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Northern Devon Healthcare Trust partners with NDL to launch revolutionary mobile working initiative




800 community health workers set to use mobile working as NDL lands its largest healthcare
contract to date

Northern Devon Healthcare Trust has teamed up with specialist software developer NDL to roll out an innovative mobile working project which will involve around 800 community nurses and therapists. The agreement is the largest of the 50 plus contracts NDL has won since it entered the healthcare market 18 months ago.
The Trust will make use both of NDL’s universal integration technology, awiSX and its mobile working software platform , awiMX , to launch the Department of Health Community Information Data Set (CIDS), a Department of Health directive for all community health providers, in April this year.


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Orange launches Care in Motion for NHS community workers


Solution liberates more than an hour a day of NHS community care workers time, to increase home visit numbers and improve patient care
 
Orange today announces the launch of Care in Motion from Orange powered by NDL, a solution to enable NHS community care professionals to remotely manage patient visiting schedules and information while on the move. Designed specifically to allow community based healthcare professionals to spend more time with more patients, the reduced need to visit offices and transfer hand-written notes to records could release more than one hour per day per person, to be spent providing care to patients in their homes.
 
Care in Motion Limited (CiML), a member of the NDL Group, is working exclusively with Orange to offer the Care in Motion (CiM) solution, which will be available on compatible BlackBerry Smartphones from today. Through a secure mobile application, community based healthcare professionals will be free to work more efficiently while in the field. 


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Specialist software house NDL endorses E-Health Insider’s CCIO campaign - December 2011

We believe that intelligent use of IT can help transform the NHS by improving working practices and delivering massive cost and efficiency savings along the way. However one essential caveat is that IT systems must be designed around the end user – that is they should enhance how frontline clinicians do their job, not force them to change their working practices.


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iNetwork Announces Collaboration With NDL - December 2011

iNetwork, the local public services improvement partnership, has announced a collaboration with public sector technology specialist NDL. The principal objective of this is for members to benefit from NDL’s industry experience and solutions in order to deliver more innovative and cost-effective services to their users and communities.
 
iNetwork, which was previously the North West e-Government Group (NWEGG), enables local public services to share best practice including using technology to improve services within the cost-cutting agenda. To achieve this, it needs to look outside for new ideas from experts who really understand these issues. It has agreed a very limited number of collaborative partnerships with commercial organisations, which now includes NDL.
 
Many iNetwork members are already successfully using NDL’s integration and mobile working products. Therefore iNetwork believes the collaboration will provide an invaluable open forum for discussing how users’ experiences can help others adopt or extend their use of NDL’s technology.


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NDL’s 15 minute challenge set to prove mobile working’s been made easy

 

Integration and mobile working specialist NDL promises to build and distribute app across three operating platforms and five devices in just 15 minutes


Integration and mobile working specialist NDL is set to launch the latest version of its corporate mobile platform, awiMX, at a series of special seminars across the UK next week. Alongside the launch, the half day seminars will also provide a practical introduction to mobile working along with real life case studies and an examination of NDL’s public sector Mobile Working Report.

Primarily aimed at local authorities, housing authorities and NHS Trusts, awiMX version fivepromises to dramatically improve the flexibility and affordability of mobile working by allowing non-technical users to build and distribute business apps across three different mobile operating systems, including Android, and five different devices in less than half an hour.



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Next generation of mobile working platform launched by specialist software house NDL (Health)


 
Integration and mobile working specialist NDL develops new technology to boost affordability and flexibility of mobile working solutions

Around 100 public sector delegates gathered at seminars in Manchester and London to learn about the latest developments in mobile working from specialist software house NDL. The work practice is predicted to expand rapidly in the next three years with both the number and scope of mobile projects in health organisations growing dramatically.
Research carried out by NDL, which specialises in mobile working and integration, showed that a further 33% of health authorities plan on joining the 31% of organisations which already have a live mobile working project. What’s more, by 2014 60% of projects are expected to involve more than 100 workers, compared to just 23% currently.


