Many things have changed in healthcare in response to Covid-19, including the way we embrace technology. The pandemic has forced us to harness the power of digital technology in a very short space of time. Video consultation platforms such as Attend Anywhere have played a vital role in allowing providers to deliver remote healthcare to patients. When speaking about this digitisation, this London surgeon commented: Read more: http://bit.ly/healthcaredigitisatio
Starting out in Melbourne, the Attend Anywhere solution has now been adopted widely by many trusts across the UK. Then, when Covid-19 hit, the company was thrust onto the big stage, helping trusts to bolster their remote consultation capacity during the pandemic. While this rapid scale up has not been without its challenges, Attend Anywhere’s founder Chris Ryan says he has been “proud” of Attend Anywhere’s contribution during Covid-19. When asked if he thinks video consultations are here to stay?
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An informative and timely study from the British Medical Journal, discusses a recent project aimed at developing an embedded video consultation service within the existing National Health Service (NHS) outpatient system, that was easy to use for both patients and NHS staff. The findings show, with non-attendance rates high and an increase in demand for outpatient appointments, digital solutions such as the Attend Anywhere video consultation platform help ameliorate the challenges to both patients attending, and services delivering, outpatient care. Reference: The BMJ Testing and implementing video consulting for outpatient appointments: using quality improvement system thinking and co-design principles https://bmjopenquality.bmj.com/content/10/1/e001259 Read more: http://bit.ly/outpatientapp
The Advancing Healthcare Awards have been running for 16 years and recognise the work of allied health professionals, healthcare scientists, and pharmacists leading innovative healthcare practice across the UK. The AHP Clinical Leadership Award aims to recognise allied health professionals who have demonstrated excellent clinical leadership in enhancing the quality of patient care. The awards will be held on 21st May 2021. For more information, visit https://ahawards.co.uk/uk/ Alison Dunn, joint managing director of Chamberlain Dunn, organisers of the awards, said: The pandemic has changed many things, including the reliance on remote healthcare. Clinicians and patients across the UK report high levels of satisfaction using Attend Anywhere for virtual appointments, with many preferring video consultations to face-to-face, as a more convenient option. While the adoption of this technology has not been without its challenges, providing straightforward and secure video consulting has become a lifeline for health professionals and patients, alike. When speaking of the technology, Attend Anywhere’s founder Chris Ryan said:
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Congratulations to The Isle of Wight NHS Trust, winners of the 2020 Health Tech Digital Award. The award-winning rollout uses the Attend Anywhere platform to enable health professionals to conduct virtual consultations with patients, avoiding the need for face-to-face appointments and keeping nursing and care home residents safe at home. When speaking about the benefits of virtual consultations, NHS Trust Telehealth Lead and former paramedic, Brian Martin said: Read more:
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COVID has prompted a wider rollout of digital healthcare solutions to remote areas. While some believe there is much to be done in terms of the digital transformation of remote healthcare services, many agree that web-based video conferencing solutions such as Attend Anywhere have played a key role. When speaking of the Attend Anywhere platform, Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals FT Director of Digital, Laura Ellis-Philip, reported: Read more: http://bit.ly/remote_healthcare_solutions
A recent survey has shown clinician and patient levels of satisfaction using Attend Anywhere for virtual appointments is high, with patients preferring video consultations to face-to-face, as the more convenient option. Noteworthy survey results showed: Check out these recent tweets from healthcare providers embracing Attend Anywhere:
With hospital ICU wards deployed to assist with ever increasing Covid-19 numbers, the rest of Chelsea and Westminster Hospital needed a new normal to manage large caseloads. Enter Attend Anywhere. Mike Wright, Innovation Business Partner at CW Innovation says:
In the third edition of their CEO Series, Leading Healthcare interviewed Nick Hulme, Chief Executive of East Suffolk & North Essex NHS Foundation Trust, to gain insight into how he has led the trust through Covid-19 and discussed what technologies he thought were crucial in working through the past few months.
Attend Anywhere has been the most useful and we got it up and running within 6 days to hold virtual consultations with patients. It was really important for us to keep our patients as safe as we could. |