What Are Agilio Clinical Knowledge Summaries?
Agilio Clinical Knowledge Summaries (CKS) synthesise best practices for primary care, covering over 375 clinical topics and 2,000 patient scenarios. They are updated weekly to reflect the latest research and national guidelines.
For over two decades, Agilio Software has been the contracted provider of the CKS service for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). They are precise, reliable, and built for the reality of a busy consultation.
What The Heidi x Agilio Partnership Means for You
Keeping up with evolving clinical guidelines adds to the everyday burden clinicians face. Their workload often has to contend with time while they try to balance both to keep quality and continuity of care.
In this context, partnerships that streamline access to guidance become increasingly valuable. The Heidi and Agilio partnership aims to support clinicians by bringing clearer guidance into workflow, helping teams maintain quality and continuity of care without adding administrative strain.
Reducing Guideline Burden for Time-Poor Clinicians
Clinicians are expected to stay current with an expanding volume of research and evolving guidance. The partnership helps bring trusted UK primary care evidence directly into the workflow so primary care physicians (PCPs) spend less time searching valid sources and data.
Supporting Consistent Organisational Care
For health systems, this partnership reduces clinical variation by aligning all team members (from GPs to Allied Health) to the same NICE-accredited pathways.
Bridging Knowledge and Practice
Agilio has spent over a decade as the trusted author behind the UK's most widely used primary care summaries. Heidi ensures expertise reaches clinicians at the exact moment it's needed. Together, they close the gap between knowing and doing.
"For over 20 years, Agilio has been the trusted author of NICE Clinical Knowledge Summaries (CKS), providing the essential framework for primary care across the UK. Our partnership with Heidi Evidence represents a step-change in how this vital guidance is consumed. By embedding CKS directly into the AI-powered consultation, we are ensuring that GPs can make defensible, evidence-based decisions in real-time without leaving their workflow. This integration protects the clinical integrity of the consultation room, moving away from the uncertainty of general-purpose search engines toward a future of verified, national-standard care,"-Agilio - NICE CKS
The Heidi Evidence partner brings transparent, citation-backed medical knowledge into every consult. Free, fast, and reliable.
How Heidi Evidence Works with Agilio Clinical Knowledge
Heidi’s new Evidence feature eliminates friction points in care and brings in-consult clarity instead. Here's how Heidi Evidence brings Agilio's NICE-accredited guidance directly into your consultation, so you can access trusted information without stepping away from the patient.
For general clinical practice
Clinicians remain in control. Heidi surfaces clinical evidence without ads as they review and finalize judgment for sign off. The final decision will always be with human practitioners.
During an acute presentation
A GP can surface Agilio's management steps or diagnostic criteria for conditions like cellulitis or acute cough without leaving the consultation window.
For chronic disease management
Heidi synthesises Agilio's referral criteria so that documentation is referral-ready and aligned with local pathways before the consultation ends. As a result, there is less chasing and fewer chances of duplication.
Agilio x Heidi Evidence FAQs
Yes, the content is the same. Heidi surfaces the specific section relevant to your current consultation, so you're not manually navigating the full library.
As Penelope Taylor, Registered Dietitian, put it: “Heidi Evidence puts clinical quality first. The evidence is transparent and clearly sourced, and I can verify it. It supports confident, evidence-based care."
Heidi: The Evidence You Need, Exactly When You Need It
The impact of removing documentation friction is measurable. Across global Heidi users:
- After-hours admin reduced by 20 minutes per clinician per day
- Documentation time per consult is cut by 50%
- Same-day letters and reports increased from 5% to 85%
Time returned to clinicians is time returned to patients with Heidi’s commitment to unbiased clinical support. This is also what Heidi Evidence makes possible with its partnership with Agilio CKS.