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DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
Steve Clarke, Healthcare
Solutions Manager,
Kodak Alaris Information
Management (IM) explains
how resellers can win more
business in the healthcare
sector by delivering real
value-add
transformation. They need to build the
capability to provide a strategic roadmap
for organisations - one which involves
benchmarking and maturity assessments,
and the detailed evaluation of business
processes to prioritise business needs.
They should offer a flexible, modular and
industry-focused portfolio of solutions that
supports a phased approach. Above all,
MPS providers must be able to align with
the customer’s business strategy approach,
and retain a sharp focus on delivering
business outcomes and value.
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Last year Health Secretary Jeremy
Hunt announced a £1.8 billion
investment to digitise patient
records and said every local health
authority must be paper-free by
2020. As part of the Paperless
2020 initiative, the NHS is tasked
with modernising its IT systems
in line with other public sector
organisations, finding more
efficient ways of working to
reduce costs, increase productivity
and improve relationships with
patients.
Digital transformation is central to
the Government’s plans for a paperless
NHS, however making the shift from
analogue to digital processes in the
traditionally paper-intensive healthcare
arena, is undoubtedly a complicated
proposition.
NHS Trusts typically have a lack of
experience in document capture, and
faced with the mammoth ongoing task
of digitising all paper-based records, will
be looking to partner with a company
who can impart their knowledge and
expertise.
Importantly, NHS Trusts must comply
with BS 10008: 2014 (Evidential weight
and legal admissibility of electronic
information) as per the NHS Records
Management Code of Practice. The
Code states that where scanning is
used, the electronic document must
perform the same function as the paper
version, as scanned records can also be
challenged in court.
Training and knowledge
Kodak Alaris IM is working with its
channel partners, providing training
and knowledge to upskill their teams,
enabling them to differentiate within
this sector. We are committed to helping
resellers to better understand the
healthcare sector-specific challenges
and demonstrate that they understand
the full scope of NHS customers’
requirements from both a technology
and compliance perspective.
Being able to demonstrate the
reliability of electronic information and
ensuring a digital audit trail is in place
from the point of scanning, is mission-
critical for every NHS organisation
undergoing digital transformation.
We firmly believe that it is the
resellers who can not only supply the
best scanning technology and software
solutions, but who can also offer expert
advice and training, to ensure that
scanners are set-up and used in a way
that will ensure compliance with the
standard, will be well positioned to win
in this sector.
Ultimately, going digital will mean
a more efficient NHS and Kodak Alaris’
latest range of scanners and software
provide a range of features to ensure
healthcare organisations stay protected,
productive and compliant, throughout
their digitisation journey.
A paperless NHS
Steve Clarke,
Healthcare Solutions Manager,
Kodak Alaris Information Management
