To develop and implement the Datawell Platform

1.7 The Authority is seeking to select a partner to support, develop and deliver the Project Project Objectives The aim of the Project is to build an innovative informatics platform that enables health data to be shared and provides Greater Manchester, East Cheshire and East Lancashire with a development resource that accelerates the delivery of improvements in health outcomes and costs effectiveness. The Datawell Accelerator will be a collection of project-driven partnerships combining resource from NHS members, our Universities and industry to create an affordable, enhanced capability to run evaluations and pilots of new ideas.

These partnerships will build on existing locality plans and support better knowledge sharing between members, as well as help to inform the design and opportunity of the Datawell Exchange as they grow. This Procurement and innovation partnership will focus on the delivery of the Datawell Exchange and act as the foundation and platform for future Accelerator projects.

It is intended that the exchange will be deployed across all Authority members in three years. The key objectives of the Project are as follows: To build a pilot demonstrator across a limited number of sites to demonstrate technical feasibility; To enable efficient sharing of data and provide the appropriate safeguards for privacy, in order to provide a platform which member organisations, including clinicians and researchers, will be able to build on to create innovative solutions for care and research; To demonstrate value of the system through use of innovative data analytics to improve quality and efficiency of services; To create a platform for further application development by third parties; and To rollout the system across the footprint of the AHSN. A detailed reference specification for Datawell can be found in the Datawell Business Case which is available on the GMAHSN website.