BridgeHead Software Joins AXREM Strengthening Its Commitment To UK Healthcare Innovation
18 December 2024
BridgeHead joins the ranks of leading healthcare imaging and AI vendors looking to affect positive change for the NHS
Leatherhead, UK – 17 December 2024 – BridgeHead Software, a leading provider of healthcare data management solutions, is delighted to announce its membership of AXREM, the UK trade association representing suppliers of diagnostic medical imaging, radiotherapy, healthcare IT, and care equipment. This move further underscores BridgeHead Software’s dedication to supporting the UK NHS and private healthcare sector with innovative solutions that enhance clinical efficiency, reduce operational risk, and leverage the total value of patient data.
BridgeHead Software is a British company, 100% dedicated to healthcare, with over 30 years of experience in providing data management solutions to customers around the world. BridgeHead’s Clinical Data Repository (CDR), HealthStore®, offers a valuable adjunct to systems such as the EPR, PACS, LIMS, RIS, and more; with a proven track record of helping NHS and private healthcare organisations to harness data from disparate live and legacy systems into a single, standards-based platform. As a result, HealthStore breaks down data silos and provides interoperable, fast and secure access to patient information to support frontline clinical services as well as for secondary use, such as research.
As part of its membership, BridgeHead will be an active participant in AXREM’s Imaging IT Special Focus Group and AI Special Focus Group, helping to drive the digital transformation agenda and providing expertise in the areas of clinical data management.
As Jim Beagle, President and CEO at BridgeHead Software, explained: “BridgeHead is excited to join AXREM and work closely with its members to support healthcare providers across the UK. AXREM plays a pivotal role in fostering collaboration between suppliers and the NHS all in a bid to leverage best-of-breed technologies that deliver tangible benefits to support the triple aim of better health for populations, better care for patients, and lower costs. We look forward to sharing our expertise in data aggregation and management, interoperability, and cyber resilience, as well as learning from others in this dynamic sector.”
Sally Edgington, AXREM Chief Executive Officer, commented: “We’re delighted to welcome BridgeHead Software to AXREM and are confident they will make a valuable contribution to our Imaging IT and AI Special Focus Groups. BridgeHead brings deep expertise in healthcare data management and a strong commitment to supporting the NHS in their digital transformation journeys. We look forward to working together to enhance innovation and efficiency across the healthcare sector.”
Through its partnership with AXREM, BridgeHead aims to further advocate for the modernization of healthcare technology, enabling providers to increase efficiencies, reduce risk, and deliver better patient outcomes.
For more information about BridgeHead Software and its solutions, visit www.bridgeheadsoftware.com.
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About BridgeHead Software
Celebrating its 30 year anniversary, BridgeHead Software is a trusted leader in Healthcare Data Management solutions, supporting over 1,200 hospitals globally. A British company, headquartered in the UK, and 100% dedicated to healthcare, BridgeHead prides itself on helping NHS and private healthcare organisations on their digital transformation and maturity journeys.
BridgeHead’s Clinical Data Repository – HealthStore®
BridgeHead’s award-winning Clinical Data Repository (CDR), HealthStore®; provides a real-time, interoperable solution designed to consolidate clinical and patient data from across disparate live and legacy systems – with full support for healthcare data standards, such as FHIR, HL7, and DICOM.
With HealthStore, hospitals can:
- Retire costly legacy applications while preserving and leveraging their data
- Image-enable EPRs with data from radiology, cardiology, dermatology, and more
- Aggregate live data from disparate, siloed systems
- Power AI, machine learning, and analytics to support predictive care, personalized medicine, and population health
- Ensure continuity of clinical workflows during downtime; and mitigating the impact of cyberattacks.
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About AXREM
AXREM’s member companies supply most of the diagnostic medical imaging and radiotherapy equipment installed in UK hospitals. They work with Consultant Radiologists, Radiographers and Practitioners, Oncologists, and a wide range of healthcare professionals in delivering healthcare to patients using our technologies.
Our members have unique knowledge, experience and insight into the workflow and challenges faced by healthcare professionals on a day-to-day basis, which enables us to develop and offer innovative solutions to improve the speed and quality of diagnostic procedures and treatments with our aim of improving patient care.
Although our members operate in a highly competitive commercial environment and in strict conformity with UK laws and regulations, certain issues such as this require focus and resolution on an industry-wide basis.
For further information about this press release please contact AXREM Chief Executive Officer – Sally Edgington
AXREM, Rotherwick House, 3 Thomas More Street, London, E1W 1YZ
E sally.edgington@axrem.org.uk T 07717 058649