Software provider signs deal to provide digital platform to Moorfields Eye Hospital

Software provider Civica has signed a five-year contract with Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust to implement its cloud-based digital health platform Cito.

Civica’s Cito platform will digitise more than 120,000 patient referrals each year in a bid to make Moorfields’ referrals process more efficient and cost-effective than the current system which requires each referral to be printed (if from the national e-Referral system) and scanned.

The software fully integrates with Moorfields' existing system, and removes the need for local printing and scanning referrals as documents are automatically captured and allocated into Cito’s Patient Repository and Workflow engine for electronic triage by the relevant clinician.

Its use will also offer Moorfields data insight and audibility of referrals, including referral numbers, date received and speciality. This information will give the Trust an understanding of referral habits, helping it to forecast referrals behaviours and plan for the future.   

Steve Brain, executive director, health & care, Civica, said: “We’re delighted to be working in partnership with Moorfields Eye Hospital as it moves to our Cito platform. Cito will maximise productivity for the Trust, increase visibility from a single platform to aid better care planning and ultimately enhance the patient experience.”