COA Solutions has won a £3.6 million contract to supply all twenty-two Scottish health boards with a comprehensive portfolio of financial, procurement support, business intelligence and document management software solutions.
This 'Health Business Suite' is being implemented as part of a drive to achieve shared services working throughout NHSScotland. The planned completion date for fully implementing the new system is March 2009.
Implementing COA Solutions software throughout NHSScotland forms part of the Scottish Government's Efficient Government Initiative and will help to deliver the Government’s planned efficiency targets.
NHS National Services Scotland, the body overseeing NHSScotland's move towards a common software platform is running the shared support services programme and expects the COA Solutions project to be a key enabler of the quality and efficiency gains.
'Health boards will be able to more easily share staff, responsibilities and information. As well as creating a more streamlined financial service, this will free-up time and resources,' said John Francis, a director of the shared support services programme.
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