Mobile works for hospitals

BlackBerry solutions mean that healthcare professionals can stay securely connected to colleagues and operational data wherever their work takes them.

In addition to e-mail, calendar, contacts, instant messaging and web browsing, BlackBerry smartphones can be used with a wide range of applications that have been designed with health care in mind.

These, in turn, are helping healthcare staff to improve decision making, reduce administration time, improve efficiency and deliver more flexible, patient-focused services.

For example, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust is halving the amount of time spent by midwives on patient administration with a digital paper and pen application for BlackBerry smartphones.

And University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust is improving patient care and confidentiality of records for transplant surgeons with an application developed by Airpoint.

To find out more, or to request a BlackBerry health solutions guide, please email: publicsector@rim.com.