Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital joins UCLH on Epic electronic health record

On Sunday 23 November, the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH) successfully connected to UCLH’s Epic electronic health record (EHR). This is another milestone in our collaboration and digital transformation across North Central London.

This move replaces paper records and multiple legacy systems at RNOH with a single, fully integrated digital patient record. For UCLH, it supports our joint work especially in services like the London Sarcoma Service, where UCLH and RNOH have long collaborated to deliver world-class care.

The integration is part of an internationally recognised Epic Connect model, enabling partner hospitals to share a single digital platform for safer, more coordinated care. For patients seen at both trusts, clinicians now have access to a more complete record to further enhance patient safety and experience.

UCLH chief executive David Probert said: “UCLH and RNOH can now work more closely together than ever before, improving patient safety and delivering truly integrated care. Having all the data in one place will also enhance our research capabilities, helping us drive innovation and improve outcomes for patients. We want to thank the incredible teams at both trusts for making this possible. This collaboration will continue for years to come, benefiting patients and staff.”

RNOH chief executive Prof. Paul Fish said: "A huge thank you to our brilliant staff who have helped us get to this milestone. Their hard work and commitment have made this day possible, and I know that patients have been kept at the heart of the programme throughout. Epic will transform the way we deliver care and ensure we provide the best possible acute neuro-musculoskeletal medicine for years to come.”

UCLH medical director for Digital Healthcare, Dr Gill Gaskin, said: "I would also like to thank everyone involved for their patience, support, and hard work. Implementing a fully integrated electronic health record in one go-live across a whole organisation can be extremely challenging at times. In the end this is all about improving safety and care for patients and their families and that is incredibly rewarding.”

RNOH deputy chief executive and chief medical officer, Dr Lila Dinner, added: "This is a very exciting day for RNOH. We are incredibly grateful to Epic who have worked tirelessly to support both ourselves and UCLH and to our UCLH colleagues whose expertise in designing, implementing, and using Epic, following their own deployment of the system in 2019, has been instrumental to the success of this programme. Our go-live is just the start of an exciting next chapter for RNOH and I'm looking forward to continued success in our partnership with UCLH to the benefit of patients at both trusts.”