Private Care NZ: Home is where the heart is

No one should have to leave behind the home they love, their belongings and a lifetime of memories just because they need extra care.

Private Care NZ, part of the New Zealand Health Group, offers a range of 24/7 services nationwide to support anyone with health and wellness needs to affordably stay in their own home for longer.

Private Care NZ can provide home help, palliative care, personal care, medication management, dementia care, respite care, companionship and even postnatal home support for new families.

eReferrals can now be made to Private Care NZ using HealthLink’s CareSelect service, making it easier for GPs to make a referral and for patients to receive the care they need.

New Zealand Health Group Managing Director Josephine Gagan says it’s important people have an option to stay in their own home if they wish to.

“Often, people really love their own home, have lots of special memories and don’t want to move out. Private Care NZ enables them to receive the support they need without having to move into a new and unfamiliar environment,” she says.

“We’ve had families say that they couldn’t have kept their loved ones at home without our extra support.”

High standard of care 

Josephine says Private Care NZ’s carers and registered nurses are all highly trained and can cater to a patient’s specific needs and preferences.

“Because Private Care NZ is part of the largest homecare group, patients can access services that some smaller operators might not have. We can pull in extra resources, and our pool of carers is much larger.”

Being privately funded means there are no long waiting lists. Their team makes every day easier for their patients by focusing on their needs and preferences, adapting to changes, and working closely with families to create a circle of care.

Private Care NZ also sells affordable, high-quality homecare products to make every day easier for people in their own homes.

How to refer to Private Care NZ:  

  • open the patient record
  • select the HealthLink icon
  • use the CareSelect search bar, and type “Private Care NZ”
  • click “Compose Referral”.


Would you like to partner with us?

At Clanwilliam Health we work to improve healthcare for everyone. We are always open to partnering with anyone who shares this goal and can help us to deliver more features and functionality that our users will value. We’ve done this for over 25 years and we recognise that collaboration can often be the best way to realise our vision of a more connected healthcare system in Ireland and the UK.

We recently launched an Applied Programming Interface (API) called Clanwilliam Connect that provides access to our systems in a controlled, managed and secure manner.

Please click here for more details on the Clanwilliam Health Partnership Programme and get in touch if you have a partnership opportunity that you would like to discuss. 

Dictate.IT Attends EMIS National User Group Conference & Exhibition 2022

Dictate.IT was thrilled to attend the EMIS National User Group Conference & Exhibition 2022, held on 29th June – 1st July 2022 at York Racecourse.

The EMIS National User Group (EMIS NUG) is a non-profitmaking organisation set up to improve the use of health information. EMIS NUG operate completely separately and independently from EMIS and support members to get the best possible use out of their computer system by providing training and educational materials. The EMIS NUG group has over 1,400 member practices, representing GPs, nurses, and practice managers.

Dictate.IT’s speech recognition solutions integrate seamlessly with EMIS, so this was a great opportunity for them to demonstrate their 99% accurate speech recognition solution and how it can benefit practice staff, from GP’s to Secretaries.

It’s been great to chat to EMIS users to understand how Dictate.IT speech recognition solutions can help them on a day-to-day basis. Speaking is not just faster than typing, it’s more detailed. So when EMIS users are dictating their patient notes, they become more comprehensive as well as saving the clinician time.

Jan Donnelly, Business Development Manager – Primary Care

Digital dictation on desktop and mobile

At iMedDoc we are committed to helping you however best we can at all times but particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.

With this in mind, we are happy to announce that video consultations are now available in your system. Our development team has worked around the clock to deliver this functionality in the hope that it will make your day-to-day activities a little bit easier.

iMedDoc allows you to virtually see and consult with your patients online. Using our in-house purpose built video consultation platform, we are making healthcare visits more accessible for everyone. All you and your patient will need is access to the internet and virtually any device, ranging from a PC or Mac to a mobile device or tablet. Once you make a video consultation booking with in the system your patient will receive an automated confirmation email with a link to their appointment.

The process is very simple, you share a link with your patient and they click on the link to enter the video consultation. They can see you and you can see them via the camera on both of your devices. We recommend that you use the system via a broadband connection to ensure the best possible results.

Literally everything is handled via our cloud based HD video conferencing system meaning all communications take place within the secure parameters of our system. iMedDoc HD video conferencing integrates seamlessly, is completely scalable and there is zero infrastructure, setup or maintenance cost. And seeing as we have developed it ourselves it is possible for larger clinic groups to brand their video consultation experience.

 

Plan to perfection with our feature rich diaries

At iMedDoc we are committed to helping you however best we can at all times but particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.

