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.

In the multi-year agreement, UHB will deploy MediViewer, Mizaic’s 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.

Jon Pickering, chief executive officer at Mizaic, said: “University 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.

“As 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.

“This 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.”

The trust will use MediViewer to migrate clinical data from an existing enterprise content management system into a more scalable cloud-based environment.

The platform will integrate with more than 40 clinical systems, alongside the trust’s in-house clinical portal and electronic patient record, enabling clinicians to access information more efficiently within existing workflows.

Mark Foster, chief clinical information officer at UHB, said: “This 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.

“Mizaic’s experience in delivering comparable, high-volume programmes assured us the transition could be achieved at pace.”

The programme has been designed to advance UHB’s long-term digital maturity 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

Data security and information governance are key to the programme’s design and delivery. All patient information will be handled in line with NHS data protection requirements, with technical and organisational controls in place to safeguard confidentiality.

The transition to a modern cloud-based system is expected to enhance resilience, strengthen access control, and provide improved audit and monitoring capabilities – ensuring patient data remains secure while supporting more efficient clinical access.