Nashville-based health care information technology services provider CereCore is expanding into the United Kingdom to assist with globalization of the digital patient record movement.
A specialized international team will utilize electronic patient records (EPR), IT staffing and recruiting, management and administrative roles to implement the new system, according to a press release. The company is expanding into the U.K. market with the help of HCA Healthcare UK and HealthTrust Europe.
“We expect our partnerships to deepen and to work collaboratively with partners and care systems to provide the services and support needed to create an integrated EPR in the U.K.,” CereCore President and CEO Curtis Watkins said in the release
The release states CereCore has been at the frontline of EPR since 1993.
“For close to 30 years, we have been serving communities in the U.S. by supporting hospitals and clinics through the various stages of health care technology adoption from electronic patient record (EPR) implementations and infrastructure to support,” Watkins said in the release. “There's momentum in the U.K. for a single patient record, more clinical decision support and efficient health care. CereCore has the skills and expertise needed to help care providers accomplish the tremendous amount of work that lies ahead to meet the NHS regulatory requirements and public health goals.”
HCA Healthcare UK has 30 facilities in London and Manchester and has been in operation for over 50 years. HealthTrust Europe, which has been owned and operated by HCA Healthcare since 2011, employs 249,000 people globally and has 185 hospitals, 148 Acute care hospitals, and 1,800 sites of care across 21 states and the United Kingdom.