Thursday 25 June 2015

Tech Mahindra and Circle Health sign 10-year strategic deal

Tech Mahindra will support Circle in developing its innovative MSK service across Bedfordshire, providing patients with the ability to book their MRI appointments from their mobile phones and GPs viewing scans and reports from their mobile devices. 

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Tech Mahindra, a specialist in digital transformation,consulting and business re-engineering today announced that it has been selected by Circle Health after a competitive procurement process to become their chosen technology partner for the next 10 years. The project will be delivered by nth Dimension, a newly formed wholly owned subsidiary of Tech Mahindra in the United Kingdom.

The deal was signed today and is worth a projected £50 million over the 10 years.

In response to the creation of the partnership Circle will provide access to Its hospitals, clinicians and experience of running healthcare, allowing Tech Mahindra to develop and adopt new technologies that improve patient care, operational delivery and to reduce costs for all parties. Tech Mahindra will develop new IT solutions for Circle's hospitals and NHS management contracts - giving its facilities access to state-of-the-art technologies that it has deployed in other sectors such as the telecoms sector, supporting the adoption of mobile healthcare solutions.

Both Circle and Tech Mahindra have ambitious growth plans for the healthcare sector, focusing in the first instance on the creation of a new state of the art hospital in Birmingham that will allow for a wide range of innovations to be adopted withinthe design phase. Additionally Tech Mahindra will support Circle in developing its innovative MSK service across Bedfordshire, providing patients with the ability to book their MRI appointments fromtheir mobile phones and GPs viewing scans and reports from their mobile devices.

Steve Melton, Chief Executive of Circle, said: "This deal is a sign of the_ times. Healthcare has yet to see the tech-led disruption that we've seen in other sectors, but we think that is about to patient access to data - while the need for healthcare operators to be efficient has never been higher." He also added, "Tech Mahindra are a hugely respected firm wil/1 a track record of innovation. Its technology has made organizations across a vast range of sectors more connected, agile and efficient. We're absolutely delighted our partnership with Tech Mahindra will support us to grow our business and improve our competitiveness through the adoption of new technologies."

Rajib Bhattacharya, Tech Mahindra said:."We are extremely excited to be able to announce our new partnership with Circle, we have a long record of creating long term partnerships with our clients, focusing on helping them grow their business and reducing the cost of technology. Circle share our passion for exploring new innovation and challenging the status quo and over the course of the next few years we will seek to create a new paradigm for technology in healthcare, focusing on thepatient and the healthcare worker and ensuring that technology is supports rather than distracts from the important business of delivering healthcare. 

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