One million prescriptions processed in first year of partnership

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August 3rd - Leading UK high-tech home healthcare provider, Healthcare at Home Ltd, revealed today that it had processed more than 1 million prescriptions items in its first year of using a tailored dispensing system from Helix Health, at both its hospital and home sites.

In February 2009, Healthcare at Home adopted Helix Health’s QicScript, a dispensary management system, which was further developed especially for Healthcare at Home to integrate with their customer relationship management system, thus linking their dispensing and administrative records. Since entering into the partnership some 150,000 patients have used Healthcare at Home services.

Steve Davis of Healthcare at Home said of the partnership, “Working with Helix Health, we have been able to seamlessly integrate treatment and administrative information to ensure all records are instantly matched and updated. Each patient and drug has a unique barcode so we can be sure that all prescriptions are labelled, administered and charged correctly, which at the end of the day gives patients and commissioners even more confidence in our ability to provide a high quality and cost-effective service”.

In February 2010 an analysis by Dr. Foster Intelligence Ltd revealed the potential savings to the NHS if more people were to be treated in their homes. It estimated that if a wider uptake of Healthcare at Home service were undertaken by the NHS, more than £1billion could be saved each year (www.drfosterintelligence.co.uk/newsPublications/article150.asp).

This followed a study published through the Northern Ireland Health Economics Group in 2008 which had shown that a range of treatments provided by Healthcare at Home were approximately 80% less expensive than comparable in-hospital treatment. (www.niheg.com)

Pharmacy robots have also been integrated into the service and are in operation at Healthcare at Home’s York Hospital site. The mechanised dispensing devices enable greater efficiency, free up the pharmacists’ time to consult with patients and reduce the risk of human error.

Providing care to more than 100,000 patients in their homes each year, Healthcare at Home is committed to improving and facilitating community health and social care.

ENDS

For further information please contact:

For Helix Health
Miriam Ryan
Insight Consultants
00353 1 293 9053
Miriam@insightconsultants.ie

For Healthcare at Home
Steve Davis
Healthcare at Home Ltd
steve.davis@hah.co.uk

About Healthcare at Home

Healthcare at Home Ltd is the UK’s leading home healthcare provider. Over 100,000 patients with a vast range of conditions benefit from their services each year. Services are highly rated by patients and referring clinicians alike, and they deliver excellent value for money for commissioners, including the NHS, private medical insurers, charities, pharmaceutical companies, and self-funding patients.

Last changed: 9th August, 2010 at 11:36 AM

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