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Philips partner with public and independent sector healthcare providers to accelerate growth of local diagnostic hubs and diagnostic centres through providing infrastructure, state-of-the-art technologies, integrated information systems and enabling solutions aimed at improving clinical, experiential, operational and financial outcomes.
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Health is influenced by many factors, including our working environment. At Philips, we partner with you to create "healthy spaces" that meet the goals of the quadruple aim: enhancing the patient experience, improving health outcomes, lowering the cost of care and improving the work life of care providers.
Our Community Diagnostic Centres and Hubs spaces are both inspiring and easy to access, led by evidence-based design. The positive impact of this approach can be measured in terms of improved outcomes and the experience for patients and staff.
We leverage our global expertise, tools and methodologies, to develop safe, quality, innovative facilities across Radiology, Cardiology, Oncology, Respiratory and Sleep health spaces, incorporating the latest technologies and immersive experience solutions.
For patients scheduled for cancer imaging, the anticipation of a diagnosis can be intensely stressful. Community Diagnostic Centres and Hubs help by providing these tests in a familiar setting, closer to home.
Philips Ambient Experience uptake room solutions reduce anxiety by helping patients remain calm during uptake procedures. Patients retain an element of control which translates into patient satisfaction that can become a differentiating factor for any healthcare provider.
The Ambient Experience rooms have a wide range additional applications, from chemotherapy to phlebotomy.
The NHS is calling for people to be given greater choice over when and where they are screened. Community Diagnostic Hubs and Centres are an ideal way of delivering high-quality screening services to the population whilst avoiding hospitals.
Philips partner with vendor-agnostic mammography and other screening solutions to provide faster access to screening in a community setting. Our technologies and integrated information system solutions deliver personalised low-dose care, driving earlier diagnosis and improved cancer survival.
The NHS Long Term Plan commits to supporting patients closer to home and potentially avoiding trips to A&E. Philips Digital X-ray solutions include state-of-the-art systems that combine low-dose X-ray technology, versatile room configurations and ambient lighting to meet the most demanding radiography needs.
Our solutions allow you to see more patients per day and shorten waiting times, providing the highest levels of care in a setting closer to your patients' homes.
Waiting times can be a source of frustration for patients. Philips MR solutions connect data, technology and people to reduce waiting times in key areas.
With Philips revolutionary BlueSeal technology, your scanner operates with just seven litres of Helium in a fully sealed magnet. No more Helium fills, no more quench pipe. Greater flexibility in locating your MR system in a wide range of Community Diagnostic Hub and Centre locations, whether in a retail space or high-rise building.
Philips Compressed SENSE™ reduces scan times by up to 50% across all anatomies1. The result is increased productivity and diagnostic confidence, leading to reduced patient waiting times.
With the continuing pressure on outpatient diagnostic demand, patients are waiting longer for hospital appointments when they could be seen in the community. CT in the community has a wide range of clinical applications, from stroke to cardiac pathways, from cancer to respiratory conditions.
Philips CT technologies and integrated information system solutions drive exceptional clinical performance and superb image quality. This improves the information flow to clinicians, ensuring that when patients are referred for follow up, they see the right person in the right place, first time.
The current NHS staffing shortfall presents a major risk to the delivery of the NHS Long Term Plan and current workforce shortages are predicted to rise for at least the next 10 years.
How can Philips help ensure that patients in Community settings receive the same high levels of care as in the hospital?
Philips Remote Operational Command Centre (ROCC)* is a new technology that allows expert staff to work in a virtual manner, across a multi-site, multi-vendor imaging network. Expert staff can work remotely and deliver the highest standards to patient care to out-of-hospital settings.
Waiting for results can be an anxious time for patients. Philips innovative patient care solutions enable healthcare professionals to remotely connect with patients and support better management of chronic and complex conditions, enabling people to control their own health and wellbeing.
Our applications enable patients to receive reminders, engage with health coaching, respond to surveys and questionnaires and message or video call their health professional in a single digital portal.
With rising backlogs in diagnostic imaging waiting times, Philips supports the NHS through providing interim Community Diagnostic Hubs or Centres (CDH/C) in modular and relocatable format.
