Imprivata Join Forces with the One Health Alliance

Imprivata has announced that it is the latest supplier to join the One Health Alliance (OHA), a group of healthcare technology providers working collaboratively to provide best of breed systems to the NHS. The group, which meets on a quarterly basis, works together to exchange experiences and ideas as well as identifying opportunities and tenders on which to work together to strengthen the offerings of individual members to better meet the NHS' requirements.

In addition, the quarterly meetings provide an educational space where influential NHS speakers present to the group, providing the members with an open forum for discussion and for them to gain invaluable information and advice from industry leaders regarding the changes and challenges that the NHS faces.

Mark Clark, international vice president at Imprivata said: "In the short time that Imprivata has been a member of the OHA it has been invaluable in providing the company with the networking opportunities necessary to establish constructive relationships with other suppliers that can often take months or years to form.

"We are already working with some members whose technologies share common goals to our own, that is to improve the workflow of clinical users, reduce the number of 'clicks' required to access critical patient data in high-pressure scenarios, and secure confidential information on fixed and roaming devices. We work closely with our customers and understand that these priorities are important for clinical users in order to support high quality patient care."

The One Health Alliance was initially set up to bring best of breed technologies spanning the entire patient journey to healthcare organisations in both the public and private sector.

The Alliance already consists of a wide range of suppliers such as Oracle, Capita Clinical Solutions, Ardentia, Sunquest Information Systems and IMS MAXIMS who have a considerable market share across areas including decision support, business intelligence, patient administration systems and laboratory and diagnostic information.

Clark added: "The informal business environment that the OHA provides, means that members and speakers openly share initiatives and information so that we can continue to learn from industry experts and each other."

Former speakers at the OHA, among many others include Dr Charles Alessi a GP and chair of the National Association for Primary Care, Colin Sweeney the IT director at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Andy Kinnear the head of Avon IM&T consortium as well as many others.

Jeremy Nettle, acting chair of the OHA said: "The joining of Imprivata goes further to strengthen the OHA’s offering to the NHS including authentication management, single sign on and clinical portal technology, amongst others in the OHA. The solutions from members provide a portfolio to support the entire patient centric journey.

"By working with members of the OHA, NHS commissioners will be safe in the knowledge that they are working with suppliers who are willing to integrate, work together and have the best possible market knowledge direct from the frontline regarding the issues that the NHS faces."

About the One Health Alliance
The One Health Alliance was set up to provide an alternative approach to the delivery of technology and information solutions to both public and private healthcare organisations. The One Health Alliance is about delivering an umbrella of services and solutions to match all healthcare IT and information requirements for all types of healthcare organisations, large or small, public or private, at any location.

Each Alliance member has a proven track record and a network of employees with extensive experience ranging from clinicians, nurses, healthcare administrators and IT professionals. Working in partnership, collectively the Alliance solutions can help health payor and provider organisations improve financial, operational and clinical efficiency so that they can deliver the highest standards of patient care. Alliance solutions and services provide among others: Infrastructure, hosting and managed services, business and technical consulting, business intelligence and management reporting, evidence-based decision support, electronic patient record and clinical information systems and diagnostic intelligence.

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