Sarah Ellis

IT Operations Director at the Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust

[Altera Digital Health UK @AlteraDH_UK]

This week, our graduate associates, Finn Gorman and Daniel Blewitt, had the valuable opportunity to visit Russell’s Hall Hospital in Dudley. During their visit, they observed firsthand how the staff at The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust (DGFT) are benefiting from Altera EPR, supporting clinicians to work more efficiently and effectively.

They received a comprehensive tour of the hospital and came away with a deeper understanding of how digital transformation is helping the hospital operate seamlessly.

A big thank you to DGFT for providing such an insightful and inspiring experience for our graduates!

#DigitalHealth #NHS #HealthIT #Innovation #AlteraDigitalHealth #DigitalTransformation

[Altera Digital Health UK @AlteraDH_UK]

🎉 Congratulations to our client Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust for being shortlisted in the Technology and Data in Nursing category at the 2025 Nursing Times Awards! 🏆

This is in recognition of how MTW’s nurse-led Virtual Ward is transforming patient flow by delivering high-quality care to patients in their own homes, supported by technology that enables remote monitoring and early intervention.

Altera’s EPR system is ensuring real-time access to patient data and continuity of care, whether patients are admitted from or discharged to the Virtual Ward, with consistent documentation across both hospital and home settings.

👏 Congratulations again to the MTW Virtual Ward team on your innovation and well-deserved national recognition!

#SunriseEPR #VirtualWard #DigitalHealth #NursingTimesAwards #PatientCare #HealthcareInnovation

[Altera Digital Health UK @AlteraDH_UK]

🌟 Now live at @MTWnhs (MTW).

Clinicians at MTW are harnessing the power of Care Insights, a cutting-edge, patient-context sensitive reporting tool embedded directly within Sunrise.

This innovative feature enables real-time, clinician-driven queries that unlock patient-specific insights at the point of care, helping teams make faster, safer clinical decisions. With just a few clicks, clinicians can:

✅ Access live, actionable insights within the patient record
✅ Run fully customisable reports tailored to clinical needs
✅ Move straight from report to record for instant action
✅ Improve results tracking with better oversight and fewer delays

One of the first use cases at MTW focuses on results tracking, helping clinicians quickly spot outstanding results and take timely action, all without leaving their workflow.

This is a major step forward in making data work harder for frontline teams, supporting clinicians to deliver the best possible outcomes for their patients.

👏 Congratulations to MTW for leading the way!

#DigitalHealth #EPR #NHSInnovation #ClinicalInsights #PatientSafety

[Altera Digital Health UK @AlteraDH_UK]

AI is no longer a futuristic concept, it’s here and it’s evolving fast. From transforming NHS workflows to the rise of ambient listening tech, change is underway.

In our blog, James Hodgin, VP for Client & Clinical Strategy, Altera Digital Health UK & EMEA reflects on what this means in practice: how AI is already changing the delivery of care in the NHS, and what it will take to truly unlock its potential.

👉https://t.co/cjKEDACdJJ

#AI #HealthIT #DigitalHealth #HealthTransformation

[Altera Digital Health UK @AlteraDH_UK]

📣 We’re thrilled to welcome Johanna Kelly, CNIO at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, to the panel for our upcoming webinar with the Healthcare Innovation Consortium.

▶️ Less stress, more care – the crucial role of EPR usability
🗓️ 24 June | 🕛 12:00–13:00

Poor EPR usability isn’t just frustrating, it can impact clinical efficiency, staff wellbeing, and patient safety. Join us as we explore how better EPR design can reduce stress and improve outcomes.

We will cover:

✅ How poor EPR usability contributes to clinical stress and inefficiency
✅ The critical link between solution design and safer patient care
✅ Real-world examples of how NHS trusts are solving usability challenges
✅ Altera’s approach with intuitive, flexible, and clinician-driven EPR systems
✅ The role of data integration and design in making digital systems work for, not against, their users.

Meet the speakers:

🟣 Mark Hutchinson, SVP Healthcare Strategy & Transformation, Altera Digital Health UK & EMEA
🟣 Johanna Kelly, CNIO, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
🟣 Hadleigh Stollar, CEO, Healthcare Innovation Consortium

🔗 Register here: https://t.co/97TwXtEs50

#DigitalHealth #EPRusablity #HealthIT #DigitalMaturity

[Altera Digital Health UK @AlteraDH_UK]

⚙️💡 ▶️ Forty-five percent of Altera’s UK team have experience working for the NHS, which means we understand your most pressing challenges and partner with you to achieve your digital transformation goals.

