The UK government have set their sights on the NHS going paperless with more than £4bn being set aside for areas such as electronic records, online appointments, prescriptions and consultations.
Better use of IT in the health industry could:
Take a look at Sigma's top software picks that will benefit the UK’s health industry.
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1) Electronic Health Records
EHRs provide a complete picture of a patient's medical history. Storing these records online lowers the need for paper documents but also makes access faster and more efficient for health professionals.
2) Internet of Things
The popularity of mobile medical applications and wearable devices offers visibility into a patient's health and activity. The ability to monitor medical conditions and in some cases prevent life-threatening health events in real time is revolutionising preventative medicine.
3) Cloud/Mobile Access
With the rise of smartphones and tablets, delivering healthcare services through mobile devices has become the norm. Doctors can work remotely and patient's data is being stored in the cloud allowing it to be accessed from anywhere on any device with real time reporting.
4) Security, privacy and regulation
Accessing medical records on any device in a digital environment opens the door to security issues. The downside of an online environment in healthcare means certain steps need to be taken to ensure access is restricted to those who are specifically authorised to view that data to avoid breaches and breaking regulations.
5) Big data
These masses of data sets are being analysed to reveal patterns, trends and associations. The use of Big Data in healthcare is helping to predict epidemics, cure diseases and improve quality of life for patients as well as improving profits and cutting down on unnecessary expenses.
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Paperless records are the future for the NHS. ABBYY’s OCR and PDF conversion software can make creating a searchable, digital archive an simple procedure to meet the governments 2018 deadline.
ABBYY Recognition Server
ABBYY Recognition Server is a powerful server-based OCR solution for automated document capture and PDF conversion. Every day healthcare organisations, medical administrators and health insurance companies have to digitise tons of incoming paper documents and forms, and find critical information within their databases in seconds. Recognition Server simplifies the implementation of electronic patient records and information through the classification and automatic processing.
Losing sensitive information and breaching data regulations can cost health companies hundreds of thousands of pounds in fines. Becrypt's data security solutions enhance security measures and safeguard patient, company and employee data.
DISK Protect
DISK Protect is a full disk encryption solution securing data on touch-screen tablets, laptops, desktops, servers and removable media from theft and loss. Devices can be encrypted at any time and once installed, all data is encrypted transparently allowing only authorised users to access data without impact on performance.
Healthcare organisations are being challenged to support a mobile workforce, whilst meeting strict security and compliance guidelines.
Remote Support
Bomgar's Remote Support allows users to remotely access and fix almost any system or device, anywhere, while keeping sensitive data and system access behind a secure firewall. Remote Support offers the security, integration and management capabilities a healthcare organisation need to increase productivity and improve performance.
V-locity
Condusiv’s V-locity I/O reduction software is "set and forget" software that runs transparently in the background on Windows servers and automatically offloads I/O from underlying storage, then streamlines the I/O traffic that remains.
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AdminStudio
AdminStudio provides enterprise IT teams with the most advanced application packaging tools to efficiently prepare reliable application packages for software deployment with a complete set of automated MSI packaging, customisation, testing and reporting capabilities.
App Portal
App Portal makes the enterprise app store a reality. Suitable for desktop, mobile and cloud applications, App Portal enables IT to maintain the control necessary to ensure compliance with licensing agreements and corporate policy while reducing enterprise software costs and maximising software usage.
EFT Enterprise
Globalscape’s Enhanced File Transfer Enterprise secures, manages, and tracks data transferred between people and applications both inside and outside your organisation. EFT Enterprise is a best-in-class solution for enterprises with complex and mission-critical file transfer requirements. EFT can reduce complexity of your file transfer infrastructure, increase operational efficiency, and protect your most important data.
IDERA provide solutions for the heart of every IT estate – the database. Their database life cycle management solutions allow database and IT professionals to design, monitor and manage data systems with complete confidence, whether in the cloud or on-premises.
ADAudit Plus
In real-time, ensure critical resources in the network like the Domain Controllers are audited, monitored and reported with the entire information on AD objects – Users, Groups, GPO, Computer, OU, DNS, AD Schema and Configuration changes with 200+ detailed event specific GUI reports and email alerts.
Exchange Reporter Plus
Exchange Reporter Plus is a web based analysis and reporting solution for Microsoft Exchange Servers. Exchange Reporter Plus is a comprehensive MS Exchange reporting software that provides over 100 different reports on every aspect of the Microsoft Exchange Server environment.
Identity Manager
With Identity Manager and its modular and scalability capabilities, users can unify security policies, meet compliance needs and achieve governance while improving business agility – today and long into the future.
Archive Manager
Archive Manager is a complete email and messaging content archiving software solution. Users can capture, retain, discover and explore their Exchange email system using advanced search capabilities. With Archive Manager, users can quickly gather and organise data for audits and meeting the correct retention and compliancy mandates.
Foglight
Foglight is a unique application performance monitoring solution blends business context with deep technical insight, unifying all users and data within a structured model built around transactions.
Foglight compliments current workflows by filling in gaps in existing systems, protecting the end users investment by integrating data from the monitoring tools they already use.
Foglight will enable hospitals to increase and monitor collaboration, productivity and the adoption of electronic medical records.
SAP solutions help healthcare organisations deliver high-value care and the personalised experience expected by today’s healthcare consumers, all while achieving operational excellence.
Business Objects
SAP Business Objects empowers business users with anytime, anywhere access to key insights delivered in context with a flexible BI platform from SAP. Increase responsiveness, reduce IT costs and workload and drive better decision making across an organisation.
Reduce application testing time and improve test accuracy with SmartBear's TestComplete.
ReadyAPI
SmartBear's Ready! API combines the power of SoapUI NG Pro, Secure, ServiceV and API Monitoring in AlertSite into a single pane of glass. From functional testing, to performance testing to post-deployment monitoring, SmartBear's API tools help users deliver accurate, fast and secure APIs.
TestComplete
TestComplete has an open flexible architecture that makes creating, maintaining and executing automated tests across desktop, web, mobile easy, speedy and cost effective.
Improve patient care, patient privacy, meet regulatory compliance standards and address increasingly complex healthcare IT needs with SolarWinds solutions.
Network Performance Monitor
Network Performance Monitor (NPM) is a powerful and affordable network monitoring software that enables users to quickly detect, diagnose and resolve network performance problems and outages.
NPM speeds up troubleshooting, resolves network outages, and reduces downtime. Monitors and displays response time, availability, and performance of network devices. Automatically calculates network latency and correlates to end-users' quality of experience. Improves operational efficiency with out-of-the-box, customisable dashboards, alerts, and reports. Automatically discovers and maps network devices and typically deploys in less than an hour.
Case Study - United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust PDF 179KB
When you need an efficient way to share critical information, TechSmith screen capture and recording software. TechSmith will give you 24/7 communication from shift-to-shift, with images and videos to show exactly what you're talking about.
Camtasia
A powerful, yet easy-to-use screen recorder, Camtasia helps organisations create more professional videos without having to be a video pro. Easily record screen movements and actions, or import HD video from a camera or other source. Customise and edit content both on Mac and Windows platforms, and share videos with viewers on nearly any device.
Morae
From focus groups to usability studies, Morae gives organisations an insight into a user's experience by providing them with powerful data. Record and remotely observe user interactions, efficiently analyse results, and instantly share findings with anyone, anywhere.
Snagit
This easy to use screen capture tool has all the features a user needs to create engaging images and videos to communicate efficiently when words aren't enough. Enhance each capture with editing features and effects to turn a simple screen grab into eye-catching visuals every time.
