Germany’s CompuGroup Medical has won the contract to provide an integrated electronic patient record system to primary and outpatient care centres in the Swedish region of Skåne.
The implementation, which will cover all primary care institutions and private GPs in the region, is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
The contract will see the company supply its Profdoc Medical Office electronic patient record system to more than 130 healthcare centres, 140 child health centres and around 130 rehabilitation centres in the region.
The contract win further strengthens CompuGroups leading position as a primary care supplier in Scandinavia. CompuGroup is already he main provider of IT systems in primary care across Sweden, Denmark and Norway.
Under the new contract, the company will provide its Profdoc Medical Office, which provides a full practice management suite to handle documentation of any patients care given, clinical administration, workflow and all medical correspondence.
Ulf Swanstein, head of primary care in Skåne, said: “The tender process lasted longer than expected but we will now begin the implementation project after the summer in order to follow our timeline.”
Linus Fred, general manager at CompuGroup Medical, said: "We are naturally very proud and content that the Region of Skåne chose PMO as their future system for the primary care.
“We have built PMO to provide the best possible support for exactly the type of healthcare that the Region of Skåne is offering, and we are convinced that we, together with the region, will be able to successfully implement PMO within the coming year."
The contract will last for five years with the option to extend for a further five
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