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Smarter systems. Better care. Healthier lives.

We’re helping to transform healthcare with technology, data and expertise. As a leading technology-enabled health services business, we provide innovative solutions that support clinicians across all major healthcare settings. With nearly 40 years experience, we’ve helped clinicians deliver high-quality, cost-effective care while improving the health and wellbeing of patients.

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Data driven transformation

Investing in proactive care pays for itself

Using advanced analytics, healthcare providers can identify at-risk patients early and take action to prevent health problems from developing. This approach improves patient care and helps the NHS save money by reducing hospital visits and emergency treatments. Proactive care has helped reduce emergency admissions by 58% in Lincolnshire.

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Automated reporting

NHS Kent and Medway save the equivalent of over 2,000 days a year across 185 practices

Simplifying claims and invoices for locally commissioned services can help primary care teams eliminate time-consuming, manual processes. Apex Contract Manager automatically collects data from clinical systems and automates invoicing. Practices across NHS Kent and Medway ICB have saved an average of 12 days a year, time that can be redirected to patient care.

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Proactive and preventative care

Collaborating in the fight for Hepatitis C elimination

By harnessing the power of clinical intelligence and data sharing, Pathway can play a vital role in identifying patients at risk of various conditions and diseases, enabling healthcare teams to intervene earlier and provide timely treatment. Learn how Pathway helped NHS England and MSD identify patients at-risk of Hepatitis C, facilitating proactive referrals onto appropriate care pathways.

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Collaborative PCN working

PCN increases appointment capacity by 10,000 by transforming service model

Using Optum technology Folkestone, Hythe and Rural PCN transformed its service model, enabling 10,000 more appointments across 7 practices serving 48,000 patients. By adopting digital solutions, this PCN created a more efficient and coordinated model, allowing ARRS practitioners to better manage their capacity and integrate seamlessly into the network.

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From analogue to digital

The future of healthcare

We’re helping the NHS move from paper records and workflows to digital systems that connect care across GP practices, pharmacies, hospitals, and community services. Our technology modernises processes with digital records that clinicians can access wherever a patient presents. Our latest EMIS-X technology is supporting healthcare transformation through data driven insights, clinical intelligence and integrated tools that all underpin joined-up, informed and efficient care.

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Turn data into insight

Reducing waiting lists through proactive care

Our approach goes beyond simply clearing queues to fundamentally redesigning care around evidence-based guidance and integrated patient records. Read our blog that explores the role Population Health Management (PHM) can play in helping the NHS tackle the elective care backlog and in turn, help patients ‘wait well’ by proactively managing their health and wellbeing while they wait for treatment.

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