Northridge Healthcare Ltd, an independent business providing short break services for adults with multiple and complex health needs, has gone live with Advanced Heath & Care's fully integrated software solution for care providers, CareSys. This solution is enabling the delivery of efficient and quality patient care.
CareSys provides residential, nursing and specialist care organisations with a complete end to end business application that includes care, financial, operational and management features.
Northridge HealthCare, which was established in 2010 and forms part of Danieli Holdings, has invested in several CareSys solutions including Care Scheduling, Staff Management, Time and Attendance and Payroll to support its hundreds of service users.
Neal Winch, Managing Director, Northridge Healthcare says, "We provide short respite breaks for people with complex health needs and so we have to be very efficient at what we do. Out of the five software products we researched, Advanced Health & Care's CareSys product stood out as being head and shoulders above the rest, enabling the delivery of efficient and quality care to service users."
Using CareSys, Northridge's care managers are able to conduct patient assessments electronically. Patients' care needs are assessed using laptops at service users' homes, enabling assessment information to be instantly updated on the central system. This paperless process is an efficient alternative to paper-based care assessments, maximising staff productivity whilst ensuring transparency of patient information.
Winch comments, "Quality of care is paramount and in order to ensure quality, you need the very best software systems in place. Advanced's CareSys product provides us with the necessary tools for delivering first rate, streamlined care. The automated nature of the solution removes the risk of human error, for instance, instead of care managers having to remember to review each patient's care plan, CareSys automatically prompts a review."
Northridge also plans to use CareSys to report on a broad range of key performance indicators (KPIs) so that it can keep a close eye on performance levels. Up to 40 different KPIs will be regularly monitored, such as staff attendance and absenteeism.
CareSys is just one of many solutions offered by Advanced Health & Care and is used by more than 3,000 residential, nursing and specialist care homes across the UK.
About Northridge Care
Northridge Healthcare Ltd is an independent, privately owned, and family run business. The organisation was established in 2010 to provide short break services for adults with multiple and complex health needs, between the ages of 18 and 65.
Having identified that there was a growing need for short break services for adults, Northridge Healthcare embraced the opportunity to develop a service which would allow individuals to take part in an enjoyable holiday experience supported by an expert team of personal assistants for the duration of their stay.
Northridge Healthcare specialises in the care of adults from the age of 18 and ensures that we provide the kind of care, support and activities that benefits those of our guests whose ages range from 18–24, 24–45, and 45–64. We ensure that the support that we deliver is tailored to meet the needs of individuals in any of the age groups. This is also the case for those who are physically very able, but who are unable to communicate.
About Advanced Health & Care
Advanced Health & Care is a leading supplier of IT management systems for urgent & unplanned care, homecare, residential care, hospices, mobile information for community carers and back-office management systems for NHS trusts, local authorities and care providers.
Working with partners in the NHS, local government and the private sector, Advanced Health & Care is delivering IT solutions in support of safe, efficient care delivery with integrated management information. Advanced’s unique proposition is its range of integrated care solutions offering visibility of information for both the commissioner and care provider.
The Advanced Health & Care suite of products includes: Adastra, Caresys, Crosscare, eFinancials Smart Business Suite, iConnect, iNurse, Saturn & StaffPlan.