Support for the delivery of business benefits that include real-world savings of time and money is at the forefront of our business case to all of our partners. We are delighted to announce that Paul Martin has joined our team to aid us in making this case going forward. Paul is a widely experienced management consultant who worked for two of the ‘Big Four’ firms in the City, as well as in some leading financial services organisations. His knowledge of performance management techniques and insight into process improvements have already proved very popular with our partners when making the business case for purchasing new technology from Tracline.

Andrew worked for the British Army for 14 years as an Information Systems and Telecommunications Technician. His latest role and achievement was working for NATO in Afghanistan. Andrew has joined Tracline as the Head Technical Consultant. He is accredited with the highest Cisco and Microsoft standards and with Prince2 and ITIL certification, has already proved key in documenting and supporting technical solutions with his work in Acute and Community Healthcare. His experience and current knowledge of present and developing healthcare technology make him a welcome addition to our staff.

Information Technology has changed dramatically over the years and has always been important to certain sectors in the way they work in recent times. With this one thing that can always be said is that it is rapidly changing among all sectors of work. Technology is helping the way people and businesses work from day to day.

So bearing that in mind can IT help to improve Healthcare?

Yes it can! “IT has already begun to improve Healthcare”. The fact is technology already has had an impact on improving Healthcare, as much of what is done now could not be done without the technology of today.

Information Technology has made patient care safer and even more reliable that before. Doctors and nurses are now using handheld mobile devices to record patients medical history and to check the correct treatment is being carried out. These mobile devices known as Mobile Clinical Assistants also have access to results of lab tests, records of vital signs and medical orders, which are all put onto a main database electronically. Thus meaning they are accessible from a patients bedside.

Information Technology is also making large strides in improving healthcare through Social Media.

The term Social Media gets used a lot and has become part of technology we use in everyday life as a form of communication. Healthcare Facilities, including many NHS Trusts, have taken note of this and have consequently begun to use Social Media, Such as Facebook and Twitter, to establish contact with patients, raising awareness on certain healthcare issues.

With more choice given to patients and the continued support in the patient taking an active role in their care, are we now more dependent on IT to help deliver care.?

So while pondering on that question, Is the real talking point this “Is technology being used in the Correct way to help enhance the service that is provided to patients and clients by the experts?” Rather than “Can information Technology help improve Healthcare?”

For more information on how Mhealth is and technology is improving lives of clinicians and patients go to www.tracline.co.uk

Intel, the firm that brings most dual core processors to computers in peoples homes have had a crack at a supercomputer co-processor. The firm showed off the latest technology, one teraflop chip which is equal to one trillion calculations per second.

The new Chip created by Intel has been dubbed "Knights Corner" at a supercomputing conference held at Seattle. The latest release pits the firm against rival add-on processors from AMD and Nvidia.

The new Knights Corner chip acts as a co-processor as it takes over the more difficult and complicated tasks from the Computers Central Processing Unit (CPU). not only this but the chip offers Double Precision processing which results in faster and more accurate calculations and forecasts.

As far as the specifications go, Intel are yet to release any data in regards to its new Knights Corner. But early indications are that it packs more than 50 cores onto one piece of silicon.

In a brief statement made by Intel, the firm moved on to say that the accelerator is also the first server processor which can support full integration of the PCI express 3.0 specifications. The Knights Corner chip allows data to be transferred at twice the speed of its predecessor, 32GBps up from 16GBps, on compatible devices.

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Carefx will be showcasing the benefits of how its clinical portal technology can be deployed on Tracline’s latest Motion C5 tablet at EHI Live 2011 in Birmingham.

Tracline will be demonstrating how mature mobile technology and clinical portals go hand in hand to provide clinicians with the ability to work in a more efficient and safer way.

Whether you are interested in the technology, the politics or the management of e-health, there is something for you with paid-for and free opportunities for updating, learning and networking. To find out how mobile working can benefit your organisation, visit stand C72 or email hparslow@carefx.com /info@tracline.co.uk to arrange a demonstration

According to the BBC, a recent report has found that Hospitals in the UK could help prevent thousands of deaths a year. The report states that hospitals with better use of Information Technology see a fall in deaths of emergency patients over the year.

Univerity Hospital Birmingham have a system in place which the trust say has contributed to the 17% fall in deaths among these emergency patients. The system includes a reminder system which makes sure patients medication dose is not missed. The report shows how the trust also used the system to prevent potential prescriptions that could harm a patient.

Health Minister Simon Burns said the system was “an excellent example of how the NHS can harness information to improve patient care”.

“Our ambition is to unleash a revolution of information throughout the NHS, so that everyone benefits from a modern, responsive service,” he said.

The system at University Hospitals Birmingham is one of several commercially available to the NHS. The chief executive of the Patients Association, Katherine Murphy, welcomed the work at the trust.

“This system has the potential to really make a big difference to patient safety across the board. By highlighting ongoing problems and trends in patient care, ward and trust leaders can put changes in place to prevent other patients from suffering in the same way, learning from their mistakes rather than trying to bury them under bureaucracy.”

Scottish Exhibition & Conference Centre, Glasgow    23 & 24 August 2011

Tracline will be attending the NHS Scotland 2011 for the first time with Northgate managed services our partners in mobile point of care projects within Scotland. This leading healthcare event together with Northgate will provide Tracline an excellent opportunity to showcase our services and activities that help support the delivery of quality health and healthcare services in NHSScotland. 

 Success’s include

NHS Lanarkshire – Tracline in partnership with Northgate provided NHS Lanarkshire with a Managed Service to implement their MPOC strategy. The strategy included the supply, Implementation and support of 350 Medical Tablet PC’S for use in all the wards across the 3 main hospitals at Monklands, Wishaw and Strathclyde. The Medical Tablet PC’s  access the new Trackcare EPR system over a wireless network giving the clinicians access to live patient data at bedside in a safe and professional manner.

NHS Lothian – Tracline and Northgate are working in partnership with NHS Lothian on implementing a successful MPOC strategy across the Hospitals. Tracline have supplied St Johns Hospital with 150 Medical Tablet PC’s and professional services for Clinicians to utilise as part of their e-prescribing strategy. The strategy is now to deploy wireless networks and MPOC strategies into the other hospitals in the Edinburgh area.

NHS Fife – Tracline and Northgate are working in partnership with NHS Fife to provide them with the Motion C5v Medical Tablet PC’s for their MPOC strategy. Amongst other projects NHS Fife are leading a clinical trial with the Patientrack EWS system to improve patient care in the vital signs area.

Come to see us on: Stand 42

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Dear Colleagues

Intel Digital Health have invited Tracline to present NHS mobile point of care success stories at The World of Health IT  This event is designed to connect leading health IT experts, and we would like to invite you to the conference and workshops. Details of the Intel workshop sessions are attached, and we would be grateful if you could please forward this to your colleagues.

To find out more about Mobile working projects in the NHS, case studies and videos can be found at www.tracline.co.uk which will also feature a video of the conference.

For more detailed information about the conference and to register for free, please click on www.worldofhealthit.org

We look forward to welcoming you to the World of Health IT, and please let us know if you have any questions.

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