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Enhanced partnership arrangements with In-Form Solutions

14 June 2017

In-Form Solutions is a provider of effective management solutions to both community and business organisations and have decades of experience in supporting NHS organisations to improve their ways of working. In-Form will be a key reseller of Beautiful Information’s products and services and our relationship is managed by John Griffiths, Managing Director of In-Form. John … Continue reading “Enhanced partnership arrangements with In-Form Solutions”

Framework success

9 June 2017

It was a busy end to the final quarter of the Financial Year 2016/2017, but one of the many highlights was our successful application to the Digital Outcomes and Specialists framework at the start of year. We are also pleased to announce that we have been accepted on the G-Cloud 9 framework for cloud-based services for public-sector organisations. … Continue reading “Framework success”

‘Innovators study’ – Exploring how innovation in patient safety and quality of care is achieved by individuals working within the NHS

9 June 2017

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Background Innovation in healthcare is said to be notoriously difficult to achieve and sustain yet simultaneously the health service is under intense pressure to innovate given the ever-increasing demands placed upon it. Whilst many studies have looked at diffusion of innovation from an organisational perspective, few have sought to understand how individuals working … Continue reading “‘Innovators study’ – Exploring how innovation in patient safety and quality of care is achieved by individuals working within the NHS”

Come and see us at this year’s NHS Confederation annual conference and exhibition

9 June 2017

This year’s NHS Confederation annual conference and exhibition takes place at the ACC in Liverpool from Wednesday 14 – Thursday 15 June 2017. If you are attending, please do take the time to visit us at stand A46 in the main arena to find out more about what we do, and how we can help … Continue reading “Come and see us at this year’s NHS Confederation annual conference and exhibition”

Reducing patient time spent in hospital becomes more critical than ever

22 November 2016

The unnecessary delay in discharging older patients (those aged 65 and over) from hospital continues to be a known and long-standing issue. With the number of older people in England rapidly increasing – by 20% between 2004 and 2014, and with a projected increase of 20% over the decade to 2024 – it is now … Continue reading “Reducing patient time spent in hospital becomes more critical than ever”

Tearing down the barbed wire fence

10 August 2016

Sometimes people move between the NHS and the private sector [or academia] and vice versa. For those who wish to do it, it is often described as throwing an old mattress over barbed wire fencing to engineer a dramatic escape. Maybe we should just take the fencing down. Kevin Roberts, Chairman of Saatchi and Saatchi, … Continue reading “Tearing down the barbed wire fence”

New Radicals 2016 accolade putting data into action

12 July 2016

This week we made it on the list of 50 New Radicals 2016. New Radicals is a search led by Nesta, the UK’s innovation foundation, and The Observer to find the top people, projects and organisations offering innovative ways to tackle the challenges facing society today. The list compiled from hundreds of entries and nominations, narrowed … Continue reading “New Radicals 2016 accolade putting data into action”

Using dashboards for an emergency care recovery programme

15 April 2016

Croydon Health Services has one of the busiest emergency departments (ED) in south west London. On a performance level we had been struggling to meet the 95 per cent Emergency Access Target for some time. In May 2015 we put in place an emergency care recovery programme with a number of workstreams, one of which … Continue reading “Using dashboards for an emergency care recovery programme”

Case study – Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

22 March 2016

How a smartphone app is helping to get near real time A&E information into the hands of the people who need it Summary Using a smartphone app to share near real time information on bed state, or demand at the front door of the hospital, has meant senior management and the executive team are now … Continue reading “Case study – Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust”

Florence Nightingale and putting data into action

23 February 2016

The Big Bang Data Exhibition in London is well worth a visit, not just because it is a good excuse to take your mind off the day-to-day pressures of working in the NHS, but for the insight into what data can do for us now and the predictions about what it might help us do … Continue reading “Florence Nightingale and putting data into action”