Mr. Hector Bremner reports

HEALTHTAB AND PATIENTS KNOW BEST BRING PHARMACY-BASED BLOOD TEST RESULTS TO MILLIONS IN UK

Avricore Health Inc. has integrated HealthTab, the company's cloud-connected, pharmacy-based platform for testing and health data management, with Patients Know Best, the United Kingdom's leading patient personal health record.

The new partnership enables a seamless connection between real-time diagnostic results from pharmacy point-of-care testing and PKB's PHR platform, enhancing data accessibility for patients and health care providers alike. Supporting HealthTab's pilot with North East London, an existing PKB customer, this collaboration marks a significant step forward in advancing the government's shift to community-based screening and a more preventative approach to health care.

With 4.8 million registered users and contracted to serve 20 million individuals across the U.K., PKB has the deepest PHR integration with the NHS app, supporting a more unified health data experience for patients and giving their health care team visibility into full patient records for more seamless care. Patients and health care providers have access to detailed information such as appointment letters, medication lists, test results, allergies, care plans and discharge information.

HealthTab is a turnkey point-of-care testing platform designed to support the evolving role of pharmacists and empower patients to take control of their health through better access to actionable health insights. Utilizing proprietary data interpretation, this end-to-end solution makes screening and managing chronic and infectious disease in the community pharmacy fast, accurate and reliable. Having tested tens of thousands of patients, it has demonstrated that this powerful solution in the hands of pharmacists leads to significant improvement of patient outcomes.

In the summer of 2023, HealthTab was selected as the service provider for point-of-care testing and data management for an exciting initiative aimed at expanding chronic disease care in U.K. pharmacies. Barts Health NHS Trust in collaboration with UCLPartners, NHS North East London, the North East London Local Pharmaceutical Committee and Heart U.K. focuses on offering cholesterol screening in northeastern London.

This groundbreaking rapid lipid testing service, launched publicly in November, 2024, as part of the east London prevention strategy, provides real-time, accurate clinical data to pharmacists, doctors and patients powered by HealthTab. It complements the NHS community pharmacy blood pressure check service, enabling earlier identification and management of individuals at risk of cardiovascular disease.

Integrating HealthTab results with PKB accounts aims to seamlessly incorporate patient test outcomes into their personal health records within the NHS. On the back of the results, the pharmacy software provides the patient with a care plan stored in their PKB record for easy reference, supporting behaviour change. This integration fosters interoperability between health professionals to enable better collaboration, improved clarity in patient care and more effective use of critical health data. Also, by centralizing information, it empowers both patients and health care teams to make better-informed decisions, enhancing the overall quality of care.

"Every public health system must make early detection and intervention the core focus of combatting chronic disease," said Hector Bremner, chief executive officer of Avricore. "Through screening and monitoring of chronic disease in pharmacy, in collaboration with clinicians through easier access to data like this, we believe the NHS will save billions while also saving lives."

"This is the future of preventative health care -- where patients can monitor and manage their health pro-actively. This is also the future of work force sustainability as the patients benefit from pharmacy capacity and reduce GP workload. The partnership will ensure they can use data with their health care team to better manage their outcomes," said Mohammad Al-Ubaydli, chief executive officer and founder of Patients Know Best. "By linking point-of-care screening and monitoring in pharmacy to the health record, the patient and professionals will become a team working towards a clear goal."

"We were keen to ensure that our point-of-care testing initiative in community pharmacies across northeast London adds value to the wider health care system. A key aspect of this was ensuring visibility of results for all relevant health care professionals, as well as giving patients ownership. The collaboration between HealthTab and PKB empowers patients by integrating their test results into the NHS app, making them accessible to any health care professional involved in their care. This also supports the journey of community pharmacists towards becoming prescribers and managing long-term conditions. With patient consent, pharmacists can access additional health records, enabling them to make informed and appropriate prescribing decisions," said Dr. Sotiris Antoniou, lead investigator at Barts Health NHS Trust.

HealthTab and PKB have concluded the API connectivity and are happy to report that testing has shown a clear and quick path for patients to sign up, get connected and begin their testing. Continuing collaborative efforts between the companies will be done to identify ways to encourage patient engagement and demonstrate clearly that patients and their pharmacist are a successful health care team as the program rolls out nationally.

About Avricore Health Inc.

Avricore is a pharmacy service innovator focused on acquiring and developing early-stage technologies aimed at moving pharmacy forward. Through its flagship offering HealthTab (a wholly owned subsidiary), its mission is to make actionable health information more accessible to everyone by creating the world's largest network of rapid testing devices in community pharmacies.

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