Options For Managing the Waiting List Crisis
Even before Covid, the NHS was under significant pressure with demand consistently outstripping capacity. Covid has deepened that situation into a crisis with waiting lists at unprecedented levels and elective treatments delayed that could have life shortening consequences for many
Amplitude Outcomes Meeting 2020
On Monday 5th October 2020, many outcomes and PROMs enthusiasts from around the UK got together to discuss how PROMs and outcomes can be used to achieve best practice and improve the quality of healthcare provision. Profiles on our speakers and
System Outage Report
At approximately 15:00hrs on Monday 14th September 2020, Microsoft Azure experienced an interruption of service, caused by a cooling failure in part of one of their UK data centres. The automated response to this failure was to shut down infrastructure in
The post COVID-19 world
Without a doubt, the current pandemic has been a life changing event for us all. As a result, the NHS has seen a huge change in behaviour, not just in the way COVID-19 patients are treated but in the way
The value and advantages of managing chronic conditions with outcomes and ePROMs
Patients suffering from chronic medical conditions live with the effects of these daily. Some patients are occasionally inconvenienced by mild symptoms of a hidden condition, that are well controlled by medical intervention, with others living with life threatening, crippling symptoms
Consultant outcomes included in publication
In 2013, NHS England and the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) put forward that consultant activity and clinical outcomes must continue to be published in order to keep the NHS transparent. The surgeon profiles that are documented at www.njrsurgeonhospitalprofile.org.uk are reviewed
Using Digital Tools to Attain Accountable Care in Multiple Care Settings
Linking data between care settings has been one of the biggest challenges facing clinicians in the 21st century. Even where valuable data is available, it is often still inaccessible to many of the people who need it, at the time
Key Learnings from the Amplitude Customer Forum Day
Amplitude Clinical Outcomes, producers of the UK’s leading digital PROM’s software, enjoyed welcoming customers and registry administrators, to join together for the inaugural Amplitude Customer Forum Day. Customers from hospitals and clinics, both public and private, spanning the UK, gathered on
The key considerations when embarking on a PROM’s initiative
The use of patient reported outcome measures (PROM’s) is being integrated into healthcare around the world, at a fantastic pace. PROM’s are key to understanding the quality of care delivered across multiple medical disciplines. There is a growth in the number of clinical