Enable the healthcare workforce with integrated care systems
As the healthcare sector modernises, technology is supporting integrated care systems (ICS) by enabling healthcare professionals to collaborate and work together across one system rather than disparate organisations.
- Due to the emphasis on reducing inequalities in care, ICSs are expected to priorities identifying and reducing health inequalities in their area, improve population health, and contribute to social and economic development.
- The average population covered by an ICS is around 1.5 million people and increases to 3 million people for the largest – making communication and collaboration between each ICS key for both patients and professionals to achieve successful outcomes.
- 97% of nurses and physicians rely on mobile devices or shared workstations at the bedside to perform critical clinical tasks
Using technology to improve collaboration between integrated care systems
To improve patient care and the success and efficiency of our healthcare system, collaboration and agile working is key.
Cloud Centre of Excellence
The NHS’ Cloud Centre of Excellence was established to help the NHS build a more sustainable and scalable healthcare system. The principles behind it are rooted in several key factors:
It aims to bring together various stakeholders, including healthcare providers, industry partners, and government bodies to work collaboratively on developing innovative solutions that address the challenges facing the NHS
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The centre is committed to exploring and implementing new technologies and approaches that improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of healthcare services
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The NHS is one of the largest healthcare providers in the world and any solutions developed must be scalable to meet the needs of its millions of patients
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The privacy of patient data is of utmost importance to the NHS, meaning its solutions must comply with the highest standards of data protection
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By building solutions based on these principles, the NHS Cloud Centre of Excellence aims to help the NHS build a more efficient, effective, and sustainable healthcare system for the future. Some of the key benefits of this approach include:
- Improved access to healthcare services for patients
- Enhanced collaboration and information-sharing between healthcare providers
- Greater inefficiency and cost-effectiveness in healthcare delivery
- More personalised and patient-centric healthcare services
- Better health outcomes for patients
Decision-makers within the healthcare sector must ensure that the data centre and infrastructure is effectively modernised across the entire integrated care system to prevent an inequality of outcomes between both physical and mental health and health and social care.
Supporting the integrated care system with end-user computing (EUC)
End-user computing (EUC) enables UK healthcare to standardise procedures and increase collaboration, allowing them to efficiently create and deliver digital processes and experiences to users without the need for technological knowledge. This enables users to adopt and adapt to new technology more effectively.
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Improved productivity
users will securely and efficiently access clinical systems and data they need in any location, either on-premise or working remotely in the cloud
Boost in collaboration
EUC enables users to stay connected and collaborate in one central location across a number of teams
Improved data management
with a more secure approach to data storage, healthcare organisations reduce the risk of data breaches while reducing costs
Simplified processes
EUC streamlines processes to easily manage software updates, application deployment, and endpoint security, enabling healthcare organisations to focus on more important tasks
Seamless deployment
EUC provides seamless access to infrastructure, operating systems, and applications, simplifying processes
How to improve collaboration in the ICS with a modern IT infrastructure
With Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines users can migrate their Microsoft technologies, such as SQL Server to this infrastructure and access extended support on Windows and SQL servers.
All IT infrastructure can be migrated and centralised into this virtual machine, giving integrated care systems a place to collaborate and store everything across one system, without needing technical knowledge.
Some of the benefits of Microsoft Cloud for healthcare:
- Enhanced patient engagement
- Greater health team collaboration
- Improved patient-provided experiences
- Boosted clinician productivity
- Improved health data insights
- Stronger protection for sensitive health information
Omnissa (formerly VMware Horizon) provides healthcare professionals with a secure means of accessing protected health information (PHI) and applications from any location and device. This includes essential applications, such as EHR and imaging software, mobile apps, web-based applications, and SaaS. The digital workspace is unified, enabling physicians and nurses to access everything they need from one platform:
- With Horizon Apps and Workspace ONE digital workspace, care providers can move from one task to another seamlessly, ensuring secure, consistent, and straightforward access to critical information and applications, regardless of their location or device
- This flexibility supports physicians and nurses, enabling them to work productively and efficiently from any location or device, be it an emergency call outside normal working hours or a consultation at the bedside
Give healthcare workers back their most important commodity – time
It’s time to see more patients, look at new research, and complete tasks not usually actioned. It’s time to make a difference.
“The Phoenix Proof of Concept alone enabled four of our trauma surgeons to save an hour a week each.”
With our EUC solution, healthcare professionals are able to revolutionise the way they access applications, allowing them to complete lifesaving work on a range of devices with security across boundaries. With this solution, clinicians are able to log onto any compatible device with just a simple tap.
Implementing an EUC solution drives several benefits:
Save your staff time
we found that our EUC solution saves clinicians two and a half hours a week in time
Simple implementation
our EUC solution only takes days to implement and begin running smoothly
Easier patch management
you only have one gold image to patch, rather than individual devices
Increased endpoint security
as the endpoint is stored within the data centre, it benefits from the data centre security
Fully supportive
all endpoint device system requirements are supported with EUC
Device lifetime
EUC prolongs the life of existing devices and helps improve sustainability by refreshing devices
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Enable the healthcare workforce FAQs
Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) are collaborative frameworks within healthcare designed to coordinate services across different sectors, including primary care, hospitals, and social care, to deliver seamless and comprehensive patient care. ICSs aim to break down silos between organisations, fostering partnerships that enhance service delivery and improve health outcomes. By pooling resources and information, these systems ensure that patient care is more cohesive and responsive to individual needs, promoting preventive care and reducing hospital admissions.
Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) offer numerous benefits by fostering collaboration among various healthcare providers and organisations. They enhance care co-ordination, ensuring that patients receive seamless and continuous care across different services. This collaborative approach reduces redundancies and inefficiencies, leading to cost savings and improved resource allocation.
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