Mark Foster, chief clinical information officer at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) (Credit: UHB)<\/p>\n
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) has partnered with healthtech firm Mizaic on a digital transformation programme that will see more than 235 million patient record images migrated to a new cloud-based platform by December 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n In the multi-year agreement, UHB will deploy MediViewer, Mizaic<\/a>\u2019s electronic document management system as part of a wider record modernisation strategy focused on improving access to patient information, strengthening interoperability, and reducing the operational burden of ageing systems<\/a>.<\/p>\n Jon Pickering, chief executive officer at Mizaic, said: \u201cUniversity Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust is an organisation operating at significant scale and complexity, so we are proud to be supporting a programme of this importance.<\/p>\n \u201cAs NHS organisations continue modernising their digital estates, there is growing demand for platforms capable of managing and connecting vast volumes of patient information without disrupting clinical workflows.<\/p>\n \u201cThis project demonstrates how large-scale migrations can be delivered at pace while creating stronger digital foundations for future interoperability, efficiency, and more informed care delivery.\u201d<\/p>\n The trust will use MediViewer to migrate clinical data from an existing enterprise content management system into a more scalable cloud-based environment.<\/p>\n The platform will integrate with more than 40 clinical systems, alongside the trust\u2019s in-house clinical portal and electronic patient record, enabling clinicians to access information more efficiently within existing workflows.<\/p>\n Mark Foster, chief clinical information officer at UHB, said: \u201cThis is a complex environment, with a significant volume of data and a large number of upstream systems, so confidence in the migration approach and ingestion performance was critical from the outset.<\/p>\n \u201cMizaic\u2019s experience in delivering comparable, high-volume programmes assured us the transition could be achieved at pace.\u201d<\/p>\n The programme has been designed to advance UHB\u2019s long-term digital maturity<\/a> goals. It will create an infrastructure capable of managing large volumes of unstructured clinical data while improving data sharing and interoperability across systems and services<\/p>\n