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Next generation of mobile working platform launched by specialist software house NDL (Local Government)


 
Integration and mobile working specialist NDL develops new technology to boost affordability and flexibility of mobile working solutions

Around 100 public sector delegates gathered at seminars in Manchester and London to learn about the latest developments in mobile working from specialist software house NDL. The work practice is predicted to expand rapidly in the next three years with both the number and scope of mobile projects in local authorities growing dramatically.
Research carried out by NDL, which specialises in mobile working and integration, showed that a further 20% of local authorities plan on joining the 59% of organisations which already have a live mobile working project. What’s more, by 2014 56% of projects are expected to involve more than 100 workers, compared to just 12% currently.


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Next generation of mobile working platform launched by specialist software house NDL (Housing)

Integration and mobile working specialist NDL develops new technology to boost affordability and flexibility of mobile working solutions
 
Around 100 public sector delegates gathered at seminars in Manchester and London to learn about the latest developments in mobile working from specialist software house NDL. The work practice is predicted to expand rapidly in the next three years with both the number and scope of mobile projects growing dramatically.
 
Research carried out by NDL, which specialises in mobile working and integration, showed that the housing sector is leading the way in mobile working, having the highest number of live projects of any sector surveyed.


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Driving out hidden waste and inefficiencies: local authorities look to integration

Local authorities will use integration technology to drive out shocking levels of hidden inefficiencies and to protect front-line services, according to NDL’s recent survey into integration and CRM. In particular, huge opportunities exist to generate significant savings by eliminating the widespread wasteful practice of re-keying information from e-forms and CRM systems.

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NDL provide long awaited Docman to TPP SystmOne Interface

 
PCTI, the supplier of Docman has teamed up with NDL to deliver a long awaited interface to TPP’s SystmOne Clinical System. The Docman solution now works seamlessly with all the major providers of Clinical Software including, EMIS, InPS and iSoft.  

NDL is a UK market leader in the provision of real-time, bi-directional integration solutions to both Local Government and the NHS. NDL used their extensive experience to build an interface to TPP SystmOne enabling it to operate seamlessly with the Docman electronic document management and workflow solution.


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NDL Recognized in the BlackBerry EMEA Innovation Awards 2010

 
NDL today announced that it was recognised in the BlackBerry® Alliance Program’s EMEA Innovation Awards 2010. Its awiMX application was a finalist in the Driving Innovation in the Public Sector category.

NDL was amongst other finalists judged to have demonstrated excellence in building BlackBerry applications which transform the way that Public Sector organizations provide public services at the point of need, delivering multiple layers of efficiency, improved public visibility and better use of public data to drive better decision-making.



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NHS Wants to Get Connected

Judicious integration of appropriate systems coupled with extending the usability of existing technology are at the top of the NHS’s IT agenda to achieve the efficiencies demanded by Government. This is one of the main findings of Efficiencies and Cost Savings: the Role of Technology, a survey carried out by integration specialist NDL into attitudes, aspirations and progress among senior NHS IT executives. Other areas highlighted are the benefits of mobile working and unease about the Government’s Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention (QIPP) agenda.



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awi MX Client for BlackBerry Smartphone Available

NDL has extended its support of the range of BlackBerry Smartphones to include a full offline working client. This means that users can use their devices in the field as part of their line of business work flow, receiving jobs, capturing and reporting on incidents. Best of all, because it is awi, ensuring that any data captured is automatically integrated with the back office.

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Efficiency and accuracy improvements for informatics reporting frees up expert staff time

NHS Rotherham implements NDL’s ‘awi’ desktop application integration software to automate manual transactions.

NHS Rotherham uses the TPP SystmOne application to manage and coordinate patient care records for its community based services. Key reports must be produced on a regular basis to enable the trust’s performance to be analysed for the benefit of the patients and to enable the trust to monitor performance and compliance with national standards.

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Moray becomes the 17th Scottish council to adopt Lagan ECM

Belfast, Northern Ireland - Moray Council has become the 17th Scottish council to adopt Lagan’s Enterprise Case Management (ECM) and the first to also include the awi corporate mobile working solution supplied by Lagan's integration partner NDL.

