Over the last five years, presentations to emergency departments (ED) across Australia have risen by 2.3% each year. Congestion has hit record highs, with close to 40% of patients waiting more than four hours – the worst performance on record for 20 years. For unplanned admissions from ED into a hospital bed, average wait time …
Nurses and doctors at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have highlighted the positive impacts of Miya Noting, a new digital noting solution which saves time and simplifies ways of working. On the first day of using the Miya Noting component, healthcare professionals said they were amazed by the hours of time saved. One junior …
Software which supports quality improvements implemented at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust helped Burnley-based Alcidion win a Red Rose award for ‘Digital’ at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool in March. The award, which Alcidion have shared with the Trust, was given to recognise the significant improvements in patient safety following the implementation of a Smartpage …
There is a great deal of focus given to the use of explainable AI in diagnostic applications, supporting clinicians in improving both the accuracy of diagnosis and in the speed to arrive at a diagnosis. A recent article titled ‘The AI will see you now’ published in the Wall Street Journal highlights the power of …
When it comes to building virtual care solutions, designing an intuitive user experience is key. However, challenges can arise in the user experience when developers fail to consider the solution from the perspective of different user personas. Take for instance, Alcidion’s smartphone app, Miya Care, which empowers patients to remotely share clinical data with their …
Has the digital healthcare market moved on enough in the last 20 years? We think it has, but are buyers just going to stick with what they know? Digitising acute trusts has been a priority in the NHS for the last 20 years. Yet progress has been slow with persistent use of paper, lack of …
Alcidion is pleased to announce Miya Precision modules Miya Flow, Miya Access and Miya Command have gone live across Alfred Health. A leader in health care delivery, improvement, research and education, Alfred Health is the main provider of health services in the inner southeast of Melbourne and provider of major specialist state-wide services to the …
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 the drive to maximise capacity and efficiency, whilst ensuring …
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 …
Alcidion has signed an extension to their existing contract with Leidos Australia for delivery of a Health Knowledge Management system to support healthcare service delivery across the Australian Defence Force (ADF). The extension to the initial contract with Leidos Australia will provide additional scope for the JP2060 Phase 4 project over 57 months comprising the …
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 …
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 …
