Ardentia Goes Live with First NHS 18-Week Patient Pathway Solution
Following the first live implementation of an 18-week solution, two English NHS Trusts order Pathway Manager to ensure 18-week wait rules compliance
[UKPRwire, Tue Jul 17 2007] Healthcare solutions specialist Ardentia has announced that its Pathway Manager solution, the first available to Trusts for monitoring compliance with 18-week wait rules, has now been ordered by two further English NHS Trusts. The solution enables them to monitor patients’ progress against the 18-week ‘clock’ and ensure compliance with the new rules.
Morecambe Bay NHS Trust and Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals Foundation Trust have now both chosen Ardentia Pathway Manager, in order to meet national reporting requirements and manage patient pathways from initial GP contact to acute or other hospital treatment.
Pathway Manager, which has been developed with support from Microsoft, gives Trusts a powerful tool to monitor their compliance with the 18-week patient pathway rules. Fully implemented at Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust, with three further pilots at different stages of implementation, it is claimed to be the first successfully trialled solution of its kind within the NHS, and to have demonstrated the ability to deliver the essential referrals-to-treatment information needed by clinicians and administrators.
Tom Mulhern, Founder and Sales and Marketing Director of Ardentia said: “With the deadline for full compliance only 18 months away, no Trust can afford to delay introducing the necessary systems to manage patient pathways and ensure that the 18-week rules are not breached.
“We’re delighted that following the successful pilot projects, two NHS Trusts have now chosen Pathway Manager. This is proof of the importance of having a fully-tested system to deal with what is now a top priority for all Trusts.”
Ardentia’s Pathway Manager has powerful functionality, supporting structured routine reporting as well as ad-hoc query reporting at patient, pathway and event level. This enables Trusts not only to meet national reporting requirements, but also to drill down and investigate wider issues relating to patient pathways in greater detail.
Its Referral to Treatment (RTT) module simplifies and streamlines the management of patient pathways, identifying key event stages and calculating waiting times. Advanced reporting functionality gives healthcare managers immediate access to the current status of all patient pathways, to report on waiting times and risks of breaches to 18-week regulations.
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