Avia Health Informatics

• 01/02/12

  Strategic Review

• 01/02/12

  Restoration of Trading and Posting of Accounts

• 30/01/12

  Final Results 31 March 2011

• 30/01/12

  Contract with NHS Peterborough

• 10/01/12

  PathFinderRF contract with Lincolnshire S.W. CC Gp

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  26/07/11

  Avia Health Informatics: news flow bodes well for the firm ahead of final results

  Avia has made quite a few announcements recently ahead of its results covering the year to the end of March (due soon). Here, we take an in-depth look at the business and its recent news

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  01/03/11

  Avia makes push into Africa as it signs up two re-sellers in Nigeria

   

  Avia Health Informatics, the maker of clinical decision software and systems, has appointed two resellers in Nigeria. They are AB Informatics and DeMiTAG Health Concepts, who will sell the company’s Odyssey diagnostics range.

   

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  18/11/10

  Avia Health Informatics' expanding UK client base helps meet short term challenges

  The specialist software group has won three new NHS contracts and it is confident that the governments Comprehensive Spending Review opens up new market opportunities. Avia’s expanding UK client base, its international expansion and a pipeline of new products are helping it meet its challenges in the short term.

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  18/08/10

  Avia Health Informatics secures key product trial

  The group has won a European shipping group Intresco as a partner for trialling the first product in the Odyssey MobileAssess range - designed to remotely assess the condition of an ill or injured crew member.  Chairman Barry Giddings calls the development "a quantum leap".

• 30/01/12

  Avia Health slashes size of potential cash call - Update

• 30/01/12

  Avia Health Informatics wins contract for PathFinderRF with NHS Peterborough

• 10/01/12

  Avia Health Informatics wins order for PathFinderRF product

• 09/01/12

  Avia Health launches cloud version of Odyssey for care homes

• 14/12/11

  Avia Health Informatics' Nigel Leavy to stand down in January

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  13/10/2010

  Avia Health Informatics - Odyssey Village Assess (PDF)

  Odyssey Village Assess

Avia Health Informatics Plc ("Avia") was incorporated in the UK, which is also its main country of operation.

Avia, via its trading subsidiary The Plain Software Company Limited ("Plain"), develops and delivers clinical decision support systems for primary healthcare markets in the UK and internationally. Plain's Odyssey software suite supports triage, assessment and advice for first line patient contacts, including out-of-hours services, GP practices, emergency medical services and Walk-in Centres.

Plain Healthcare provides rapid, safe assessment and advice for primary and urgent care through Odyssey, our clinical decision support software. Odyssey is fast, user friendly, clinically thorough and safe; it also improves record keeping. Odyssey together with our learning and development products are proven to improve the efficiency of clinical resources, reduce risk and ultimately save money. 

Odyssey : ultimate decision support

Genuinely unique, Odyssey works like no other clinical decision support software. Clinicians follow their normal consultation methods and always retain full control. It encourages open questioning of the patient, presenting all details gathered throughout the assessment. Data may be added in any order, to suit the specific needs of each consultation. See how it works...

Who uses Odyssey?

Odyssey TeleAssess (often referred to as ‘TAS’) is used by the leading GP Out of Hours services in the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands. It supports nurse telephone triage and the provision of up to date advice. It’s used by GP surgeries in-hours to efficiently manage demand as it is by ambulance services. Internationally, it’s also used by health insurance companies.

Odyssey FaceToFace is used by NHS Walk-in Centres, primary care centres and practices staffed by varying grades of nurse. It supports patient consultations in person through assessment, examination, documentation and care management plans.

Odyssey Reception is used by non-clinical staff to prioritise patient queues and identify potential emergencies, quickly and safely. Used by call handlers and receptionists throughout primary care services, it’s user-friendly and intuitive.

Plain Healthcare is a Research & Development company at the leading edge of software development in expert clinical decision support technology.

Plain Healthcare is part of Avia Health Informatics Plc

Market Leading Health Informatics and Clinical Content

Avia Health Informatics provides rapid, safe assessment and advice for primary, ambulatory and urgent care through Odyssey, our pre-diagnosis clinical decision support software. Developed by our wholly owned subsidiary Plain Healthcare, Odyssey is fast, user friendly, clinically thorough and safe; it also improves record keeping. Odyssey is proven to improve the efficiency of clinical resources, reduce risk and ultimately save money.

