StockMarketWire.com - Avia, the developer and provider of clinical decision support and communication facilitation to manage referrals systems, has announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Plain Healthcare, has signed a two-year contract for the sale of Odyssey FaceToFace and Odyssey Reception with Hounslow CCG.

The Odyssey software will embedded in TPP's SystmOne enabling Hounslow CCG to support its new Urgent Care Centre. Patients attending the centre will be initially prioritised by a receptionist using Odyssey Reception software, and then passed to a nurse using Odyssey FaceToFace decision support to complete the clinical assessment and treatment.

Hounslow CCG's Urgent Care Centre is being built at West Middlesex University Hospital and will be open 24 hours a day, every day of the year to treat a range of minor illnesses and minor injuries that require urgent attention.

Odyssey FaceToFace is a comprehensive clinical decision support system for face-to-face consultation in emergency or primary care settings. Odyssey FaceToFace offers varying levels of support covering the full range of acute presentations, and includes sophisticated guidance for history taking, examination, diagnosis and treatment.

With the existing Odyssey clinical decision support systems and now PathFinderRF, Avia now offers healthcare organisations various clinical 'end-to-end' solutions to help improve the efficiency of their services. The product range for primary care spans initial self-assessment using Odyssey SelfAssess; receptionist prioritisation and assessment by the clinician using Odyssey PatientAssess; and the referral by the clinician to community or specialist care using PathFinderRF.

Barry Giddings, Chairman of Avia Health Informatics, commented: "We are pleased to be working with Hounslow CCG taking on Odyssey Reception and FaceToFace.

"We look forward working with them to take full advantage of Odyssey in an ED and Urgent Care environment supporting cost savings through effective and efficient clinical assessments."







At 12:35pm: (LON:AVIA) share price was 0p at 8.75p


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