NHS South of Tyne and Wear
The road to world class commissioning with OpenText
Early adoption of OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting has put NHS South of Tyne and Wear ahead of other PCTs in its journey towards commissioning excellence
The real value of OpenText Magellan BI & Reporting is getting practices to look at their budgets and review how they are referring patients to secondary care, so that improvements can be made.
Challenge
- Disparate systems created gaps and lack of continuity for performance management program
- Difficulty collating or assessing PBC information across the integrated landscape
Product(s)
Value
- Gained a clearer picture of where resources are being expended
- Saved more than £1 million by pinpointing excessive appointments
- Increased productivity and freed resources for more strategic tasks
About NHS South of Tyne and Wear
NHS South of Tyne and Wear covers Gateshead Primary Care Trust (PCT), South Tyneside Primary Care Trust (PCT) and Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust (TPCT) and is the name given to the integrated management arrangements which exist across the three PCTs.