HUML, through its GPAccess After Hours programme, is the first site in Australia to use Odyssey clinical decision support systems.

The project, which will offer after-hours virtual decision support services via tablet and mobile device technology, relies on Odyssey CareAssess migrated to the cloud in partnership with Melbourne-based cloud services company Australian Cloud.

The entire project is hosted on Ninefold, the Australian public cloud compute and cloud storage company.

Avia has said that having Odyssey CareAssess delivered by a cloud hosting partner means that homes that could not afford the initial capital outlay can now access the software through 3G or broadband on a pay as you go and/or monthly subscription basis.

“Odyssey CareAssess, delivered as a solution by Australian Cloud and Ninefold, will mean aged care homes that cannot afford the initial capital outlay can now access Odyssey CareAssess to provide essential clinical care to their residents  through low monthly subscription,” said director of sales at Avia Health Informatics Chris Coyne.

Odyssey CareAssess has been piloted in the UK, where care homes using the product have experienced up to 50% reductions in referrals on to hospital emergency departments or local GPs.

Healthcare software specialist Avia Healthcare (LON:AVIA) has signed the fifth contract for its clinical commission referral software PathfinderRF in the space of eight weeks.

South East Staffs Clinical Commissioning Group will use PathfinderRF to support referrals and clinical communication in the South Staffordshire region.

Avia said its PathfinderRF software enables commissioning groups and other Primary Care Organisations to manage decisions and the movement of clinical information from general practice to specialist and community services.

Barry Giddings, Avia chairman added: "We are very pleased to be working with South East Staffs CCG taking on PathFinderRF and look forward to working with them to take full advantage of PathFinderRF in supporting cost savings through effective referrals. 

We look forward to continuing to grow the expanding list of Commissioning Groups using PathFinderRF," he added.

Shares in Avia have rallied in recent weeks following their return from a lengthy suspension on the contract wins both for PathfinderRF and also Avia’s Odyssey software for receptionist prioritisation and assessment by the clinician.

Avia said it can now supply healthcare organisations across the UK & Ireland clinical 'end-to-end' solutions.

Avia acquired the intellectual property rights to sell and manage development of PathFinderRF from Nene Commissioning Group in Northants in June 2011.

Last month, the group said it reduced the amount it said it wanted to raise to support its product development from £1.5 million to £500,000, citing the strong influx of orders.

It also added that after a strategic review it had decided it no longer needed to sell the business.

Avia Health Informatics (LON:AVIA) today told investors it was no longer up for sale.

The group confirmed that it has now concluded a strategic review of its business. Avia said it is not in talks with any party regarding a potential sale of the company.

Avia confirmed that instead of selling the company it plans to raise at least £500,000 to support the development of the business.

Last month Avia announced that it needed to raise a much smaller sum of money rather than the £1.5 million it previously forecast. It also published restated accounts for the year to March, showing revenues of £2.1 million and an operating loss of £540,000.

The shares resumed trading following the announcements last month. 

At that time it said that it wanted to raise the money for new product development with a portion to be used as a working capital buffer in the event trading turned down again.

Avia added that it did not need new funds “for the sole purpose of securing the business” after recent cost-cutting and sales deals.

Healthcare support software specialist Avia Health Informatics (LON:AVIA) said today it would seek to raise a net £500,000 in new cash, a much smaller sum than the £1.5 million previously forecast.

The group added it wanted the money for new product development with a portion to be used as a working capital buffer in the event trading turned down again.

Avia added that it did not need new funds “for the sole purpose of securing the business” after recent cost-cutting and sales deals.

Cash at end December was £0.22 million, though Avia cautioned that cash headroom levels will remain tight going forward in 2012.

The firm added it is also looking for partners to fund specific products, services and/or market projects.

Avia said: “The company has taken steps to reduce its outgoings and to maintain its sales, marketing and development activity within the company's current cashflow.“ 

“This, together with the encouraging levels of interest in and new orders for PathFinderRF and the levels of renewals in the Odyssey range, have led the Board to seek a lower target fundraising compared to that thought last year,” it added.

Avia today announced a new contract for Pathfinder, its online referral communication system, from NHS Peterborough, which commissions healthcare in Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.

Today's deal follows one announced on 10 January - for the sale of PathFinderRF to the Lincolnshire South West Clinical Commissioning Group.

Avia today also published restated accounts for the year to March, showing revenues of £2.1 million and an operating loss of £540,000.

Shares in the group were suspended last August following concerns about the company’s financial position.

Since then, Avia said it had reduced costs by £350,000 and will cut a further £100,000 in the financial year starting in March.

Salary deferment of £200,000 in 2011 has now reduced to less that £75,000 and is forecast to reduce to zero by March 2012, Avia added.