Karina Malhotra
Karina Malhotra, founder and managing director, Acumentice Health
Acumentices founder Karina is a former NHS director and senior leader, with extensive experience and subject matter expertise in all aspects of elective care management. She has provided expert advisory support to executive teams at some of the UK’s largest Trusts utilising her extensive knowledge and passion for patient care.
Karina started her NHS journey on the NHS Graduate Training scheme, moving on to leading operational management roles in the acute sector. Here, she focused on improving performance through data quality and operational processes and went on to win leadership awards for her work on recovering elective care performance metrics.
Karina is a data-driven, subject matter expert on referral to treatment, diagnostics and cancer pathway management and patient administration systems, with a recognised talent for understanding data and system workflows, as well as their impact.
What are they up to now?
Karina founded Acumentice in 2014, with a view to share this expertise through the development of clear and sustainable methodologies and frameworks. The Acumentice philosophy of, adding sustainable value and improving patient experience is at the heart of all her work. Karina recently worked with associates at Qubit Health to develop a ‘smart’ software, that reduces the need for manual validation through the use of artificial intelligence.
HSJ PartnersThe NHS’s productivity conundrum – why tech investment alone won’t solve the problem
Investing in NHS tech must prioritise effective training and address wider productivity challenges to avoid repeating past mistakes and ensure sustainable improvement, writes Karina Malhotra
HSJ InteractiveAs the first covid-19 peak ends, elective care demand and capacity modelling must take a new form
Amid an array of new complications, historic models for elective care will need to be reimagined and patient safety remain a guiding principle, argues Karina Malhotra
HSJ PartnersManaging data effectively now is vital for elective care recovery post covid
As NHS leaders begin to think about recovery after the pandemic, it is vital to take appropriate actions now to prepare for the expected growth in elective waiting times and the potential impact on patient safety, writes Karina Malhotra.