About Us
Introduction
Echotech is a private limited company. Incorporated in March 2001, the company’s registered offices are in Portsmouth, Hampshire.
Our principal business is the supply of non-invasive cardiac diagnostics though we specialise in the supply of community based echocardiography services for NHS patients.
Our business is guided by a desire to add value and make a difference. Social responsibility, employee care and corporate transparancy are ALL at the core of our business strategy.
To support the delivery of truly integrated Cardiology services, we believe that collaboration with Commissioners, GPs, Acute Trusts, Patients, Industry and Competitors is the way forward.
Our Clients
Our principal client is the NHS in England, the company has contracts in place with a number of NHS commissioning organisations, these are PCTs in the main but we are also beginning to form partnerships with the newly formed GP Clinical Commissioning Groups. In other areas we supply services indirectly to the NHS as a sub-contractor of two large independent health care organisations: The InHealth Group and CareUK Ltd. In our capacity as sub-contractor we are responsible solely for the clinical aspect of the service they supply to the NHS. The current volume of diagnostic tests we supply to the NHS stands at approximately 25,000 episodes per year. Echotech accepts patients 16 years and older for cardiac testing; subject to specific clinical referral criteria.
Our Mission
To utilise the very latest technologies coupled with the very best trained staff to provide a cardiac diagnostic service delivering outstanding quality to patients and value for the tax payer.
Our Vision
Our vision is to see increasing numbers of routine cardiac diagnostics being shifted from the traditional acute trust settings to locations that are closer and more convenient for patients.
We wish to lead the way in pioneering new ways of delivering services on behalf of the NHS to maximise efficiency and reduce waste.
Our Objectives
To provide a high quality echocardiography service which is closer to home for patients.
To enable the early identification of patients with cardiac abnormalities and subsequent management of these patients within primary care.
To increase prevention of cardiovascular disease due to early diagnosis.
To improve the quality of GP referral and management of cardiology within primary care.
To reduce demand and waiting times for secondary care services.
Key Initiatives
- The first company to supply community echo services to the NHS in England
- The first company to deploy portable “hand held” ultrasound devices to primary care locations to facilitate care closer to home
- The first company to do away with hard format digital media in favour for server driven archiving solutions in disparate clinic locations, a web based application for viewing and storing images and reports in near real time
