Altera Digital Health signs new agreement with SingHealth

  • Extension associated with agreement signed in 2017, will keep 2029
  • Altera to supply SingHealth with continuing support

Altera Digital Health and SingHealth leaders at the partnership signing ceremony Altera Digital Health, previously the Allscripts Private hospitals and Large Doctor Practices business portion, has signed the multi-year agreement with Singapore’s largest public healthcare group, SingHealth, for the use of its SunriseTM suite of healthcare IT solutions throughout its group of organizations.  

In a joint declaration, both parties said the particular partnership is an expansion of an agreement authorized with Allscripts within 2017, and will carry on through to 2029, to give SingHealth with continuous support of Altera Digital Health’s electronic medical record (EMR) platform.  

SingHealth, backed by the national HealthTech agency Integrated Information about health Systems (IHiS), provides used the SunriseTM Scientific Manager System since 1998.  

“We are usually excited to continue our own partnership with SingHealth, which marks the first step of our Altera journey in Singapore as well as the region, ” said Marcus Perez, chief executive of Altera Digital Health.

“Altera Digital Wellness is committed to traveling a new era of healthcare powered with the Platform of Wellness; one with better interoperability and decreased information burden that drives value-based take care of improved health final results, ” he added.

Anna Grammare, general manager of Altera Electronic Health Singapore, said, “Our partnership along with SingHealth to deliver our SunriseTM suite is really a strong representation showing how we can support health care ecosystems with the basis for the Platform of Health.

“Through our system approach, we hope to improve the way healthcare can be delivered while relieving healthcare workers’ workloads and inspiring healthier communities, ” she said.

The SunriseTM remedy suite is a comprehensive, open platform that will connects all aspects of care across multiple healthcare disciplines, the companies said.

Equipped with application development interfaces, the highly configurable platform will continue to be implemented by IHiS to adapt to SingHealth’s clinical workflows and integrate with its package of systems just for seamless interoperability, someone said.

The use of SunriseTM will also serve as an interface which usually SingHealth and IHiS can use to build their own healthcare IT solutions on, enabling better expandability, flexibility and scalability of its clinician-specific workflows that can result in more seamless patient care, they additional.

Teacher Ivy Ng, group chief executive officer, SingHealth, said, “As health care needs of Singaporeans continue to evolve, SingHealth is committed to using technology and digital solutions as key enablers to improve treatment delivery and scientific outcomes, optimise assets and enhance the affected person experience. ” 

“To this particular end, we hope in order to galvanise technological advancements and develop a lot more innovative solutions to deal with healthcare challenges now and for the future, ” Ng said.

As part of the relationship, SingHealth will also obtain dedicated access to Altera Digital Health’s specialist technical consulting group, which will provide assistance with enabling additional benefits and efficiencies later on that are in line with the health care group’s strategic direction.

Altera Digital Health’s partnership with SingHealth shows the company’s commitment and investment in healthcare in the Asia region, following the recent acquisition in to the N. Harris Computer Corporation family and rebranding, it said.