Advanced Health & Care (Advanced), in partnership with Medway Community Healthcare is a finalist in the 'Nursing in the Community' category of the Nursing Times Awards 2012. The winner will be announced during an awards ceremony at London's Hilton Hotel, Park Lane on 31 October 2012.
Nearly 1,000 organisations from a range of specialties including cancer, respiratory, learning disabilities and mental health, entered the Nursing Times Awards 2012. 132 finalists from 96 organisations have made the finals in 17 categories.
Advanced - one of nine finalists in the 'Nursing in the Community' category - has been shortlisted for its iNurse solution. This leading mobile patient management system enables community clinicians to record and communicate patient care information using Smartphones and tablet devices at the point of care.
Medway Community Healthcare, based in Medway, is using Advanced's iNurse to help care for more than 270,000 patients. The solution has helped to achieve significant time savings, improve clinical care and enhance staff safety.
Sue Craighill, Lead Nurse at Medway Community Healthcare, says, "We are pleased to have been shortlisted for the Nursing Times Awards. iNurse improves patient care by allowing access to records at the point of care and provides additional safety for lone workers. The solution also enables us to demonstrate that our nursing teams are effective and are delivering real value for money, which is essential for all health organisations in the UK today."
Jim Chase, Managing Director of Advanced Health & Care says, "iNurse plays an important role in delivering efficient, cost-effective and safe community healthcare. The mobile solution helps nurses to improve productivity through reduced paperwork and travel time. The solution has helped Medway Community Healthcare nurses and clinicians to deliver the right care at the right time."
Advanced saw a 200 per cent rise in number of mobile users in the last financial year and is continuing to invest heavily in its mobile solutions.
Advanced's iNurse solution has so far been shortlisted for three awards this year including the Health Service Journal Efficiency Awards, the E-Health Insider Awards and the Nursing Times Awards.
About The Nursing Times Awards
The profession's most prestigious and sought-after recognition, the Nursing Times Awards offer individual nurses and teams the opportunity to demonstrate just what this exceptional profession is capable of, to share their creativity and innovation, and demonstrate their compassion and commitment. They are also a forum through which the wider profession can learn about the outstanding initiatives that are improving patients' experiences of care and increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare provision.
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.