MEG is delighted to welcome Tallaght University Hospital as the latest addition to our expanding client family. Tallaght University Hospital has come on board as a ‘Complete Quality Management’ client, availing of MEG’s full range of connected healthcare quality, compliance and patient safety software modules.
Free setup of hospital content setup during remainder of the crisis
In view of the current and rapidly changing situation with regards to the spread of coronavirus variants and the associated surge in patient numbers, we've recognised the increasing pressure on healthcare staff to:
carry out risk and/or medical assessments
follow additional protocols (e.g. isolation or exposure protocols, new infection control requirements, audits)
have easy access to guidance for re-deployed staff or NCHDs
2021: New Year, New MEG!
A new brand for MEG but our focus on excellence in product & service remains
‘MEG Support Tools’ is rebranding to ‘MEG’ as we continue to evolve and adapt to the rapidly growing needs of the global healthcare industry. The ‘new look’ (a new logo, refreshed brand colours and a shorter, catchier name) has been designed to reflect the evolution of MEG into an end-to-end quality management system which enables frontline workers to engage, measure and improve standards of care.
How It All Started
Since our formation in 2016, our company has changed dramatically. As we introduced more time-saving, easy to use tools for frontline staff, MEG’s product line naturally expanded from a niche digital tool to a full end-to-end quality management system (QMS).
We recognised that most healthcare providers have to use a complicated system of email, paper forms, Excel spreadsheets and hyperlinked documents to manage their audit, compliance, risk and patient safety processes. In response, MEG’s quality management system (QMS) was purpose-built to connect all the key components for the management of quality and patient safety conveniently in one place.
Today, our ‘all-in-one’ QMS software solution can be used on any mobile or desktop device to transform how frontline workers engage with quality improvement and patient safety initiatives. Individuals and teams can collect and organise information, collaborate with others, manage processes, automate reports and analyse insight dashboards with a simple click, swipe or scroll.
The inspiration for the new brand
Brand Colours
The new brand colours bring together the three foundational pillars of MEG’s end-to-end Quality Management system (QMS): Audits/Surveys, Risk Management, and Document Management:
Overview of digital tools available for use within MEG’s QMS modules
The Logo and Tagline
‘Just MEG It’
One of MEG Support Tools earliest customers was Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, London. The IPC leadership team recognised the frustration and overwhelm felt by their staff when conducting infection control audits in acute and community settings. They trusted in MEG’s vision and our promise to make life easier for their frontline workers using mobile technology.
Following a successful pilot and then Trust-wide roll-out, staff coined the term “Just MEG It” when referring to carrying out digital audits. We knew then that our promise had been realised - and from that point on ‘MEG’ was how we would be known.
The Tagline
The tagline “Engage, Measure and Improve” speaks to the ‘how’ of what we do:
MEG Modules: Engaging, easy to use digital data capture tools that replace paper, spreadsheets and 20th-century legacy tech systems with the handy mobile functionality we’re all used to in our personal lives
MEG Management Dashboards: Real-time data collection of information from the frontline for measurement and instant analysis; one place to gain a clearer view of what’s going on now and forecast for the future
MEG’s Quality Improvement Planning (QIP) tool: Manage improvement through automated correction actions on the ward, policy updates, training and shared learning.
MEG is still ‘MEG’ in Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese...!
We are adding to our incredible customer family all the time, both at home and internationally. The new name and look is one that translates across languages with ease - and easy is what we’re all about! Last year, thousands of healthcare workers across the world logged in to our app to ‘go MEG it’ when it came to:
Auditing and compliance
Managing the hospital accreditation process from one location (JCI, ACHS etc)
Incident reporting and risk management
Policy and document management
Patient and staff survey/feedback forms
Detailed reporting and analysis with comprehensive insights dashboards
“We’re inspired by our clients and share their drive to better the lives of frontline workers and improve the delivery of patient care. Putting clients at the centre of our product development has given us an innovative edge and MEG is now trusted by some of the leading healthcare centres across the world. The new brand reflects a new era for MEG, with a product that helps clients to drive a culture of quality and patient safety in their organisations. ”
What does this mean for our customers?
The transition to using our new brand name, logo and colours starts from today and you will notice changes within our software platform, company website, social media and eventually across everything we do.
Here’s a summary of the changes you will see:
Our name (and logo) 'MEG Support Tools' is being shortened to 'MEG'. (It's what you've always called us anyway!)
