Track and trace

The value of asset tracking has been recognised by the NHS. But in hard financial times, there is a debate about the best technology for doing it. Daloni Carlisle reports.

Ascribe E-MAT - The definitive medical equipment management system

Managing medical equipment more efficiently helps to reduce capital and maintenance costs. It also increases patient safety and reduces risks associated with inadequately maintained equipment.

Ascribe's Medical Equipment Management and Traceability System (E-MAT) is an essential medical equipment management solution. E-MAT can also track and schedule staff designated training requirements, and supports Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) programmes.

For more detailed information on how Ascribe E-MAT can improve efficiency, cut costs and generate revenue, please visit our website. Ascribe was recently selected by The Sunday Times as a Tech Track Top 100 company.

E-mail: Simon.mehlman@ascribe.com
Tel: +44 (0) 870 053 4545 (Simon Mehlman)
Web: Ascribe website

The future of 'real time' location services

System C is the UK's leading health and social care solutions company. Our long heritage within the health and social care sector has given us the insight and expertise to help trusts deliver efficiency savings and increased patient safety.

Losing or mislaying valuable medical equipment and patient records costs millions of pounds every year. Hospitals lose sight of up to 15% of their mobile assets annually, wasting staff and patient time, incurring replacement and rental charges and causing safety and governance problems.

Medway RFID is a single platform for real-time location tracking specifically developed for healthcare. The system can track, locate and monitor assets, patients, staff and casenotes, using both active and passive RFID technology.

Medway RFID can be fully integrated with a trust's existing PAS, A&E, theatre management and asset management systems, as well as with System C's own Medway range of healthcare products.

E-mail: sales@systemc.com
Tel: +44 (0) 1622 691616 (Judi Holly)
Web: System C website

Zebra Technologies - on-demand print solutions

Protect patient safety while increasing productivity, reducing errors and costs. Accurately and efficiently track patients, medications, specimens, staff, assets and more with the help of Zebra's thermal print solutions.

Our solutions incorporate text, graphics, bar codes and/or RFID to produce the on-demand labels, tags, ID badges and wristbands that are at the heart of today's patient safety and hospital productivity initiatives.

E-mail: mthomson@zebra.com
Tel: +44 (0) 1628 556000 (Mark Thomson)
Web: Zebra website

Medical Equipment Management Software

Real Asset Management (RAM) is a leading provider of asset management software to the NHS sector, with more than 200 NHS trusts and 40 foundation trusts in its client base.

If you are struggling with an underperforming medical equipment management system, contact RAM today and learn how you could benefit from the following:

• Medical equipment maintenance management
• Planned and breakdown maintenance
• Mobile job management using wi-fi, 3G and GPRS
• Stock control and integrated purchase ordering
• Resource scheduling and job prioritisation using visual calendars
• Web based fault reporting/helpdesk
• Response time analysis
• Asset verification - medical / IT equipment tracking.

E-mail: kconneely@ramplc.com
Tel: +44 (0) 1689 892 100 (Karen Conneely)
Web: Real Asset Management website