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How can we make patient flow effective and more efficient for the NHS?

Bed availability and NHS waiting times continue to hit headlines. Winter pressures have evolved into a year-round headache, with little chance for busy hospitals to recover during the spring and summer months. Combined with a growing elective backlog of more than 7 million people waiting for treatment means that the drive to maximise capacity and

Topics | Clinical Decision Support | Digital Health | Patient Safety

Celebrating women in digital health

On #IWD2023, Alcidion celebrates the enormous contribution women bring to the STEM space. We are proud to work with and support programs that deliver opportunities for women to expand their professional development and enhance the collaboration of women in digital health. Congratulations to Alcidion’s Anna Joseph and Renee Schofield on being accepted into the 2023 AIDH

Topics | Women in IT

Joining data across regions and key opportunities for patient flow

Recently, HTN interviewed Alcidion’s UK Commercial Director, Tom Scott and CTO, Vivek Krishnan on how Alcidion is helping Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) join up data across entire healthcare systems quickly and safely. Joining up data across regions Tom: I would say that a key way to achieve data flow across an ICS is to utilise

Topics | Digital Health | Interoperability

The WIDH Leadership Program Experience

Alcidion was proud to support the inaugural Australasian Institute of Digital Health (AIDH) Women in Digital Health (WIDH) Leadership program in 2022. Congratulations to Alcidion’s Samantha Townsend and Rhian Sketcher as well as all recent graduates in developing their personal and professional digital health careers. Here, Sam and Rhian share their experiences in the program,

Topics | Women in IT

My personal experience managing COVID with Miya Care

Miraculously, despite many close calls, I had managed to dodge COVID over the past two years… until a month ago! After an outing with friends, the tell-tale signs of a cough were present and with a bright red line on a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) my illness was confirmed. I happened to be working on

Topics | Digital Health | Interoperability | Out of Hospital & Virtual Care | Patient Engagement

Interoperability with Open Standards

Interoperability is critical for the future of healthcare and the desired continuum of care, yet it continues to be a challenge faced by healthcare providers worldwide. Advances in technology have made it possible to move healthcare data efficiently and securely from one system to the next. To achieve this, conventional healthcare software vendors are opting

Topics | Digital Health | Interoperability

Initiation and Planning – setting up for success

The theory behind project management and software delivery at Alcidion is well documented to ensure we take a consistent and proven approach to our client engagement.  Let us look at some practical activities that Alcidion encourages during the Initiation phase of an engagement to set our clients and ourselves up for success. As part of

Topics | Digital Health | Life at Alcidion

International Women’s Day – Supporting women in digital health

Late last year, Alcidion partnered with the Australian Institute of Digital Health (AIDH) to support the Women in Digital Health Leadership (WiDH) Program. The inaugural program supports women in digital health to reach their aspirations and goals via professional development activities and courses while building a community of connection with other women in the industry.

Topics | Digital Health | Life at Alcidion | Women in IT

Improving Health System Efficiency with Command Centres

Health system performance is always in focus as the demand on healthcare services continues to grow. This will be amplified over the next decade as the baby boomer generation (born between 1946-1964) start to reach their 80s. The COVID 19 pandemic has introduced another substantial demand shock to the system. With increased hospitalisations at the

Topics | Clinical Decision Support | Data & Analytics | Digital Health | Interoperability

Virtual and Remote Care – The Digital Solution

As technology adoption evolves in healthcare, opportunities to reinvigorate the way we provide care expand. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated digitally-enabled methods of care, demonstrating that technology facilitates safer patient outcomes and addresses multiple challenges. It has long been recognised that patients recuperate better at home than in hospital. Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) for chronic and

Topics | Digital Health | Out of Hospital & Virtual Care

Evidenced Based Project Management

Implementing software in a healthcare environment is complex. A few months ago, I shared some of the key factors for a successful software implementation. In this blog I will focus on another vitally important ingredient – Project Management. Project management processes come in many flavours, some that have recent popularity with our customers include PRINCE2

Topics | Digital Health | Life at Alcidion

Great Software Products are ineffective without Good Implementation

Implementing Software solutions

I have always been curious when visiting healthcare organisations either in a professional, patient or carer capacity, what software are they using, do their people enjoy the experience and what struggles they may be having? To be honest, I probably have asked far too many questions. I have seen the same software used in multiple

Topics | Data & Analytics | Digital Health | Interoperability