The app icon and colours will change from blue to one of our three new brand colours (depending on which module/tool you're logged in to)
The cartoon character of ‘Meg' will continue to make an appearance in parts of the app but she will appear less in the dashboard and reporting areas
You can access the website and control panel from our new domain name: www.megit.com. If you want to add any audits, tools or modules to your account, please get in touch and we'll ‘MEG It’ for you!
You will also see a change in our email addresses from "@megsupporttools.com” to “@megit.com”
** However, you will still be able to reach us through the original email, phone number and website address that you’re familiar with **
While our branding has changed, the same friendly MEG team you are used to are all still here, ready and willing to help with any questions you may have!
We want to sincerely thank you for your continued support. We look forward to working together and delivering a more comprehensive service for you in 2021 and beyond.
Kerrill and The MEG Team
MEG @ The Clinical Audit Improvement Conference 2020, Virtual Event
Celebrating its 20 year anniversary this CPD certified national conference brought together clinicians and managers leading local Clinical Audit for Improvement. Through a series of national updates, panel sessions, practical case studies, extended sessions and poster presentations an exceptional gathering of leading practitioners, clinicians, and policy makers set out the major developments, promote innovative areas of clinical audit, and debate the key challenges affecting clinical audit practice.
During the conference Kerrill Thornhill, MEG’s CEO & founder, discussed the role that technology can play in driving frontline workforce engagement in healthcare quality improvement. Watch the webinar below:
In this 10-minute ‘on-demand’ webinar, Kerrill will get attendees up to speed on developments in digital auditing and QI by focusing on the MEG Audit module in the app, the Action Planning tool and Insights Dashboard. Learn:
how advancements in mobile technology are finally making the jump from personal life to working life through a collaboration with healthcare leadership, frontline workers and health tech companies like MEG;
how cloud applications are making it easier for frontline workers to capture data, use dashboards to understand the data, collaborate on where improvements can be made and feel more invested in the quality improvement process with all necessary tools to hand.
create and delegate action plans and document evidence of the quality care process for stakeholders and regulators.
MEG’s mobile app allows users to quickly capture audit data and report incidents - bringing quality improvement directly into the hands of employees. The Insights dashboards are designed to help users make sense of the data that they collect from MEG’s system letting them filter and categorise information by location, staff, quality indicators and many other criteria.
About MEG
MEG is helping healthcare organisations engage their frontline workforce in audit and quality improvement through the use of mobile technology - bringing quality improvement directly into the hands of employees.
The Insights dashboards are designed to help users make sense of the data that they collect from MEG’s system letting them filter and categorise information by location, staff, quality indicators and many other criteria. Our modules include:
Audit & Survey
Incident Reporting & Risk Management
Document Management
Clinical Guidelines on Mobile Devices
Schedule a demo today to learn if MEG could help streamline all your quality, patient safety and compliance needs.
MEG Partners with ‘HealthIT Consulting’ in APAC
HealthIT Consulting - our partner in APAC
HealthIT Consulting is a consultancy-based business, operating in New Zealand to deliver smart health and hi-tech solutions to the health IT industry.
It offers extensive technological solutions for care organizations making it easier than ever before to improve results. Their business software + tailor-made solutions + services enable care organizations to improve patient care and to raise their performance.
With 35 years of working within the health IT sector, they’ve seen many health projects succeed and health systems grow and transition as they’ve adopted efficient hi-tech solutions enabling them to scale and operate more effectively.
INFECTION CONTROL - INFECTION SURVEILLANCE SOFTWARE
Assisting healthcare providers with the end-to-end process of installing Infection and Control Surveillance Systems, by:
Developing business cases, project structures and architecture
Implementing and driving projects that are successful to the healthcare provider
Selecting and integrating effective software solutions
Providing continuous improvement measures
Offering industry experience in National Surveillance Systems, including New Zealand, Western Australia, Singapore, Wales, and Scotland
Providing expertise in the implementation of local hospital software
Contact INFORMATION
Contact: Mark Cox, Partner at HealthIT Consulting
Prior to HealthIT Consultancy, Mark was CEO (Asia Pacific) of ICNet International and then its Business Head following its acquisition by Baxter Healthcare Corporation.
Mark has extensive domain expertise in the turnkey delivery of infection control surveillance systems for healthcare providers.
Website: www.healthitconsulting.kiwi
Email: MarkCox@HealthITConsulting.kiwi
Phone: +64 27 268 5353
(Auckland, New Zealand)