With this in mind, we are happy to announce that video consultations are now available in your system. Our development team has worked around the clock to deliver this functionality in the hope that it will make your day-to-day activities a little bit easier.

iMedDoc allows you to virtually see and consult with your patients online. Using our in-house purpose built video consultation platform, we are making healthcare visits more accessible for everyone. All you and your patient will need is access to the internet and virtually any device, ranging from a PC or Mac to a mobile device or tablet. Once you make a video consultation booking with in the system your patient will receive an automated confirmation email with a link to their appointment.

The process is very simple, you share a link with your patient and they click on the link to enter the video consultation. They can see you and you can see them via the camera on both of your devices. We recommend that you use the system via a broadband connection to ensure the best possible results.

Literally everything is handled via our cloud based HD video conferencing system meaning all communications take place within the secure parameters of our system. iMedDoc HD video conferencing integrates seamlessly, is completely scalable and there is zero infrastructure, setup or maintenance cost. And seeing as we have developed it ourselves it is possible for larger clinic groups to brand their video consultation experience.

 

Weston General Hospital goes live with Bluespier Theatres

A fully-integrated electronic theatre management system has gone live at Weston General Hospital.  The hospital rolled out Bluespier Theatres across its six operating theatres, replacing their previous system, Opera.

The success at the Trust is the culmination of a programme of work to align processes and systems across hospital sites after Weston Area Health NHS Trust and University Hospitals Bristol merged to create University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) last year.

With a seamless integration with the Trust’s electronic patient record (EPR) system CareFlow from System C, elective and emergency theatre bookings can be easily scheduled and managed and the wider theatre record can be accessed directly from within CareFlow, allowing for end-to-end management of the theatre journey.

Electronic patient tracking will enable the Trust to better monitor, manage and improve their utilisation and theatre efficiency through easily accessible data and reports.

Mike Ledbury, UHBW’s Digital Convergence Programme Director,  said: “The project implementation was seamless, on time and to budget and benefitted from a good, flexible working relationship between the Trust, Bluespier and System C.  Bluespier has great benefits, is well used at our Bristol sites and fits with the strategic objectives of the Trust – we look forward to using it extensively going forward to help us ultimately improve theatre care for patients.

Stuart van Rooyen, Managing Director at Bluespier, said: “This has been an excellently executed project thanks to the talent and diligence of the Trust staff, Bluespier and System C representatives.  We understand the pressures that hospitals are under, particularly after a Trust merger, and are very proud that our solutions play a part in improving efficiency and patient care.”

One-Click Dispensing is now available for everyone!

We are delighted to announce that after a successful rollout One-Click Dispensing is now available for all customers!

After a successful piloting phase and a gradual release out to customers we are delighted to announce that One-Click Dispensing is now available for all customers. We would like to thank the RxWeb User Group for their valuable insights and feedback. Our user group has always helped put our customers at the centre of any piece of development we release.

One-Click has already been a huge success! This new feature was developed to dramatically speed up the dispensing flow for repeat items or items repeated to a patient where no changes have occurred. And that is exactly what it is doing. Customers who are using the feature are saving hours on dispensing each week which many are redeploying into service provision and other areas.

If you haven’t turned One-Click on for your pharmacy yet, it is very easy to do. Simply download the guide below and follow the instructions. We also recommend watching our short video tutorial. Both the guide and the video will show you how to set up and configure One-Click so that it works in the best way possible for your pharmacy.

And remember our support team are at hand to assist if needed!

You can download a full user guide here: Download One-Click User Guide.

You can also watch a demonstration of One-Click below.

https://youtu.be/DdYr–iU93M

 

 

“One-Click is a true game changer for the pharmacy team.”

– Tej Heer, Kamal Enterprises

 

“I’m loving it! It makes the process so much easier and faster.”

– Mohammed Mokoddus, Catto Chemists

 

We are looking forward to getting you all onboarded and using One-Click Dispensing. And we look forward to bringing you more features and functionality throughout the year!

Dictate.IT Attends Future Health Summit in Ireland

On 18th and 19th May 2022 Dictate.IT attended Future Health Summit, held at RDS, Dublin.

Across the 2 days, Future Health Summit attendees heard from Irish thought leaders and international health care decision makers, who shared best practice and innovations to improve the future of healthcare in Ireland.

With innovation in mind, Dictate.IT was there to demonstrate its innovative speech recognition solution, designed to bring efficiency to healthcare organisations by saving time and improving quality.

We were showing attendees just how accurate our speech recognition solution is by offering live, on-the-spot demonstrations; allowing attendees to say any medical terminology they liked! The solution worked perfectly and really helped to show that speech recognition has come a long way in recent years, meaning it’s now an excellent option for healthcare professionals trying to save time.

Faiza Saleem, Business Development Team Leader – Secondary Care

Your Practice in the palm of your hand

At iMedDoc we are committed to helping you however best we can at all times but particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.

