In a move set to reshape the future of proactive and preventative care, Everon Group, a leading provider of digital health and care solutions, and Howz, specialists in behavioral monitoring and care analytics, have today announced a new strategic partnership across the UK, Finland and Sweden.
The collaboration brings together two pioneering organisations to deliver a market-first technology platform and reporting suite that empowers housing providers, care homes, local authorities, and healthcare services to make faster, better-informed decisions that improve lives and drive care efficiencies.
Solutions provider Everon Group is most known for its ecosystem of TECS products for intelligent assisted living, including the Origon Hub, an all-in-one system to connect to multiple discreet sensors for bespoke care needs, the Obsidian Pendant personal alarm and the Everwatch, designed to empower the user to live a more active and independent life.
Howz provides a remote monitoring platform used by councils across the UK to support early intervention and ensure individuals receive the right level of care at the right time. The partnership with Everon Group is set to bring a unique blended offering to the health and social care market.
In a move that marks the first time behavioural analytics are integrated with reactive devices, Howz will bring together its live insight capabilities with the detailed entries from data sent to the Everon platform to extrapolate information around daily behaviours and accurately predict individuals that need support based on recent changes. The new partnership offers effective and efficient assessment to ensure right-size care packages, tailored to the needs of the individual.
In line with the Government’s ten year plan, which emphasises the need for preventative models of care, demand for data-led, person-centred care is growing and the new all-in-one platform will allow care teams to allocate resources to those who need it most, using forecasting analytics to save time and alleviate pressure on the care system.
Peter Kerly, Managing Director at Everon Group, commented on the new partnership: “We’re proud to formally launch our partnership with Howz. Our shared approach champions interoperability and innovation in healthcare technology, allowing users to live an independent life for as long as possible. A model of preventative care means we offer proactive solutions to provide real-time data to aid decision making and early intervention before a crisis occurs - for example, identifying sleep disturbances via sensors to accurately identify those individuals at higher risk on a given day.”
The potential of this technology was recently evidenced in a new study conducted by Howz. The study found that changes in behaviour and routines, even subtle behavioural changes, particularly in mobility and sleep, can act as early indicators of health decline, providing objective evidence to inform care planning and risk profiling.
Kate Fairhurst, Managing Director at Howz, added: “This partnership marks a meaningful step in the shift to proactive systems of care. Howz is already delivering positive outcomes for individuals and social care teams by supporting the assessment and right-sizing of care packages through data-led insight. By integrating with Everon’s connected ecosystem, we can extend the reach of proactive and preventative care into devices and environments that have traditionally been used only for reactive alerts. It’s a shared vision for a smarter, more sustainable future built on evidence, not assumption.”
The partnership will support strategic and operational teams across housing, local government and health by delivering a more intelligent, preventative model of care. From reducing unnecessary care packages to providing robust evidence to inform funding decisions, care planning and resource allocation. Everon and Howz’s joint proposition is designed to meet the sector’s biggest challenges around unplanned visits and subsequent admissions into secondary care. When integrated into existing care pathways, the Everon and Howz technology can deliver real-time data to support this clearly defined objective.
A&E visits for a group of patients with complex health conditions dropped by almost 70% following an NHS technology trial. This achievement, Everon Group says, clearly highlights why health, housing and adult social care providers should have confidence to invest in the latest data-powered prevention-led care.
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust revealed this week how care services in east Kent had worked to identify people who most frequently used A&E departments or walk-in centres to see if they could be helped to manage their health at home. The patients were monitored remotely with devices to record weight, blood pressure, temperature or blood oxygen levels, before data was sent to clinicians who decided if extra help was needed. The trial also saw a 70% reduction in emergency hospital admission and a four per cent reduction in walk-in centre visits.
The success of the trial has been applauded by Everon Group, as proof of the importance of intelligent data-led technology in supporting the UK government’s drive toward a person-focused, prevention led of model of care. It follows on the results of a survey by industry body, the TSA which revealed that eight out of 10 senior leaders in adult social care agreed that emerging technologies will be central to the long-term provision of care.
Peter Kerly, Vice President for Global Sales at Everon Group, said: “This latest NHS trial shows why it’s vital that technology is put at the heart of investment for the future of health and adult social care in this country. It is a no-brainer if we are to meet the challenge of soaring demand, rising costs and recruitment shortages.
“The government’s prescription for the changes required for the NHS must include technology enabled care as part of the solution, not least in embracing the full potential of AI and machine learning. The same will apply for long overdue reforms to adult social care.
“These innovations are already proving their worth in reducing costs, increasing capacity and boosting efficiencies across a social care and healthcare landscape that is struggling to keep up with the ever-growing demand on their services. It’s also boosting the confidence for people receiving care and their families.
“Earlier this year Nottinghamshire County Council released a progress report on its adult social care strategy. It found that 82% of people felt more independent and 69% felt technology enabled care (TEC) would make it less likely they would require residential care or be admitted to hospital. In addition, 89% of carers said TEC had also reduced their anxiety and stress faced because of the pressures they face.”
“Everon Group and our strategic partners are part of a growing sector pioneering proactive technology in assistive care with the capability to quickly detect shifts in behaviour that may indicate emerging health concerns – and reduce the need for hospital admissions in the first place.
“These preventative approaches are key not only for fixing our health service and supporting staff doing their best to provide care, but also for improving the quality of life for those most in need. With technology enabled care the future is here with AI driving new software applications that will provide the rich data and analysis that will deliver care in a more person-centred way.
“Under the bonnet of Everon’s cloud-based, wireless portal is AI machine learning technology that is driving the charge towards a more prevention led model of care – and making it easier for overstretched staff too. We are proud to be driving the charge to a better future for care in the UK, Finland and Sweden – with the power of technology, providing care teams with the data, trends and insights to not only improve standards of care but to transform service delivery.”
We know all too well the challenges that many local authorities in the UK and municipalities in the Sweden and Finland are facing in delivering adult social care.
This article by Robert Turnbull, technology lead at PA Consulting is a welcome reminder of what digital care technology can bring to the table.
By capturing data to provide invaluable insight we can address the issues that our customers are facing.
As the piece sets out, by using digital care technology solutions to generate real-time insight councils can deliver earlier interventions, improved outcomes and reduced long-term costs.
In the 2025 annual Senior Leaders in Adult Social Care TEC (Technology Enabled Care) Survey eight out of 10 councils agreed that using insight from the kind of solutions that we provide at Everon Group represent the long-term future of care.
At Everon Group the data produced by our platform generates real-time insights that can deliver earlier interventions, improved outcomes and a reduction in long term costs. Having that data from multiple sources with people at the centre is key to delivering that success.
Our cloud based wireless applications do more than provide data, trend and insight. They can also support public sector organisations more broadly, including delivering their environmental goals and net zero targets. By creating virtual connected communities, technology can help transform adult social delivery as we know it.
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UK: Mark Smith, Sales and Marketing Director - mark.smith@everon.net
Sweden: Christoffer Balthammar, Sales and Marketing Director - christoffer.balthammar@everon.se
Finland: Kimmo Ahlqvist, Sales and Marketing Director – kimmo.ahlqvist@everon.fi