Thank you to Neill Crump, Digital Strategy Director from Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust for sharing his thoughts on what we are like as a partner:

💬 “… they understand what patient care is all about and they've got the right behaviours.”

#DigitalHealth #HealthTransformation #EPR #HealthIT #DigitalTransformation

[Altera Digital Health UK @AlteraDH_UK]

In recognition of #DementiaActionWeek, we are proud to share how one of our clients @DudleyGroupNHS support those affected by dementia.

[Lydia Price @lydprice27]

Dementia Action Week Day 2 🩷🩵 @FMNUatRHH @DudleyGroupNHS @DementiaUK we are in the health hub until 2pm come and see us ♥️🥰 take part in our quiz 🙌🏻

[Altera Digital Health UK @AlteraDH_UK]

💫 In support of Dementia Action Week, Dr Anna Bayes, Medical Director, Altera Digital Health UK & EMEA reflects on the work of one of our Sunrise EPR clients Bolton NHS Foundation Trust, one organisation that has recognised the importance of early detection and management of dementia and is taking steps to improve the care of patients with this condition using Sunrise™ EPR.

💬 “With the introduction of the electronic referral system across our inpatient wards and emergency department, our aim is for a more rapid response, assessment and support of people living with dementia and their families at the Royal Bolton Hospital.” - David Neilson, Admiral Nurse, Bolton NHS Foundation Trust.

🔗 Read the full story here: https://t.co/xxtajVwCMA

#healthIT #Innovation #DementiaCare #NHS #DigitalHealth #EPR #DementiaActionWeek

[Altera Digital Health UK @AlteraDH_UK]

📢 We extend a warm welcome to two new associates to the Altera Digital Health UK & EMEA team!

Kumar Dharmendra joined us as a Senior Architect, and Akshay Dhande as an Expert Systems Engineer, both bringing a wealth of knowledge, experience, and passion for innovation.

They’ve already shared what excites them most about joining the team, and we can’t wait to see the impact they’ll make.

Welcome aboard, Kumar and Akshay! We’re excited to have you on the journey with us.

#HealthIT #NHS #DigitalTransformation #DigitalHealth #EPRs

[Altera Digital Health UK @AlteraDH_UK]

⏰🚀 We’re counting down the days to North West Skills Development Network Connect which takes place next week on 13-14 May. Our team are looking forward to meeting digital health leaders across the region for two days of learning, collaboration and sharing of best practices.

Join us in our session at 9.50am on Wednesday, ‘Navigating the EPR landscape – Alternative paths to digital maturity.’ Mark Hutchinson will lead a discussion with some of Altera’s clients sharing how a flexible, modular EPR approach can deliver digital transformation at pace with long-term financial viability.

Speakers include:
🟣 Mark Hutchinson, SVP Healthcare Strategy & Transformation, Altera Digital Health UK & EMEA
🟣 Zoe Fitzsimmons, CXIO, Bolton NHS Foundation Trust
🟣 Daniel Buck, Clinical Informatics Manager, Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust.

Learn more here: https://t.co/KRqdY1U3FJ

We hope to see you there!

#SDN #NHS #NWConnect25 #EPR #DigitalHealth #HealthTransformation

[Altera Digital Health UK @AlteraDH_UK]

🚀 We're excited to extend a warm welcome to our new associates joining Altera's UK & EMEA team this week!

We’re thrilled to welcome Zoë Whiteside, who joins us as a Project Manager and we welcome Daniel Blewitt and Finn Gorman who have joined our graduate programme, where they will rotate between Client Development and Client Success after six months.

Here’s what they have to say about becoming part of the Altera journey.

