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David Catanach, director at the British Sign and Graphics Association, who spent many years working in the international sign industry, takes a look at wayfinding signage in hospital buildings
Anthony Pearlgood, chairman of the BSIA Information Destruction section, looks at the challenges faced by the health sector in securing sensitive information
With huge potential to reduce costs, Telehealth is becoming an increasingly important option for clinicians, writes Loretta MacInnes of the Telecare Services Association
John Sylvester, executive director of P&MM Motivation, looks at how strict financial policies have impacted on employee motivation and engagement programmes.
The National Patient Safety Agency recommends the use of four key colours to cover the different hospital cleaning zones.
After upgrading its standby generators and installing smart metering at the Lister Hospital, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust can now capitalise on demand response
Hospitals - what’s the risk of a fire? Greater than you would think, suggests Robert Thilthorpe, technical manager of the Fire Industry Association
Basic data standards can help NHS trusts to improve efficiency says Roger Lamb, healthcare sector manager at GS1 UK, which is responsible for the most widely used set of supply chain standards in the world
Keith Gait, chief operating officer, NHS Direct, discusses how the relationship with contact centre insourcing and outsourcing specialist Conduit, which uses the best practice elements of contact centre management whilst operating in the very different environment NHS Direct. This has allowed NHS Direct to understand the different motivations of people who choose agency work over a substantive role.
With more to be awarded in mid-September, NHS Direct has won contracts to cover thirty per cent of the population, but concerns about ‘hasty’ rollout remain
Roger Bibbings, occupational safety adviser at the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), examines the right policies and procedures to make Health & Safety work in hospitals
David Halicki of the IOSH Healthcare Group explains why hospitals are unique sites and looks at the issues they face in safeguarding patients, visitors and employees.
Alex Carmichael, technical director, British Security Industry Association, explains how security technology is helping to keep lone workers safe.
A current diagnosis of the parking sector by Dave Smith of the British Parking Association, which has recently published a new five year strategy outlining its desires to raise standards
Neil Darvill, director of health informatics at St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, explains the benefits of a wholesale digitisation of patient records.
With huge efficiency savings expected from the health sector over the coming years, all opportunities for improvement need to be systematically assessed. Savings can almost always be made through greater energy efficiency, even where programmes are already in place, argues Alan Aldridge, executive director of the Energy Services and Technology Association (ESTA).
Matthew Swindells, chair, BCS Health, recently discussed using IT to improve population health management. This article elaborates on his discussions.
As part of a comprehensive re-think, new hospital patient bedside space designs are now available to the market as a result of a national design challenge, writes the Design Council.
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