02 February 2007

Capscan Improves Patient Record Management At Healthcare Computing 2007

Stand 16A, 19th – 21st March, Harrogate International Centre, Yorkshire

Capscan, a leading supplier of international address management solutions and data integrity services, will be showing how healthcare organisations can reduce costs and improve patient care using accurate data capture, cleansing and enhancement, at Healthcare Computing 2007. Visitors to stand 16A will receive demonstrations of Capscan’s product ranges including the award-winning Capscan OnDemand, Capscan Integrity and Matchcode product range.

Following Sir David Varney’s December 2006 Service Transformation report, the cost-efficient deployment of information technology within public sector services, reducing bottlenecks, cutting costs and improving citizen care are all still firmly on the agenda. Using accurate and fast address data capture software, an operator taking an emergency call can quickly and accurately locate or capture an address and access all the vital information required, even when supplied with only a partial address. This results in shorter emergency telephone calls, reduced operational costs, and better patient care and records management.

Managing Director of Capscan, Terry Hiles says, “More than 160 UK healthcare organisations, including 25 NHS Trusts, choose Capscan to maintain accurate, complete and valid patient address data. From reducing the cost of undelivered mail such as appointment letters and test results to cutting the duration of calls to the emergency services, healthcare organisations can benefit from address management from data capture to maintenance.”

Matchcode ensures that only valid, complete and accurate address data is added to the patient database and can be seamlessly integrated into existing patient record management systems. It can also be used in batch mode to update and validate addresses to maintain a healthy database.  Capscan OnDemand delivers a complete cost-efficient address verification and enhancement solution for the small to medium volume user on a pay-as-you-search basis that is ideal for the smaller healthcare organisations including practices. Online data cleansing service, Capscan Integrity, enables access to an extended range of data cleaning and screening services, including records deduplication, goneaway and mortality suppressions, telephone numbering and preference service screens. The service also provides a free data audit each time you use it. The audit assesses the health of your data and enables you to make informed decisions regarding its use in operations, sales or marketing.

Capscan OnDemand, Capscan Integrity and Matchcode also enable data to be enhanced through the provision of NHS and PCG codes, geo-codes, lifestyle and OS Grid co-ordinates, as well as the ability to link together patient data from other databases, legacy systems and web-based sources.