#HealthIT #DigitalHealth #HealthTransformation #NHS

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

This is good 💯

Pope Francis wrote this in the Hospital.
“The walls of hospitals have heard more honest prayers than churches...
They have witnessed far more sincere kisses than those in airports...
It is in hospitals that you see a homophobe being saved by a gay doctor.
A privileged doctor saving the life of a beggar...
In intensive care, you see a Jew taking care of a racist...
A police officer and a prisoner in the same room receiving the same care...
A wealthy patient waiting for a liver transplant, ready to receive the organ from a poor donor...
It is in these moments, when the hospital touches the wounds of people, that different worlds intersect according to a divine design. And in this communion of destinies, we realize that alone, we are nothing.
The absolute truth of people, most of the time, only reveals itself in moments of pain or in the real threat of an irreversible loss.
A hospital is a place where human beings remove their masks and show themselves as they truly are, in their purest essence.
This life will pass quickly, so do not waste it fighting with people.
Do not criticize your body too much.
Do not complain excessively.
Do not lose sleep over bills.
Make sure to hug your loved ones.
Do not worry too much about keeping the house spotless.
Material goods must be earned by each person—do not dedicate yourself to accumulating an inheritance.
You are waiting for too much: Christmas, Friday, next year, when you have money, when love arrives, when everything is perfect...
Listen, perfection does not exist.
A human being cannot attain it because we are simply not made to be fulfilled here.
Here, we are given an opportunity to learn.
So, make the most of this trial of life—and do it now.
Respect yourself, respect others. Walk your own path, and let go of the path others have chosen for you.
Respect: do not comment, do not judge, do not interfere.
Love more, forgive more, embrace more, live more intensely!
And leave the rest in the hands of the Creator.”
—Pope Francis

[Altera Digital Health UK @AlteraDH_UK]

💡 What is it like to work at Altera Digital Health in the UK?

We asked our team anonymously in our latest staff survey about what they thought about life at Altera and here we share a glimpse of the feedback.

From collaboration to innovation, we’re proud of the culture we’re building as we support the NHS in its digital transformation journey.

#LifeAtAltera #TeamAltera #DigitalHealth #NHS

[Altera Digital Health UK @AlteraDH_UK]

We’re pleased to be supporting the @DGNHSCharity Easter Egg Appeal as part of our commitment to giving back to local communities. Sarah Ellis MBA FCMI, AVP, Client Success and Development visited the @FMNUatRHH Unit today at Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust to donate some Easter Eggs and TwiddleMuff’s to the trust’s specialist inpatient care unit for patients living with Dementia and their families.

Thank you to the team at Dudley for giving us this opportunity.

We hope this brings a little Easter cheer to such a special place. 🐣💛

#TeamAltera #EasterAppeal #GivingBack

[Forget Me Not Unit (FMNU) @FMNUatRHH]

We are so proud of our amazing Admiral Nurse @lydprice27 being shortlisted as a finalist for CTE2025!!

Congratulations, love from all on FMNU🥳🩵

[Altera Digital Health UK @AlteraDH_UK]

📢 At Altera Digital Health, we take pride in recognising team members who go above and beyond and demonstrate Altera core values as part of their everyday work.

This month, we shine the spotlight on Deeya Rehal in recognition of her hard work and dedication with supporting our commercial team and taking the lead on key initiatives.

Deeya’s work demonstrates Accountability, Responsibility and Ownership - One of our Altera Values.

Congratulations to Deeya for being recognised for the March Spotlight of the Month Award and thank you for all that you do! 👏 👏

#TeamAltera #CoreValues #DigitalHealth

[Sarah Ellis @SarahEllis19]

This is just amazing 🎉🎉🎉 congratulations to everyone.

[Altera Digital Health UK @AlteraDH_UK]

💫 Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (LHCH) has achieved incredible milestones in digital transformation. With a clinically led approach and a strong focus on patient safety, LHCH has rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC twice and recently reached achieve HIMSS EMRAM Stage 7 in its latest digital maturity assessment.

💬 Thank you to Sandra Wilson, Ward Manager at the trust for sharing her feedback on how “Altera’s technology has proven to be a gamechanger, creating a safer and more efficient environment for both clinicians and patients.”

👉 Listen here for the full comment.

#HIMSS #DigitalMaturity #DigitalHealth #NHS #PatientCare

[Altera Digital Health UK @AlteraDH_UK]

💥Big News: The Next Major Sunrise™ EPR Release Is Coming!💥

We at Altera Digital Health UK & EMEA are thrilled to announce Sunrise™ EPR next major release 25.1 is scheduled for release in June 2025.

The release is packed with nearly 700 new features and enhancements designed to elevate performance, usability, and efficiency plus exciting new products such as Sunrise™ Health Record Document Scanning, Ambient Listening AI and Sunrise™ CarePath Patient Portal with NHS App login capabilities.

This update is the result of months of collaboration, feedback, and innovation—crafted to help the NHS work smarter, deliver outcomes and achieve real benefits.

From game-changing workflow improvements to enhanced security and seamless integrations, this release is all about making Sunrise™ EPR more powerful than ever.

A huge thank you to our amazing Development and Product Teams for delivering innovative solutions and enhancing product functionality!

#EPR #ProductUpdate #Innovation #NextLevel #NHS

[Richard Beeken @NHSBeeky]

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