Integration

The NHS is in constant change, and this change seems to be accelerating. The deployment of the Connecting for Health National Programme for IT, coupled with locally led integration and initiatives including payment by results and practice based commissioning mean that "business as usual" is not an option.

Failure to address integration properly can have both clinical and administrative implications. It can result in expensive duplication of effort, re-keying data, checking on different systems, retrieving and consolidating data for returns and training people on multiple systems.

It is also error-prone, with records being missed, duplicated, inconsistently changed or simply not retrieved and included in reports. In the worst case it may lead to errors or omissions in treatment, bringing safety issues, poor patient experiences and the threat of legal action.

Integration is not just a technology issue; it’s a clinical care and business issue. Our approach is simple. We build lean patient pathways, supporting them with good information flow and then enabled by appropriate technology. Over the years we have worked with over 200 NHS Trusts and healthcare organisations, simplifying processes and technology to reduce waste and improve patient care.

Examples and evidence of WCI's recent successful integration solutions include, electronic discharge summaries, end-to-end pathology requesting & resulting, integration and workflow management across RIS and PACS systems.

Contact : janet.waplington@wcihealthcare.com for further information on System Integration in a clinical environment or read our White Papers by following the links below:

Patient-centric Integration
Integrationstartswithgoodpatientcentricinformationflow.pdf


Integration and process improvement
Canyouintegratesystemsandimproveefficiency.pdf