Tuesday 15 June
10.30 - 10.50 Addressing the challenges of converged wireless voice and data networks
Supporting voice and data simultaneously brings new challenges to the healthcare wireless LAN network. Meru uniquely addresses these challenges for healthcare institutions around the world, allowing them to deploy Wi-Fi confidently as a primary network, improving quality of care, enhancing patients' experience, and removing inefficiencies and cost from healthcare operations
Dave Crowder and Steve Woolley, senior consultant and regional sales manager, Meru UK
11.10 - 11.30 Bridging the gap between users and healthcare informatics
Most healthcare organisations have an identified need to bridge the gap between procured IT systems and the end users. In many cases systems are underutilised and as a consequence patient information, status and flow are not achieved as fully as the initial procurement envisioned. This presentation will discuss methods of bridging this gap through user consultation and development combined with smart procurement utilising the example of touchscreen technology
Mike Rourke, service manager (Neurosciences), Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust
11.50 - 12.10 International experience identity and access in Healthcare
Critical Path will explain how systems for Identity and Access Management are being used in deployments around the world. Improved security plus greater efficiency are key objectives that Critical Path solutions have met.
Particular examples will be drawn from the French healthcare service where smartcards are being used by hundreds of thousands of healthcare professional staff.
12.30 - 12.50 Tracline mobile talk and walk
The first time it has been possible to do accurate voice recognition when dictating. Integration with applications during mobile working. Reduces costs, improves throughput, improves turnaround.
John Webb, technical director, Tracline
14.00 - 14.20 Removing paper from the care process
Paper-based information is the lifeblood of the healthcare process, requiring significant management and resource. This session will look at the business case for moving from a paper-based system, through paper-light to a paper-free care process. We will also cover the practical aspects of implementing such a change, and the technology that can form a key part of the transition.
Colin Truesdales, senior business consultant, Kainos
14.40 - 15.00 Our Journey: responding to changes in mental health at Sandwell Mental Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust
Paul Stefanoski, deputy chief executive, will talk about how the trust uses Oasis to underpin the changes required to support the evolving requirements of the NHS.
Mr Paul Stefanoski, deputy chief executive and director of resources, Sandwell Mental Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust
15.20 - 15.40 Transforming patient care through eHealth
With an ageing population placing greater demands on healthcare providers, hear how Orange are helping to transform patient care through eHealth - integrating a combination of care information, access and communication technologies to reduce costs, increase the efficiency and effectiveness of clinicians and enhance the patient experience.
Michael Reilly, director of healthcare, Orange
16.00 - 16.20 WinScribe DocuLink, powerful document turnaround process
Designed specifically to further speed up the creation and distribution of Patients notes, Doculink is a powerful tool that is combined with WinScribe Dictation to offer a true end to end solution optimising and automating the document creation cycle across the entire hospital
Trevor Hoggard, senior account manager, WinScribe
Wednesday 16 June
10.30 - 10.50 Can your document capture: stay current, stay productive, stay flexible and still remain within budget?
Colin will discuss an agnostic approach to document capture, maximizing on the best of breed approach to get paper records into your current and future patient record systems.
Colin Labrum UK software sales Manager, Kodak
11.10 - 11.30 802.11n: lessons learned from the first 1,000 Xirrus installations
The goal of this session will be to provide real world insights and
recommendations for Healthcare Institutions making the move to 802.11n
or deploying a wireless network for the first time, by exploring the lessons
learned from the past 2 years of over 1,000 Xirrus 11n installations.
Ben Wilson, UK country manager, Xirrus
11.50 - 12.10 How to deliver an interactive community website to help achieve healthcare objectives
Eduserv will be discussing the work they have delivered for clients including NHS Direct, NHS Great Yarmouth and Waveney and NHS Hammersmith and Fulham. The presentation will look at the challenges facing national and regional health care authorities and how technology can be used to overcome them
John Simcock, Eduserv account manager and Julian Mitchell, Eduserv public sector manager
12.30 - 12.50 Telepresence in Healthcare
Exploring the uses of video technology in delivering remote healthcare. This session will be presented by Kevin Dean, who has worked with healthcare and public sector leaders to help them use technology to accelerate transformation of the healthcare industry.
Kevin Dean, managing director, Connected Health, Internet Business Solution Group, Cisco Systems
13.20 - 13.40 Prevention is better than cure – the benefits of dark fibre in the health sector
Communication is now a critical component in the smooth running of our hospitals and healthcare system. H2O networks offers an infrastructure that is reliable, resilient and secure with low cost of entry.
Andrew Prenelle, sales director Scotland, H20 Networks
14.00 - 14.20 GP Extraction Service
GPES: a centrally managed national primary care data extraction service. Supporting QOF and enabling better information for commissioning and locally led services.
Dave Robert, GPES project director, NHS Information Centre
15.20 - 15.40 Use of Mobile Devices for clinical information delivery
ThinkShield will present its some of the mobile health applications they have been developing for use in the NHS both for delivery of clinical data and as teaching aids.
Tim Taylor, managing director and Ian Jarvis, technical director, Thinkshield
16.00 - 16.20 Saves lives, save time, save money - the future of video technology-now
This presentation is to demonstrate a revolutionary new video technology that goes beyond the traditional boundaries of telemedicine technology. This solution allows everyone in your organisation to participate in meetings.
Alan Lowe, chief operating officer, St Vincent's Healthcare Consulting
