Probably one of the most graphic examples today would be the hospital bed manager in the UK or the bed marshal in the US, employed to achieve bed fills in excess of 99 per cent, which they do with great regularity.
If ever there was a story of incremental change the mobile phone is it. Text messaging came from stage left as an engineering facility brought to the fore, exploited, and promoted by youngsters. This pattern has been true of the entire history of...
Not only for every primary and secondary school, but broadband connectivity for every GP surgery, every hospital and every Primary Care Trust in the country. In the NHS we will be investing to create a national integrated care records service, an...
Orange, for example, is working with the Fife Fire Service to send pictures of accident victims to the hospital to help them to make a decision about what medical attention is needed. Microsoft’s Exchange 2003, for example, now offers mobility out...
A Manchester hospital has successfully trialled a new tablet PC designed specifically for use by clinicians. Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust was the first hospital in Europe to trial the C5 mobile clinical assistant (MCA) - which was developed...
Inside a hospital, it can save lives. The idea is that there would be an open standard that would allow all kinds of information - medical device data, prescription information and other patient records - to be maintained in one electronic file.