CDH/C solutions are adaptable and can include common areas along with bolt-on imaging rooms including Magnetic Resonance (MRI) and Computed Tomography (CT). Each room can be removed and replaced with changing demand.
Philips manages CDH/C projects from initial design to final completion, including full construction management services
With rising backlogs in diagnostic imaging waiting times, Philips supports the NHS through providing interim Community Diagnostic Centres or Hubs (CDC/H) in modular and relocatable format.
CDC/H solutions are adaptable and can include common areas along with bolt-on imaging rooms including Magnetic Resonance (MRI) and Computed Tomography (CT). Each room can be removed and replaced with changing demand.
Philips manages CDC/H projects from initial design to final completion, including full construction management services
Our Community Diagnostic Centres are underpinned by the expert team at Philips Managed Services. We design these state-of-the-art facilities in partnership with you. Depending on your requirements we provide planning, procurement, implementation, maintenance and performance services.
We deliver people-centric designs by incorporating integrated medical technologies including Ambient Experience solutions, driving better patient and staff satisfaction, higher productivity and improved outcomes. Our use of AI technology also drives efficiency, accuracy and quality of care – all the time whilst ensuring you achieve value for money through optimum total cost of ownership.
Philips Financial Services can support a range of predicable financing and financial planning models to match all budgetary requirements and empower customers to drive improved clinical, patient and staff experiential, operational and financial outcomes.
Whilst there are a number of proposed models, health inequalities and deprivation are not uniform across the United Kingdom. Community Diagnostic Centres and hubs should not be viewed as “one size fits all” solutions and to this end they are likely to be bespoke to meet the needs of the local population.
There are three proposed models which include a range of core services. The Independent sector support realisation through either partnering with acute providers across all three models or operating their own centres
Philips Hospital Infrastructure Team works with specialist healthcare modular and construction partners, to ensure diagnostic facility layouts are pandemic-resilient and optimised for diagnostic workflow, patient and staff experience.
Philips enable a range of interim solutions which support immediate reduction of diagnostic backlogs whilst permanent CDCs are being built.
Philips supply the latest imaging technology:
We required a strategic partner who will complement our diagnostic service offering with technological innovation. Philips is closely aligned to our vision and can manage complexity while remaining flexible and is the right partner to support us on this journey.”
Dr Steven Powell
Chief Diagnostic Officer, Rutherford Diagnostics
For Philips, a successful partnership approach uses technology as an enabler to drive sustainable and improved clinical practices, patient outcomes and experience through innovation. Philips is proud to partner with Rutherford and looks forward to supporting the opening of their Taunton centre.”
Stephen McMillan
Head of Solutions, Philips UKI
Exploring the strategic planning opportunities for the UK’s initial Community Diagnostic Centres
Stephen McMillan & Jeevan Gunaratnam of Philips, explore the factors to consider when strategically planning a CDC.
Innovating in diagnostics with new models of out of hospital care
Partnering with healthcare providers to pioneer Community Diagnostics Centres (CDC) across the UK
Healthcare inequalities report
Rapid acceleration of community diagnostics urgently required to alleviate pressures on the NHS, findings by researchers from Imperial College London and Philips UKI reveals
Virtualisation of healthcare
Charting the growth of virtual care models, new patient behaviours and the opportunity for out-of-hospital care.
Presenters: Stephen McMillan, Head of Solutions CoE Philips UKI & Jeevan Gunaratnam, Community Diagnostic Director, Philips UKI
In order to deliver on the NHS plan and vision, Philips’ premise is that there needs to be a transformation in delivery of diagnostic and treatment services in England, expanding care delivery out of traditional hospital settings into community and specialist settings, as well as using the opportunity granted by affordable and accessible spaces on our high streets.
1. https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/cancer-statistics/incidence/
2. https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/diagnostics-waiting-times-and-activity/monthly-diagnostics-waiting-times-and-activity/
3. http://data.oecd.org/healtheqt/magnetic-resonance-imaging-mri-units.htm
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