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South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Adopts Medworxx' Patient Flow Solution
TORONTO --(Business Wire)--
Medworxx
Solutions Inc. ("Medworxx") (TSX VENTURE: MWX)
today announced South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as its newest
UK client, having licensed the Medworxx Patient Flow solution. They join
The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust who
were the first to adopt the Medworxx solution in the UK, and have been
recognized with the 2012 EHI award in the category of Outstanding Work
in IT-enabled Change in Healthcare.
Medworxx is working with the specialist, acute, and community teams at
South Tees. With over 1000 licensed beds, Medworxx' Patient Flow
solution will cover 100% of the Trust. The software will be implemented
in South Tees' Acute-Care, Virtual Hospital, Rehabilitation and
Continuing Care facilities.
"We are encouraged by our growth in the UK which further validates the
relevance and strength of our patient flow solution," says Dan Matlow,
President and CEO, Medworxx. "We've seen tremendous results with The
Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, and
welcome South Tees to our client community, as we work together to
standardise admit and discharge decision making for appropriateness of
inpatients." Medworxx Patient Flow helps to reduce Lengths of Stay by
identifying barriers and delays to discharge thus enabling appropriate
care transitions.
"South Tees recognizes the importance of the Medworxx solution as a
concurrent embedded tool that is based upon internationally validated
clinical criteria," says Peter Ellis, UK Managing Director, Medworxx.
"The rapid assessment process, ease of use and in-year ROI has led to
sustained adoption of the solution as an 'every patient every day'
patient flow management tool and ill contributed to its success in the
UK."
ModelAdvice DC Consulting Ltd UK, a Medworxx UK partner, initially used
the Medworxx solution to perform a bed census audit for the Trust. This
diagnostic review helped to identify patient flow challenges and
barriers and provided a snapshot that demonstrated the potential
benefits and ROI and led to South Tees' decision to implement the
Medworxx solution on a concurrent basis.
"We are eager to demonstrate how the benefits to our patients and the
use of our resources, indicated in the diagnostic review, can be
sustained and built upon through embedding the Medworxx tool as part of
our current case management project," states Sue Watson, Director of
Operations at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Medworxx Patient Flow, including Medworxx Utilisation Management,
Medworxx Bed Board, and Medworxx Assessments provides hospitals with
tools to bridge clinical and operational perspectives on daily patient
flow - optimal for healthcare systems addressing issues of overcapacity,
wait times and care coordination. Spurred onwards by uptake of the
patient flow solution in 27,600 acute care beds in Canada and UK's
National Health System (NHS), and a recent launch into the United
States, Medworxx is expanding to leverage growth that includes
agreements with four of Canada's 10 Provinces and also includes 2,000
NHS beds in the UK.
About South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust South Tees
Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the largest hospital trust in the Tees
Valley. The Trust runs The James Cook University Hospital in
Middlesbrough and the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton. It also runs
community services in Hambleton and Richmondshire, Middlesbrough and
Redcar and Cleveland.
Its workforce of almost 9,000 provides a range of specialist regional
services to 1.5million people in the Tees Valley and parts of Durham,
North Yorkshire and Cumbria, with a particular expertise in heart
disease, trauma, neurosciences, renal services, cancer services and
spinal injuries
Visit: http://www.southtees.nhs.uk/
About Medworxx Medworxx delivers health information
technology solutions to over 350 hospitals internationally; including
Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Medworxx helps hospitals meet
patient flow challenges, and requirements in compliance and education.
Medworxx Utilisation Management-flagship of Medworxx Patient Flow that
includes electronic bed board and independent assessment
components-currently serves 33%of the acute care beds in Canada.
Synergies in the Canadian and UK health systems led ModelAdvice DC
Consulting and Medworxx to collaborate in addressing the UK market, with
a focus on NHS Trust hospitals. Model Advice DC methodology for
approaching vertical health system integration combines with Medworxx
Patient Flow tools to harvest data and intelligence, to model hospitals'
patient flow needs and future requirements. Founded in 2004, Medworxx
Inc. is based in Toronto, ON (News - Alert), and publicly traded on the TSX Venture
Exchange: MWX
Visit: http://www.medworxx.com/
Disclaimer The statements made in this press
release may contain forward-looking statements that may involve a number
of risks and uncertainties. Actual events or results could differ
materially from the company's expectations and projections. The TSX
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