With this in mind, we are happy to announce that video consultations are now available in your system. Our development team has worked around the clock to deliver this functionality in the hope that it will make your day-to-day activities a little bit easier.

iMedDoc allows you to virtually see and consult with your patients online. Using our in-house purpose built video consultation platform, we are making healthcare visits more accessible for everyone. All you and your patient will need is access to the internet and virtually any device, ranging from a PC or Mac to a mobile device or tablet. Once you make a video consultation booking with in the system your patient will receive an automated confirmation email with a link to their appointment.

The process is very simple, you share a link with your patient and they click on the link to enter the video consultation. They can see you and you can see them via the camera on both of your devices. We recommend that you use the system via a broadband connection to ensure the best possible results.

Literally everything is handled via our cloud based HD video conferencing system meaning all communications take place within the secure parameters of our system. iMedDoc HD video conferencing integrates seamlessly, is completely scalable and there is zero infrastructure, setup or maintenance cost. And seeing as we have developed it ourselves it is possible for larger clinic groups to brand their video consultation experience.

 

Clanwilliam Health committed to the digital transformation of Ireland’s health services

Healthcare technology company, Clanwilliam Health, today committed to playing its part in the digital transformation of Ireland’s health services with the appointment of Eileen Byrne, Clanwilliam Health Managing Director, to the Ireland Digital Health Leadership Steering Group.

Comprised of leading digital health entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, clinicians, patients, academics and others, the charter of the Steering Group is to agree, align and accelerate Ireland’s Digital Health Strategy and Action Plan – Stay Left, Shift Left – 10X.

Byrne was appointed to the Steering Group earlier this year after which the group held their first meeting to review and approve the 10 key principles underpinning the Ireland Digital Health Transformation Strategy.

An Irish healthcare technology company operating under leading healthcare technology and services firm Clanwilliam, Clanwilliam Health has long enabled the digitalisation of Ireland’s health services in both primary and secondary care settings, as well as supporting the much-needed acceleration of this digitalisation over the past two years.

With the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, Clanwilliam Health’s biggest challenge as a software provider was ensuring that its users had effective digital tools to make their day-to-day activities as seamless and agile as possible.

From Covid 19 e-referrals, which enabled GPs to quickly and easily send a notification to refer a suspected Covid patient for a test, through to e-prescriptions and video consultations, Clanwilliam Health prioritised and rolled out new digital functionalities to enable GPs and their patients to better navigate the challenges of Covid-19.

Commenting on her appointment, Eileen Byrne, MD of Clanwilliam Health, said: “It is an honour for me to be appointed to the Ireland Digital Health Leadership Steering Group alongside the other members of this steering group. The last two years have really shown us how important digital technologies are to our health services and why we need to harness these technologies to make those same services more agile, flexible and responsive, for the benefit of both healthcare professionals and their patients.

“I am looking forward to working with Professor Martin Curley, Director of Digital Transformation for the HSE, and the rest of the steering group members, to further support the digital transformation of healthcare in Ireland and to Clanwilliam Health playing a central role in this transformation.”

Also commenting on the appointment, Professor Martin Curley, Director of Digital Transformation for the HSE, said: “I am delighted to have Eileen join the Digital Health Leadership Steering Group and for Clanwilliam Health to play a leading role in advising on and supporting the digital transformation of health services across Ireland.

“At the HSE, we’ve been leveraging the use of innovative technologies to enable the digital transformation of our health service since the implementation of Sláintecare and our Stay Left, Shift Left – 10X strategy in 2018. At the core of this strategy is the concept that digital technology provides an opportunity to provide 10X innovations or improvements, doing healthcare 10X better, faster, cheaper and increased capacity.

“From the support of our Chronic Disease Management Programme to e-referrals, e-prescriptions, video consultations and electronic patient records, Clanwilliam Health has been an invaluable partner for the HSE as we’ve looked to implement this strategy and utilise the power of digital applications, data and technology to improve the efficiency of care across the country.

“Now, with Eileen’s appointment to the Digital Health Leadership Steering Group, I am very much looking forward to building on our existing relationship to further advance the digital maturity of healthcare in Ireland.”

Both Eileen Byrne and Professor Martin Curley will take part in today’s inaugural National Digital Health Conference taking place at the National Digital Health Innovation Lab in the Midlands Regional Hospital Tullamore. This will also be broadcast as a live video event.

The conference comprises leading digital health entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, clinicians, patients, academics and others to agree, align and accelerate Ireland’s Digital health Strategy and Action plan – Stay Left, Shift Left – 10X. Other confirmed speakers included Myles Murray, CEO PMD Solutions Ltd, Maeve McGrath, Digital Health Lead, Roche, Mohammad Al-Ubaydli CEO, PKB and Dr John Sheehan, Clinical Director, Hermitage Clinic.