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February 28, 2012

Actuate Solution to Help Britain Transform NHS Commissioning of Health Services


Actuate Corporation today announced that a regional division of the UK National Health Service (NHS) will use its CCG+ solution to allow NHS to have greater control over the functioning and the financial management of local healthcare services, according to a company press release.

It will do this through the consolidation of data from different sources to help in patient care, improve operating abilities and reduce costs. The region it will cover is south of Tyne and Wear, according to the press release.

“The CCG+ solution, powered by BIRT Performance Analytics and built on the unified ActuateOne business intelligence and reporting platform, has delivered an early return on the investment of approximately $940,000 while also making sure that the organization will be ready for the NHS's transition to its new healthcare commissioning system in April 2013,” the press release reports.

The transition will move responsibility for granting NHS services from Primary Care Trusts to Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), currently mostly controlled by GPs, the press release states.

England currently has 151 primary care trusts responsible for buying and planning health services, according to BBC News.

Based on an analysis in 2010-2011, “it is estimated that during 2012-13, the NHS will spend £5.2 billion” (just over $8 billion US) “on public health services, of which £2.2 billion” ($3.5 billion US) “will be on public health responsibilities, which will fall to local authorities in the future,” according to the British government.

CCG+’s consolidation of data will lead to “improvements in patient care, increased operational efficiency and reduced excessive spending,” because the solution will provide administrators and clinical staff with “an accurate, real-time overview of procurement activities at any given time,” according to the press release.

CCG+ will also allow NHS to monitor over 300 key performance indicators, a process that used to be extremely complicated and time-consuming requiring multiple data analysts, according to the press release.

"CCG+, powered by BIRT Performance Analytics, has freed our data analyst staff to provide more strategic support to our GP commissioners. That's a significant amount of resource now realigned to support clinical commissioners in their new roles," said Scott Watson, head of business delivery at NHS South of Tyne and Wear, in the press release.

The press release also points out that Scott's team “identified over $600,000 in excess charges which can now be avoided. “

"[The system] has already financed itself," he said in the press release.

"Using BIRT Performance Analytics, the NHS can manage all aspects of organizational performance and deliver outstanding patient care by delivering scheduled as well as on-demand content to physicians, nurses and general staff," said Utpal Bhatt, vice president and general manager, Performance Management Group at Actuate. "CCG+ showcases how business intelligence can be used for positive operational improvement, allowing CCGs to focus immediately on healthcare with the data they need to effectively do their jobs available at their fingertips."




Edited by Rich Steeves
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