University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS) has deployed Alcidion’s Miya Emergency across its largest site, Southampton General Hospital.
The solution, which went live on 7 October, digitises emergency department processes, integrating disparate patient data and providing visibility of patient status and A&E activity.
It is integrated with several existing clinical systems, meaning it can expose data from various systems in a single interface, providing clinicians with a consolidated view of patient information without needing to log into and navigate between multiple applications.
Paul Deffley, managing director at Alcidion UK, said: “We are incredibly proud of the good work done by many people to provide the highest standard of care at UHS.
“The A&E is often one of the most scrutinised parts of the hospital and we applaud them for a seamless transition to digital with Miya Emergency.
“It is especially exciting to see multiple trusts in the same integrated care system successfully running on Miya Precision – this is how we really begin to unlock powerful value for patients across regions and support integrated, longitudinal care.”
UHS elected to implement Miya Emergency to deliver real time department-wide visibility of patient movements, integration with key source systems and a clear clinical overview of patient acuity ad prioritisation.
Shortly after the launch, UHS teams quickly transitioned to the new ways of working, creating more than 5000 digital documents a day. This was possible as the clinical teams were able to co-design the digital forms to meet their needs, simplifying the transition from paper processes to digital forms.
The emergency department experienced peak activity in the first week of operations, managing more than 200 patients concurrently in the system.
Feedback from clinical staff highlighted the importance of the access to information and visibility of patient movements that Miya Emergency provided in helping to manage these volumes.
Complementing Miya Emergency, UHS have access to operational views with Miya Command, which provides a data visualisation across the emergency department, allowing leadership and operational teams to quickly identify and address access blocks as they develop.
The go-live follows a similar deployment at neighbouring trust Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which went live with Miya Emergency in summer 2024 at Andover War Memorial, Basingstoke and North Hampshire and Royal Hampshire County Hospitals.
