One of Europe’s leading university hospitals selects Better technology for its core data platform

Following a framework procurement issued in 2023, one of Europe's leading university hospitals has completed the first call-off for openEHR software, a central data platform, and openEHR development tools. It has selected the Better platform, which will be delivered by Tietoevry together with other components that are part of the Lifecare offering. 

Sweden's largest university hospital, ranked the 7th best hospital in Newsweek magazine's "World's Best Hospitals" ranking, set its openEHR strategy years ago and has all this time been actively involved in the community. The target vision for the new healthcare data platform was set in their 2022 Annual Review, with the openEHR clinical data repository being the foundation of the future architecture. All new systems will evolve from this, creating a new ecosystem of self-developed and partner-developed applications, as well as adding the eventual new journal system, which is currently in the procurement process by the Stockholm region, as the existing EMR will be phased out in the coming years.

Better platform will help achieve this vision. Its modular architecture, based on a vendor-neutral CDR powered by openEHR and low-code tools, will allow the university hospital and other healthcare actors within Sweden's capital region to expand successively and flexibly when developing in-house applications with minimal dependencies on external vendors. By controlling the development process, it will significantly improve cost control and the pace of deliveries as well as lower the project risks, as the platform approach enables the hospital to grow incrementally. 

Tomaž Gornik, CEO and founder of Better, commented: "Being selected as the core data platform by one of the best hospitals in the world is a testament to our work and commitment to openEHR over the past 15 years. Technically, this framework is one of the most demanding procurements, pushing the technology beyond today’s boundaries. This is a great motivation for us to constantly improve our technology for the future, staying ahead, and being the driving force in the care transformation journey." 

The duration of the framework agreement contract is four years with a possible extension for two additional years. The platform will be delivered by Better’s local partner TietoEvry, who will be priming the contract. The framework includes two more lots: Area 2 covers openEHR-related tools, and Area 3 covers openEHR-related services, for which the call-offs have yet to be issued.