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Opinion Article: Monitoring the Homecare Crisis
Recent exposure in the media has uncovered a 'looming crisis' in low standards of care provided by "at-home" care services for the elderly, and brought it directly to the public eye. The figures are a real cause for concern. According to Care Minister Norman Lamb, there are over 300,000 people currently relying on homecare services in the UK, yet a third of all care and nursing homes in England aren't meeting the necessary standards.
New Patient Records System Can Benefit Every Person in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Health Minister Edwin Poots led the speeches at the launch of Northern Ireland's first Electronic Care Record (NIECR) system, just one year after its contract was signed with e-Health software provider Orion Health. EMIS and Graphnet Join Forces for "2015 Consortium" Framework for London and South
EMIS, Graphnet Health and Healthcare Gateway Ltd have formed a strategic alliance to offer clinical information systems and services under the London 2015 initiative, the £300m framework agreement launched by a consortium of 30 NHS Trusts and community organisations in London and the South. Tunstall Launches Innovative Supported Living System at Chartered Institute of Housing Exhibition 2013
Tunstall Healthcare, the leading provider of telehealth and telecare solutions, will be launching its new Communicall Vi supported living communication system at this year's Chartered Institute of Housing Exhibition 2013. This advanced solution offers an integrated platform for the delivery and management of communications, telecare, door entry and access control in a wide range of grouped living environments. Opinion Article: I am a CEO and I Make Mistakes
By Shane Tickell, CEO, IMS MAXIMS.I am a CEO of a health technology company and I make mistakes, probably everyday. As the leader of an organisation, I am accountable for those mistakes, need to learn from them and, where possible, rectify them. In addition to that, every single member of my team has a specific set of responsibilities and when they make a mistake they too must recognise it and be accountable for that.
Opinion Article: Patients, Pillows and Pounds
With the NHS in England needing to find between £15 and £20 billion in efficiency savings by 2014, there is clearly a very immediate case for helping ward staff work as productively as possible. In addition, there are concerns over shortages in frontline staff, including a potential shortfall of nearly 200,000 nurses, reported by Nursing Times back in February this year.
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