{"id":16821,"date":"2017-09-19T15:32:31","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T11:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/?p=16821"},"modified":"2017-09-19T15:32:31","modified_gmt":"2017-09-19T11:32:31","slug":"a-top-uk-hospital-has-proved-that-technology-and-treatment-go-hand-in-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/eu\/2017\/09\/19\/a-top-uk-hospital-has-proved-that-technology-and-treatment-go-hand-in-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology and treatment go hand-in-hand at top UK hospital"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the UK\u2019s leading hospitals for treating rare and complex conditions will start using Microsoft<\/a> technology to ensure staff continue to give patients the best possible care.<\/p>\n

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH)<\/a>, which runs Addenbrookes and the Rosie hospitals, is to become the largest healthcare organisation in England to run Microsoft\u2019s full suite of cloud-based Office 365 for business<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The move will give administration staff access to cloud-based applications such as Skype for Business<\/a>, Yammer, Microsoft Planner and Microsoft Teams<\/a>, which will improve communication, encourage flexible working, and save time and money. This will ensure employees have the latest information regarding patients, to help them get the best possible treatment.<\/p>\n

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Dr Zafar Chaudry, CUH\u2019s Chief Information Officer, said: \u201cMicrosoft Office 365 will work alongside our Epic system to enhance the administrative side of our work, helping us to work even more efficiently and effectively across the entire organisation to ultimately benefit our patients.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce all services are made available to staff, planned to start later this year, CUH will become the largest healthcare organisation in England running Microsoft Office 365.\u201d<\/p>\n

CUH has historically been a leader in healthcare technology, becoming the first hospital trust in the UK to adopt Epic, the electronic patient record system, in 2014. Epic placed all clinical and administrative information about a patient in one place, recorded in real time, improving quality, reducing duplication and eliminating unnecessary delays to patient care. The time it takes to prepare discharge medications has halved; clinicians view notes and X-rays virtually, which has freed up 4,500 clinic appointment slots in orthopaedics; and allergy-related prescribing alerts in the Epic system has reduced adverse medical reactions, saving around 2,500 bed days a year \u2013 the equivalent of \u00a3980,000.<\/p>\n

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CUH has also rolled out Wi-Fi in all clinical areas and replaced 5,500 computers with 6,750 new ones and 500 laptops. In addition, a trust-wide \u201cnetwork refresh\u201d enabled the connection of more than 800 new mobile and handheld devices to Epic, allowing clinicians to record patient information in real-time at the patient\u2019s bedside.<\/p>\n

Office 365 for business will work with the hospital\u2019s new technology to benefit patients.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe potential for technology to enable significant benefits for both patients and NHS staff is well known,\u201d said Suzy Foster, Director of Health and Life Sciences at Microsoft UK. \u201cThe trust will be leading the way in enabling its staff to work flexibly, collaborate and share securely. The benefits will be far reaching.\u201d<\/p>\n