CACI launches SaaS solution for commissioning and contract management
Synergy Accord is the first solution of its kind to offer commissioning and contract management on a single platform.
02.11.11 - CACI, a leading supplier of IT solutions and consultancy services to the NHS, has today announced the release of a commissioning and contract management system that can be offered as a Software as a Service (SaaS) model.
Synergy Accord enables commissioners and providers to seamlessly share data on a single platform to more effectively manage contract performance from both sides of the commissioning process.
Using modern web standards, Synergy Accord integrates data from clinical, financial and national data sources, including the Secondary Uses Service (SUS). The system provides flexible contract set-up and rules based monitoring for multiple currencies, groupers and tariffs, as well as offering invoice validation and sophisticated financial modelling and forecasting as standard.
Using the SaaS model, trusts can benefit from a multitude of operational and financial benefits, including rapid deployment, secure N3 data centre hosting and far lower implementation and maintenance costs. For trusts not yet ready to move to a SaaS model, Synergy Accord can also be implemented 'on premise' as part of a trust's own IT infrastructure.
Graham James, VP & Director of CACI's Business Intelligence Group, comments: "With the introduction of clinical commissioning groups, payment by results for mental health trusts and increasingly complex tariff calculations, our clients need to be able to simplify the way in which they manage, monitor and plan contract performance.
"Synergy Accord is the first system to enable true collaboration between commissioners and providers, something that is being demanded by our clients and the wider NHS. It further enhances our NHS solution portfolio, which is specifically designed to improve patient services, reduce costs and streamline operational efficiencies."
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For further information:
Angela Norman, Marketing Manager, CACI Ltd
T: 0161 232 6297 | E: anorman@caci.co.uk
About Synergy Accord
Synergy Accord from CACI is a new, innovative system for commissioning and contract management. Designed using modern web standards, Synergy Accord readily integrates with any finance, clinical and national data source and can be deployed 'on premise' or as a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution. When taken as a SaaS offering, all data is hosted using secure NHS N3 data centres. Synergy Accord can be used by commissioners and providers independently or in tandem by both, supporting greater collaboration across the commissioning process.
The system offers benefits for clinical commissioners and NHS trust managers, and provides:
- Flexible contract set-up and management
- Sophisticated user defined contract rule and calculation methods
- Advanced item by item forecasting and scenario planning
- Automated invoice validation
- Powerful and intuitive reporting and analysis
- Seamless interface with SUS PbR and trust systems
- Automated grouping to multiple groupers
- Easy to deploy SaaS option.