Using PACS and RIS data: see what can be done

Picture archiving and communications and radiology information systems hold a wealth of data, and suppliers are working with trusts to make sure they can make best use of it.

Kim Thomas discovers how imaging data can be used to understand how a healthcare organisation is running, and how new predictive analytics could be used to support patient care.

Population health management: analysing change

There is growing interest in population health management – or aggregating data from multiple systems, often held by different organisations, to inform changes to clinical, service and financial outcomes.

The idea has been around for a while, so why is this happening now? Lyn Whitfield hears that work on data, infrastructure information governance is supporting the work, but the big driver is policy.

CACI

CACI is one the largest suppliers of healthcare analytics and data warehousing solutions to the UK NHS market. Today, we work with almost half of all English trusts and the majority of health boards in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, with clients across acute, community, mental health and commissioning services.

At CACI, we understand how critical it is for an NHS trust to thoroughly understand the patient journey, clinical outcomes and cost of treatment. We also understand how time consuming data entry and manipulation can be, whilst ensuring the highest levels of data quality.

That’s why our healthcare analytics and data warehousing solutions are designed to provide easy access to all the information clinicians, finance managers and board members need to make the best possible decisions about healthcare services.

CACI is an SAP Gold and Qlik Elite Partner and provides training centres for Qlik, Qlik Sense and SAP BI Suite.

Web: www.caci.co.uk
Twitter: @CACI_BI
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/caci-business-intelligence-services
Tel: 0161 232 7100
Email: info@caci.co.uk

Your data can provide savings and improved patient outcomes

Hospital trusts that harness and interpret big data will deliver unprecedented benefits in years to come through improved outcomes and cost savings.

IMS Health is a natural partner for NHS in this field, with expertise gained over 60 years in the health industry. Our people, processes and technology are designed to unlock the potential of your data, delivering unique insight into unwarranted variation that exists in care delivery and then quantifying and optimising the costs of this variation.

Our cutting edge modelling techniques provide clinicians with evidence to support the design of better care pathways and effective use of medicines.

We inform your workforce planning with evidence-based predictions of where capacity should rise to meet future demand. We use technology to go beyond data into a deeper understanding of what a patient is actually experiencing, so that patients and their outcomes are central to the design of your future services.

Email: plane@uk.imshealth.com
Tel: 07919626428 (Peter Lane)
Web: www.imshealth.com
Twitter: @IMSHealth, @QuintilesIMS
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/ims-health
YouTube: youtube.com/user/imshealthinc

Intelerad Medical Systems

Intelerad UK is a leader in distributed radiology, specialising in archiving, workflow and imaging interoperability solutions and services for hospitals, radiology groups, imaging centres, and teleradiology businesses.

Renowned for their innovative features, functionality and ability to create cross-enterprise workflows, Intelerad solutions increase productivity and streamline workflow by overcoming technical barriers in distributed and complex environments.

Used in sites across the United Kingdom, North America, and Oceania, Intelerad couples its highly scalable, flexible and robust solutions with industry-leading customer service and support to ensure optimal patient outcomes.

Email: roy.kinnear@intelerad.com
Tel: 07508 711335 (Roy Kinnear)
Web: www.intelerad.co.uk
Blog: intelerad-insider.com/
Twitter: @Intelerad
Facebook: facebook.com/Intelerad
YouTube: youtube.com/user/InteleradInsider
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/intelerad-medical-systems

Unearthing the diagnostic goldmine – contributing to wider hospital intelligence

Radiology could represent a far more important part of a hospital’s business intelligence. Sectra’s Chris Scarisbrick explores a goldmine that the NHS must look to unearth.

It’s an age old story. The NHS has less whilst being asked to do more. Diagnostic departments are no exception with less cash, revenue and capital, and a requirement to meet increasing demand.

But could greater intelligence within our diagnostic departments, and greater use of a rich source of information held within the ‘ologies’, now be about to make a serious difference to the effectiveness and efficiency of the wider hospital enterprise? Are hospitals taking full advantage of diagnostic information? And is enough being done to provide disciplines like radiology with the departmental intelligence needed?

Read the full article here.

Email: Caroline.marjason@sectra.com
Tel: +44 (0) 1279 213 653 (Caroline Marjason)
Web: www.sectra.com/medical
Twitter: @SectraNews, @MD_Sectra
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/sectra
YouTube: youtube.com/user/SectraMedicalSystems