Affiliated Computer Services has successfully completed Phase I of the Government of Malta's Integrated Health Information System (IHIS).  Along with iSOFT, a key technology partner, ACS has installed a state-of-the-art IT infrastructure that connects laboratory, radiology and image archiving communication systems and integrates them with iSOFT's Patient Administration System and Clinical Order Communication and Results Reporting System.

Affiliated Computer Services has successfully completed Phase I of the Government of Malta's Integrated Health Information System (IHIS).  Along with iSOFT, a key technology partner, ACS has installed a state-of-the-art IT infrastructure that connects laboratory, radiology and image archiving communication systems and integrates them with iSOFT's Patient Administration System and Clinical Order Communication and Results Reporting System.

The systems have already helped improve the delivery and management of healthcare service and records in Malta's new 850-bed Mater Dei Hospital, the nation's largest healthcare facility. ACS will also provide ongoing operations, maintenance, integration services and support through an on-site command centre.

Bracken, managing director of ACS Healthcare Solutions said, "The rapid implementation of this system was designed to provide quick benefits to the citizens of Malta," "Not only were we required to install new digital technology, but laboratory and radiology services had to be completely updated in the process, and all of this needed to happen while Mater Dei Hospital was moving to a new campus.

Mater Dei's 150 laboratory scientists conduct 4.5 million tests each year for healthcare professionals throughout Malta. Replacing largely manual processes, iSOFT's i.Laboratory systems will speed the turnaround of test results, increase the accuracy of test data and patient information, enhance the legibility of critical reports, and provide better access to patient demographics and specimen records, all improving the quality and efficiency of healthcare delivery.

Paul Richards, managing director of iSOFT in the United Kingdom and Ireland said, "Meticulous planning and great team work with ACS enabled us to meet an urgent customer need".

Laboratory also allows tests, samples and results to be tracked across all of the hospital's laboratories, including chemistry, haematology, immunology, microbiology, virology, toxicology, pathology, and cytology. Ultimately every ward within Mater Dei will be able to order tests and view the results online.