We’re all familiar with the fire safety drill, from regular practice runs at school all the way through to adult working life. An alarm is sounded, signalling the urgent evacuation of every person in the building – in an orderly fashion – only to stand at the designated meeting point where the fire marshals in their high-visibility vests, clipboards in hand, attempt to ascertain whether everyone has made it out of the building – preferably...
The HR department is completing all investigations within six weeks – a 43% improvement compared to 2016/2017 Hearings are now held within three weeks of each report – a 100% improvement on last year All disciplinary reports are now completed within three weeks Medway NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) provides a wide range of hospital-based services across Medway and Swale. As one of four acute Trusts in the southeast of England, its services are vital to...
Clevermed, a medical software company, is using hosted infrastructure services and connectivity to HSCN from Carelink to provide NHS trusts, clinicians and patients with reliable, stable and secure access to its BadgerNet Maternity and Neonatal software products. BadgerNet Maternity provides real-time recording of all clinical events wherever they occur: in the hospital, community, or home. It is in use by over 23 NHS Trusts and Health Boards, recording approximately 120,000 pregnancies per annum. BadgerNet NeoNatal...
Technology adaptation in the healthcare industry is comparatively slow considering the ‘traditional cautious approach’ of its players towards technology adaptation. The increased patient-centric approach in the healthcare practices has necessitated the digitization in order to increase access to quality medical care that is technology-enabled and time-bound. Healthcare driven by technology flourishes and simplifies the complexity in medical care. In today’s healthcare system, every aspect involved in patient care has been fine-tuned leveraging the technological advancements....
John McCann, Senior Director of Marketing, BridgeHead Software I am encouraged by Matt Hancock’s first speech as secretary of state for health. We all had high hopes that as a former secretary of state for digital, Mr Hancock would truly get behind the brilliant digital and transformation projects the NHS is already undertaking, and continue to drive that forward. His first speech has indicated that a further £75 million will be available for Trusts, in...
Life is beautiful yet bounded by age. What if ailing hearts and failing organs could be replaced by 3D printed ones? Wouldn’t this just give us a new lease of life? Unbelievable but true! ETH Zurich. Switzerland has devised a 3D printed soft silicone heart that pumps almost like the human one. This initial feasibility test has sprung new hope among researchers of using 3D printed more extensively in healthcare. 3D Printing and Healthcare –...
Integration of health and social care has been the goal of many successive governments. The rationale for delivering more joined up care has been widely accepted – service improvement, a holistic approach, better use of resources and meeting the needs of a changing demographic. We’re now seeing the wheels in motion, with a commitment that all health and social care provision should be integrated by 2020. This is supported by initiatives such as Paperless 2020, NHS...
It’s hard enough to lose weight, but there are also challenges that go along with trying to get fit. To help, it’s good to understand what some of the obstacles to fitness that people experience. Here are three common challenges people face when getting fit. 1. Not Keeping A Proper Sleep Schedule Hormones play an important role in maintaining fat and muscle. Not getting enough sleep by staying up late or keeping an improper...
Digitising paper and automating the workflow around the Continuing Healthcare (CHC) Assessment process promises to help reduce Delayed Transfers of Care (DTOC); improve the quality and reliability of patient service; and, drive-up productivity. An efficient, transparent and reliable approach to assessments will be fundamental to NHS England saving a forecasted £850 million from CHC spend by 2021, says IEG4’s Simon Williams. It’s six months since Matthew Swindells and Professor Jane Cummings from NHS England wrote...
If healthcare were like popular music, most current EMR implementations could be compared to Top 40 radio, they focus on nothing but the latest hits. And while the hits may be fine for music, clinicians need more than the ‘hits’ to fully understand and diagnose their patients. To take the analogy further, clinicians need the entire back catalogue of albums to get a 360-degree patient view — which can be a challenge in today’s electronic...
