Mobile computing has an important role to play in delivering better quality and safer patient care. Access to patient records at the point of care can reduce medical errors, improve productivity and support the Care Closer to Home agenda.
The MRSA target has been hit and C difficile rates are falling but Martin Kiernan, President of the Infection Prevention Society, urges trusts not to see this as the end but as the minimum that should be achieved.
This interview looks at the launch of Focused FM by the Healthcare Facilities Consortium and how it promotes collaboration with central government, professional bodies and industry to accelerate impro
In this interview, Rob Smith, Director of Gateway Reviews, Estates and Facilities at the DH, discusses the vital role of FM in tackling the biggest challenges facing the NHS.
Measuring the patient experience is now a key requirement for all trusts but ensuring the tool is suitable for users such as children and people with learning difficulties is vital to avoid exclusion. Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust has pioneered a tailored touchscreen questionnaire delivered on Panasonic Mobile Clinical Assistants.
The Institute of Healthcare Management (IHM) has recently formed a unique learning partnership with the Canadian College of Health Service Executives to enable its members to connect with their transatlantic counterparts.
NHS Chief Executive David Nicholson talks to Focused FM TV about the challenge of delivering efficiency savings and how facilities management can contribute while adding value to the patient experience.
The Corporate Manslaughter Act has wide-reaching implications for the reputation of all NHS trusts and their staff. How much do you know about this new legislation and how to ensure compliance?
With the ever-increasing pressure of waiting list targets, this video explores how hospitals are benefiting from innovative modular and mobile operating theatres from Medi-Cell.
Cancer charity Tenovus is revolutionising the care of patients in Wales with a hi-tech mobile chemotherapy clinic that delivers treatment in the heart of local communities.
In this interview, David Pencheon, Director of the NHS Sustainable Development Unit advises trusts how to act on the carbon reduction strategy and drive change locally.