Moray is a rural council in the north of Scotland with a population of 88,000, comprising a network of small towns and villages that all need access to council services. It is home to two large RAF bases and the biggest concentration of malt whisky distilleries in Scotland.

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Trafford Housing Trust trusts Lagan to transform services

Trafford Housing Trust, an independent housing trust, has announced that it is to adopt software supplier Lagan’s Enterprise Case Management solution to support its strategic transformation programme, using NDL’s universal integration platform to access core central applications.

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Oxford City Council implements joint Lagan/ndl solution

Oxford City Council and its 151,000 citizens have benefited from a new partnership between government software supplier Lagan and integration specialist NDL. Capitalising on the complementary solutions provided by these two organisations, the Council is now giving front-office customer-facing staff access from its Lagan Enterprise Case Management (ECM) system into back-office housing, workforce scheduling and repairs booking systems. The move is delivering a seamless process between front and back office, resulting in significant time savings, and better customer satisfaction.

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Interview with Martin Fuggles, Chairman of the NDL awi User Group

In the next in our series of interviews with key people in public sector technology, we talk to Martin Fuggles, Chairman of the awi User Group. He tells us about the atmosphere in local authorities in the aftermath of the CSR, and how they are going about doing more for less. He also reports on the awi User Group and how members are benefiting from sharing ideas and experiences.

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Interview with Pat Oliver, Halton Borough Council

In the next in our series of interviews with leaders in public sector technology, we talk to Pat Oliver, Software and Hardware Management & Delivery Manager for Halton Borough Council. He talks, among other things, about the impact of the CSR and the effect this is having on IT plans at the authority.

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Interview with Tim Rainey, Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council.

Continuing our series of interviews with visionaries in technology for the public sector, we talk to Tim Rainey, Assistant Chief Executive ICT and Transformation at Tameside Metropolitan Council. He explains how customer services are being improved at Tameside through integration, and the obstacles faced by other authorities.

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Interview with Russell Hancock, Blue Diamond Internet Systems

Russell Hancock, Owner of Blue Diamond Internet Systems, has seen mobile from both sides of the fence: in the public and in the private sectors. Here he explains what he sees as the key differences, and also explains the approach he is taking to enable SMEs to embrace the advantages of mobile working.

What’s your background?
I’ve been a software developer for many years, initially in the public sector working on technology solutions to improve the way services were delivered to customers. But I decided to go out on my own and, four years ago, set up Blue Diamond.  Since then I’ve developed solutions for a number of local authorities and this has included using NDL’s awi product suite, in particular through implementing mobile working.

We’re now working in the commercial sector as well, predominantly with smaller businesses. These sorts of organisations generally don’t have the in-house staff or knowledge to manage and support the software that brings existing systems together. Their priority is to get the job done - and we help them do that.

Fundamentally we’re helping businesses make the most of the IT they have: either through synchronising existing software, creating new bespoke software, simplifying day-to-day IT administration or developing something as fundamental as an e-commerce website.



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Interview with Jason Hendy, iScape Solutions Ltd

Jason Hendy has been working in IT for 13 years, mostly in web development. For the last eight years he has been exclusively involved in the public sector and now works as a consultant for a number of local authorities, developing solutions to improve service delivery. This hands-on experience has given him an interesting insight into what councils are doing against a background of budget cuts.

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Interview with Declan Grogan, CEO of NDL

In the next in our series of interviews with leaders in technology for the public sector, we speak to Declan Grogan, CEO of NDL. He talks about the changes he’s seen over the last five years and the challenges ahead, and assesses recent initiatives.

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Interview with Sheila Davidge, Winchester City Council

In the next in our series of interviews with leaders in public sector technology, we talk to Sheila Davidge, Head of Information Management and Technology at Winchester City Council. She explains recent initiatives, including virtualisation, and their hopes for a move towards shared services.

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Interview with Matt Miszewski, Microsoft

In the next in our series of interviews with key people in public sector technology, we talk to Matt Miszewski, Microsoft’s General Manager for Worldwide Government. Based at Microsoft’s head office in Redmond, Washington, he gives us his views on global e-government and the way the UK is responding to transformation.

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