InterSystems’ advanced software empowers providers, the NHS, medical technology innovators, software developers, clinical laboratories, and life sciences companies to deliver what matters.

Health & Care

Empowering Better Care Matters

Effective and meaningful health information sharing, whether within a hospital or across an entire region, is the foundation for improving the quality, accessibility, and efficiency of health and care around the world. InterSystems has provided the foundation for successful, connected healthcare innovation around the world for over 35 years.

Bringing the right information to the right people at the right time remains an elusive goal for most healthcare organisations. We are dedicated to working with the NHS and other healthcare organisations to be successful and achieve digital transformation. That is our shared passion, and it drives a continual commitment to excellence in our software and services.

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1st July 2019

Blogs

Reflections on the 3rd INTEROPen Hackathon

The 3rd INTEROPen Hackathon took place on Thursday 27 June in central London in collaboration with the One London LHCR (Local Health and Care Record). The event had 110 attendees from 29 IT Vendors and software development shops from NHS organisations. It was an outstanding event – valuable to both builders of software, LHCRs, the […]

1st July 2019

Blogs

Once Upon a Time in Health and Social Care

Following on from representing techUK on an Interoperability Panel at UK Health Show, techUK Health and Social Care Council Member, David Hancock, reflects on the panel session and where we are delivering interoperability and if we will ever be successful, with some help from Sergio Leone What is happening today, is similar to characters at […]

1st July 2019

Blogs

Technical Challenges of Interoperability

The ultimate technical challenge of interoperability is not defining the standards but getting the standards adopted and used. David Hancock, healthcare executive advisor at InterSystems highlights the biggest technical issues in adoption and how they should be overcome. Those of you who have read my three previous blogs will know that one of the main […]

28th June 2019

Blogs

Vision without reality is just an illusion

Visions for IT in the NHS, with various levels of ambition, have come and gone. Now more than ever, it is in our interests to make digital transformation successful – it is vital for the service, for patients and tax payers. I applaud the honesty in Matt Hancock’s Tech Vision where the document says, “We […]

28th June 2019

Blogs

If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself

Successful adoption of universal interoperability standards across the NHS requires collaboration and co-production – with all stakeholders including suppliers. David Hancock, Client Engagement Director at InterSystems urges the NHS not to mandate interoperability standards top-down, for risk of failure. The digital vision for Health and Care was published in October 2018 and there was a […]

28th June 2019

Blogs

The reality of NHS interoperability

The reality of NHS interoperability If we are to effectively tackle the unprecedented financial, clinical and social problems in health and care most people accept that we have to integrate our local health economies. In this first of six blogs, David Hancock, client engagement director at InterSystems, explores why interoperability is top of the political […]

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INTEROpen
Leading industry organisations have come together to create INTEROPen, a supplier action group aimed at accelerating the development...
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Coordinate my care: Enabling patient choice when it matters most
Sharing patients’ wishes with health and care providers across London through Coordinate My Care’s personalised urgent care plan...
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A clincial solution to address NHS urgent care crisis?
Coordinate My Care is the digitally-enabled urgent care plan that embeds consent, connectivity and clinical context into a service...
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Integration for millions of patients
As sustainability and transformation plans shape the future of care for millions, interoperability must extend to all care settings, writes InterSystems...
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South Devon: Integrated and Informed Care With Healthshare
The NHS in Torbay and South Devon has been at the forefront of healthcare integration for more than a decade...
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Predictive Analytics
It’s well documented that people are living longer, and the citizens aged 65+ will absorb the greater portion of health and care resources...
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Are we in the NHS reinforcing mental health stigma through excessive data secrecy?
If mental health data remains more secretive than HIV, cancer or diabetes, care inequality will continue...
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Intersystems IRIS for Health
Currently, there are a number of critical challenges facing financial services firms. Among them are increasing trade volumes...
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Informed, inspired care
Lincolnshire Health and Care’s Gary James explains how the county’s new integrated Care Portal...
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Child Protection - Information Sharing
Accredited by NHS Digital, InterSystems has been working with NHS trusts to enable streamlined adoption of Child Protection Information Sharing...
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Work with the willing to achieve digital transformation
By aligning people, process and technology, chief information and technology officer Dr Graham Evans...
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Unifying Healthcare in Scotland
The NHS Scotland Patient Management System program for hospitals gives authorized users immediate access to better clinical...
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