Over 1,300 delegates attended Access World, software specialist Access Health and Social Care’s annual conference, at Wembley Stadium on 21st November.
Expert speakers from across the sector, including domiciliary and residential care providers, gave their view of how technology is helping to make a real difference and how it feeds into wider strategies to improve culture and effectiveness. Speakers included Gary Shearin, CEO of The Care Workers’ Charity, and James Thorburn, CEO of City and County Healthcare.
Access product experts also updated delegates on the development roadmap and ambitious plans to help care professionals with its Workspace platform.
A lively panel discussion debated the digitalisation of the sector and how a mobilised workforce, operational processes and integrated learning and development are creating a step-change for many providers. Chaired by Access Health and Social Care’s Managing Director, Steve Sawyer, the session included Paul Sokhi from Morriston Community Care; Carey Bloomer of Marches Care; Tim Wilson from Assist Care Group and Edward Owusu-Ansah of Ave Maria Care.
Over the last twelve months The Access Group has welcomed 400 new care providers to its platform, and the company’s products now support almost a third (30%) of UK providers rated as outstanding on home care services.
Steve Sawyer confirmed that all Access care products, including iCareHealth, People Planner and Medication Management, are now available via a single login at Access Workspace.
Steve Sawyer said: “We’ve dedicated more than 1,000 days of development over the last year to make sure that 22 Access Workspace for Care apps are now live. This represents a major investment for our customers and for the future.”
During Access World, which has become one of the tech industry’s marquee events, Access unveiled its plans to develop new partner integrations, reporting; and analytics beyond 28 days, to boost efficiency and the safety benefits for its users.
“We want to make it easier to get information out of the system in a format that’s required and automate processes to save lots of time. Through Workspace we are helping customers to have easy access to information which will make a real difference to care quality,” added Sawyer.
Access systems monitor more than 240 million care activities each year and through analysis of anonymised Big Data, the company generates a report looking at the Hidden Dynamics of Care. In 2019 Access shared the findings with Government policymakers to provide them with access to real-word data.
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