hospital in case studies
PDAs to fight war on hospital wear and tear
Case Study The time taken to carry out vital repair and maintenance work at a UK hospital has been slashed by the use of new mobile technology. The team of 26 workmen in the Operational Support Services Maintenance Department at... [18 Jan 2008]
Supercomputer helps cut drug research time
Case Study As they accelerate the electrons produce ultraviolet and infrared light and X-rays a million times more intense than those generated by a hospital X-ray machine. Scientists are making the most of supercomputing... [18 Sep 2007]
NHS trusts to save £5.5m from outsourcing contract
Case Study Xerox also manages the hospital's document and print suppliers and tries to use local organisations so employment stays within the North West region. NHS trusts in the North West of England have streamlined their... [14 Sep 2007]
Itil is good medicine for Barts
Case Study This allowed consultants to help it develop processes that worked appropriately within the hospital environment. Barts and the London NHS Trust is reaping the rewards following the adoption of the Itil model for its IT... [11 Apr 2007]
NHS IT under 24-hour surveillance
Case Study The University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has started monitoring its software systems to predict problems and avoid outages. Stephen Chilton, technical architecture manager for IT services at the University... [20 Mar 2007]
Great Ormond Street Hospital overhauls IT
Case Study The charity arm of Great Ormond Street hospital for sick children is revamping its business processes and IT systems using service oriented architecture (SOA) as part of a drive to double its fund-raising efforts to £50m... [07 Sep 2006]
Hospital puts wireless at heart of tech plans
Case Study A hospital trust is using its new wireless network to support a number of projects including digital X-rays and efficient drug dispensing. The Royal Hospitals Trust is made up of four linked hospitals - the Royal Belfast... [17 Aug 2006]
Remote access gains for Bedford NHS Trust
Case Study Bedford Hospital NHS Trust has revamped its approach to remote access, cutting the cost of IT support staff dialling in to systems as well as trimming its bills for pharmacists and radiologists - often expensive... [08 Aug 2006]
Convergence cuts costs at Guy's and St Thomas' hospital
Case Study Because the Trust is based over two sites at Waterloo and London Bridge the hospital used to have separate switchboard numbers and almost 7,500 internal phone extension numbers. The converged infrastructure now supports... [18 Jul 2006]
Paramedics treat patients with BlackBerrys
Case Study By treating patients in their homes, Cambridge paramedics are saving £300 for every short-term hospital admission they avoid. If we can save an A&E patient going to hospital by going to their house,... [24 Feb 2006]
Telemedicine slashes hospitals stays
Case Study A telemedicine project has halved the time patients spend in hospital, by allowing doctors to monitor their condition remotely. Carlisle Housing Association and Carlisle and District Primary Care Trust wanted to reduce... [11 Jan 2006]
Secure network improves NHS diabetes care
Case Study And until April this year, screeners would have to return to the central hospital to upload these into the database. It uses a virtual private network (VPN) accessed via a token-based strong authentication service to... [11 Oct 2005]
Wireless prescription helps doctors speed up treatment
Case Study Staff now use wireless scanning devices to send information on stock levels directly into the hospital's systems so more supplies can be ordered when necessary. Further down the line, the hospital group... [06 Oct 2005]
Health trusts cut operating system and storage complexity
Case Study Wakefield HIS has started to share its IT infrastructure - such as its use of Microsoft Active Directory and Exchange - with Mid-Yorks Hospital NHS Trust. When Gareth Bridges joined Wakefield Health Informatics Services... [06 Sep 2005]
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