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NHS Cheshire and Merseyside is preparing to procure a new telehealth platform with the aim of connecting with more existing and future applications and hardware.

NHS柴郡和默西塞德郡正在准备购买一个新的远程医疗平台，旨在连接更多现有和未来的应用程序和硬件。

It has been working with Health Innovation North West Coast – the regional arm of the NHS Health Innovation Network – on gathering feedback from stakeholders and is planning to publish a tender by the end of this month with a view to announcing a provider by the beginning of October.

它一直在与NHS健康创新网络的区域分支机构西北海岸健康创新合作，收集利益相关者的反馈，并计划在本月底之前发布招标书，以期在10月初之前宣布供应商。

NHS Cheshire and Merseyside – a partnership of trusts, GP practices, local authorities and pharmacies said to be the single biggest provider of telehealth services in the UK – has identified the need for a flexible platform with the potential to handle applications such as novel remote monitoring equipment or consumer devices that have yet been brought to market..

NHS柴郡和默西塞德郡（NHS Cheshire and Merseyside）是信托基金、全科医生、地方当局和药店的合作伙伴，据说是英国最大的远程医疗服务提供商，它已经确定需要一个灵活的平台，可以处理尚未上市的新型远程监控设备或消费设备等应用程序。。

Health Innovation North West Coast has supported it through a series of steps including: engaging with potential platform suppliers; running rapid insight sessions with stakeholders; job shadowing telehealth hub staff to understand current technology and processes; interviews with contacts such as specialist clinicians and virtual wards consultants; surveys of current telehealth users; and engagement with the local authorities in the partnership..

西北海岸健康创新通过一系列步骤为其提供支持，包括：与潜在的平台供应商接洽；与利益相关者开展快速洞察会议；对远程保健中心的工作人员进行工作跟踪，以了解当前的技术和流程；采访专业临床医生和虚拟病房顾问等联系人；对当前远程保健用户的调查；以及与地方当局合作。。

The organisation’s senior programme manager, Adrian Quinn, commented: “If we get the kind of long term investment and partnership with a supplier (or consortium of suppliers) that we hope to achieve, it will have a lasting benefit on patients and staff for years to come and take telehealth to the next level.

该组织的高级项目经理阿德里安·奎恩（AdrianQuinn）评论道：“如果我们能够获得我们希望实现的那种长期投资和与供应商（或供应商财团）的合作关系，这将在未来几年为患者和员工带来持久的利益，并将远程保健推向一个新的水平。

We hope to stay involved in the development of the service as it grows.”.

随着服务的发展，我们希望继续参与服务的发展。”。