The pathology system is a very reliable platform and the data showed that the hardware hadbeen “up” for more than 400 days without a reboot since the last scheduled maintenance.Pathology and IT will consider however whether more frequent scheduled re-boots would bebeneficial.3. Next Steps / Way Forward3.1. The main pieces of work in the next period are as followsEPMAComplete the adult roll out and plan for paediatrics. Hand over tooperational working. Plan for decision support developmentsDWLDevelopment of the multi-professional patient treatment managerEDMBusiness case to be presented to TECAcuity system Business case is expected to TEC in Feb 2013 (not IM&T)PACSContracts will be signed and installation will be in full flow. Level ofconfidence is proposed dates will be firmed up as tasks are completed.PathologyA procurement exercise is expected to startInformationstrategyA steering group for this piece of work and a plan for delivery. Somelive use of the Qlikview system.IntegrationplatformDesktop productsNetwork upgradeStrategycommunicationProcurement of the new platform will be completeA session will be set up for trust board study session as a part ofdemonstrating the “future hospital”Procurement of a new network support contractA trust board study session is being arranged (Jan) to discuss the itemraised at the IM&T strategy presentation to board regarding theoptions for IM&T spend (less/more). This will be supported by thesession including Microsoft looking at future technologies.4. Recommendation4.1. That trust board notes the progress on the IM&T strategy and work plan.5

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