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Milton Keynes Hospital Foundation NHS Trust strives to put the right information into the hands of the right people at the right time to be able to deliver cost-effective healthcare amidst an background of reporting requirements and ongoing cutbacks.

East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with five hospitals and several outpatient facilities across East Kent and Medway. The Trust provides a wide range of services within both hospital and community settings and employs more than 7,500 staff who require access to a variety of healthcare applications and support systems.

St George's Healthcare NHS Trust has over 360 consultants. The Trust runs services at St George's Hospital in Tooting, one of the biggest NHS hospitals in the country, as well as the Wolfson Rehabilitation Centre in Wimbledon.

People who suffer brain injury often make a good physical recovery but then go on to suffer from other problems.

This paper illustrates data mining will enable clinicians and managers to find valuable new patterns in data, leading to potential improvement of resource utilization and patient health. As the patterns are based on recent clinical practice, they represent the ultimate in evidence-based care. This paper briefly introduces the PASW Modeler* data mining system, which incorporates advanced machine learning technologies that extract complex interrelationships and decision-making rules from the data.

The top priority worldwide for organisations involved in healthcare is ensuring that proper care is delivered wherever and whenever it is needed. Rapidly increasing costs, however, have placed a renewed emphasis on seeing that care is delivered efficiently while maintaining high levels of quality.

Patients using HomePods to measure vital signs and communicate with carers have better outcomes and fewer hospital visits, our research suggests. A pilot project saw a 90% reduction in length of stay and hospital admissions, a 40% drop in home visits from the GP and A&E visits reduced by half. This paper illustrates how in-home monitoring can save a PCT or GP consortium over £180,000 a year just by improving the care of a small section of COPD patients.

By automating tests on blood pressure, BMI and more, a 6,000 patient practice saves 27 . hours a week of staff time, or £12,000 a year in labour costs. Instead of routine measurements and questionnaires being taken in a consultation with a GP or nurse, a patient can use the SurgeryPod to take tests as they wish Using information on the cost of general practice from the NHS Information Centre and private studies on this technology, we've created a potential cost saving estimate.

Point-Of-Care Telehealth Could Save Public Health Providers £100,000 a Year: Halving the staff and time needed for community outreach checks, PCTs and LAs save 75% from the cost of public health screening, our analysis suggests. The CardioPod is a touchscreen tablet with diagnostic devices attached, measuring blood pressure, BMI, cholesterol, blood glucose - among others Clinical and lifestyle questionnaires can be included to take a family history, medical history, information on alcohol and tobacco use.

Occupational Health Kiosks Could Reduce Absence Costs By £340,000 a Year: Employees use a self-service kiosk to test for potentially absence-causing health issues in a 15-20 minute occupational health check, without assistance from occupational health services. Using information from the CIPD on employee absence in the UK, and reports from current users, we believe we can reduce the overall cost of absence by 14% a year.

This PatientView Quarterly summer issue looks at the views of 887 UK patient groups, their important role within the NHS, their relationship with other healthcare stakeholders (including government and industry), and their views of the future of the NHS.

In recent years, health and social care services in all sectors have found themselves under increasing pressure due to a series of demographic, social and technological changes.

It seems that there is no consensus of opinion when it comes to the viability of telehealth as a means to meet the challenge of the massive cost-savings required for the NHS while maintaining or improving quality of care.

The Portsdown Group Practice has undertaken a study to test the cost-effectiveness of the management of chronic disease using telehealth and has seen significant results so far.

Challenge: Kent and Medway Health Informatics Service (KMHIS) faced the challenge of managing the diverse IT needs of its 30,000-strong user base.

In partnership with telehealth technology specialist Tunstall, PA has helped to implement telehealth for 50 patients with COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). Patients are equipped to monitor their vital signs at home with remote support from clinicians. PA is now helping Bexley develop plans for deployment to more COPD patients and those with other long-term conditions. There will be a full evaluation of benefits, a service model and robust criteria for patient selection.

Improve quality of care with IBM SPSS predictive analytics software For healthcare organizations worldwide, delivering the quality of carepeople expect is a top priority. As the cost of care increases, however, these organizations are searching for innovative ways to treat patients more efficiently and cost effectively - while maintaining the highest levels of quality.

Improving outcomes for cardiac patients California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco is one of the largest private, not-for-profit academic medical centers in California. An affiliate of Sutter Health, it provides primary, specialty and complex care and serves as a regional referral and transfer center. The medical center's mission is to serve the community by providing high-quality, cost-effective healthcare service in a compassionate and respectful environment, supported and stimulated by education and research.

North American Healthcare Provider turns to IBM® SPSS® Statistics to boost clinic performance and speed patient services All around the globe, nations are contending with medical costs that are rising faster than inflation and patients who are frustrated by long waits for appointments. One of the newest strategies for correcting these and other systemic ailments is evidence-based medicine. The highly touted approach aims to apply the best available scientific evidence to medical decision-making to ensure the best treatment outcomes. In 2008, a leading for-profit clinical healthcare provider decided to bring a rigorous, evidence-based approach to its own operations. "It's the old adage, what gets measured, gets done," says the company's director of clinical intelligence. Starting with three of its strategic rehabilitation clinics, the healthcare company rolled out a statistical analysis solution based on IBM SPSS Statistics. Since then, it has seen significant business benefits, including increased customer satisfaction; improved decision-making; and increased revenue.

IBM® SPSS® Statistics helps Wesley Research Institute link science, medical research and clinical practice The Wesley Research Institute (WRI) is an independent, not-for-profit organization located on the grounds of The Wesley Hospital in Brisbane, Australia. The Institute conducts research aimed at discovering, testing and refining new techniques for better diagnosis and treatment of illness and disease, with the ultimate goal of improving patient care and quality of life. Using a collaborative approach that brings together doctors,nurses, allied health professionals, scientists and patients, WRI seeks to turn basic scientific findings into better healthcare outcomes as quickly as possible. Faster, more accurate diagnoses; fewer, less severe side effects; new treatments for faster, improved recovery - these are just some of the ways in which Institute researchers help improve patient care and quality of life, and IBM SPSS Statistics helps them do it.

MedeAnalytics employs IBM® SPSS® Modeler to help prioritize providers' collection efforts Hospitals across the nation are facing a tough dilemma: a growing number of the patients they treat lack health insurance or are underinsured - but turning these patients away isn't an option. The result: more and more patients are being classified as "self-pay" and hospitals increasingly have to contend with collections headaches and budget shortfalls. "The rising uninsured and under-insured are among the top issues plaguing healthcare," researchers at Deloitte LLP noted in a recent study. "Not only does this issue impact access to care and hospitals' ability to fulfill their mission, it impacts their ability to protect margins and keep their doors open."

Patients praise new telehealth service from O2 Health and clinicians reduce travel costs by 30% NHS Western Isles has increased its service capacity in key clinical areas and expects to make significant annual savings from the use of a new telehealth solution from O2 Health - called 'Side by Side'.

The people of the UK place a high value on the NHS but also place increasing demands on the care and services it provides.The NHS is moving into a new era of unprecedented pressure to do more, to do it better, but for less money.

Healthcare providers across the UK are being asked to respond to a number of challenges resulting from the wider social, political and economic climate that currently exists in the country.