Genuinely unique, Odyssey works like no other clinical decision support software. Clinicians follow their normal consultation methods and always retain full control. It encourages open questioning of the patient, presenting all details gathered throughout the assessment. As well as supporting decisions in tele-triage and patient consultation in person, Odyssey also supports non-clinician patient encounters and patient self assessment.

Odyssey is web-deployed and auto-updates with the latest clinical and technical upgrades, so users benefit from always being up to date and safe in their practice. It can be hosted locally or externally, even in the ‘Cloud’. It has the highest security standards to protect patient and user data integrity and is designed to be inter-operable with most EMRs and other medical systems.

With market-leading technology and competitive pricing, Avia Health Informatics can offer resellers and direct sales clients alike an attractive commercial proposition that offers efficiency and savings for the payers and providers of healthcare services, whichever funding system is in place locally.

We recognise that to grow and be successful in world markets, it’s desirable to build strong and stable partnerships; sales channel partners, inter-operability (or host system) partners and strategic partners that can introduce us to the right people in key places.

Contact us now if you’re interested in working in partnership or if you’re considering using Odyssey in your health service.

Chairman: Barry Giddings BA (Hons), MBA, C.Eng, FIET

Over twenty-five years experience at director level, including Chairman and CEO, in public and private companies in different market sectors, including Highcare Group plc and Antares/Harrison Industries plc. Significant skills in company turnarounds, acquisitions, change management and restructuring to maximise shareholder value. Hands-on experience in all disciplines and team development. Rapid contribution to new and complex situations, plus the ability to deliver successful projects. Experience in Structured Funding.  

Finance Director: Nigel Leavy FCA

Over twenty-five years of expertise in guiding private companies through corporate recovery, M&A and post acquisition strategy implementation. He has served as Non-Executive Director at Safe Consulting Group, Lancashire Enterprise Investment, SCC Limited and the FTSE listed Torex Healthcare Plc eight years before it merged with iSoft. He currently serves as Chairman of Advanced Fibreoptic Engineering and AFE Technology Coatings Ltd.

Nigel will be joining the board on the completion of fund-raising.
      

Clinical Director: Professor Jeremy Dale

MA Cambridge; MB BA Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London; PhD London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; Fellowship of the Royal College of General Practitioners; Diploma of the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; Diploma of Child Health of the Royal College of Paediatrics

Following undergraduate studies at Cambridge and London universities, Jeremy undertook vocational training in Oxford before being appointed as a GP Clinical Lecturer, and later a Senior Clinical Lecturer, at King’s College London. While at King’s, he led a landmark research study describing the clinical and cost effectiveness of GPs working in emergency departments which had a major influence on health policy. He also led research projects investigating out of hours care and telephone advice, one of which led to the design and initial evaluation of TAS (the forerunner of Odyssey TeleAssess).

Appointed as a Professor at Warwick University in 1997, Jeremy was one of the first clinical academics to be appointed by the University, and has played a leading role in establishing primary care research and teaching within the new Medical School. In addition, he continues to work one day a week as a GP to ensure that he maintains competencies as a clinician. In 2008, he joined the Plain Healthcare board as its Clinical Director.

Non-Executive Director: Roger Lane-Smith

Roger was Senior Partner and Chairman of globe law firm DLA Piper from 1998 to 2005 and was appointed Senior Consultant to the practice in May 2005.  He is a Non-executive Director of WH Ireland Group Plc.  He is also a Non-executive Director of MS International, Dolphin Capital Investors, Timpsons and a number of other non-quoted companies.

Number of Avia shares in Issue at the 2nd August 2011: 6,399,023

As at the 2nd August 2011, the number of shares “not in public hands”, as defined in the AIM Rules, is 38%.

There are no restrictions on the transfer of Avia securities. Avia securities are currently traded on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange plc and are not traded on any other platform or exchange.

Updated from Avia Health Informatics website 13.09.11

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