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Prospitalia h-trak partners with Pagero to extend NHS PEPPOL reach

Move supports Scan4Safety programme in NHS trusts

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Enter the 2025 BBH Awards: Celebrate your impact in healthcare

The Building Better Healthcare Awards are back another year with 20 different categories for you to enter. If you have worked on a project that has significantly impacted the...
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Hospital transforms life-changing maxillofacial surgeries with 3D printing

Stratasys 3D printer at Queen Elizabeth Hospital leads to cost savings in operating room time of up to £20,000 per surgery

Comment: How technology will provide a shot in the arm for UK healthcare

Wayne Miller, director of EMEA healthcare practice at Zebra Technologies, explores how digital transformation and the Internet of Things (IoT) are changing the healthcare space

COMMENT: Life before RFID tagging

Annette Turnpenny, senior healthcare planner at Essentia, talks about the benefits of equipment tagging in hospitals from the point of view of one of the devices

Case study: Toshiba helps Kettering Hospital comply with Carter Directive

Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust uses industry-leading mobile printing solutions from Toshiba TEC as part of its pharmacy and dispensary operation

Plymouth lays foundation for NHS savings with GS1 milestone

Scan4Safety demonstrator site on target to reduce waste and increase efficiency by achieving transaction information milestone with support of NHS Shared Business Services and Global Health Exchange

PEPPOL and GS1: have you made the commitment?

Medical and in-vitro device suppliers need to introduce PEPPOL and GS1 standards to comply with NHS e-Procurement strategy

Manufacturers – it's time to prepare for Unique Device Identification (UDI)

Steve Cottrell, president of Maetrics; and Madris Tomes, chief executive of Device Events, highlight the importance of unique device identification in the healthcare sector and the key lessons the UK can learn from the US FDA

Comment - The urgent need for track-and-trace capability in the NHS

Nicola Hall of Ingenica Solutions discusses what the PiP breast implant scandal and VW emissions crisis have highlighted for the healthcare sector

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Department of Health announces GS1 demonstrator sites of excellence

Six chosen sites will demonstrate the benefits and challenges of implementing GS1 and PEPPOL standards

Inventory management and GS1 standards: What’s in it for me and my team?

Nicola Hall of Ingenica Solutions discusses how inventory management solutions will benefit NHS staff

All 154 NHS acute trusts in England are now GS1 UK members

Major milestone reached in support of the Department of Health’s eProcurement strategy

How barcoding and RFID technology is supporting better tracking and visibility of assets within healthcare

Zebra Technologies' head of healthcare, Wayne Miller, discusses how track and trace technology is supporting the need for improved visibility of assets - including new bones - in the healthcare industry

NHS product recalls much more effective through the use of GS1 standards

Traceability, speed and cost of healthcare recalls significantly improved

NHSBSA to secure millions of prescriptions with Xerox

Xerox awarded three-year £40m contract to manage production and printing of secure and non-secure business forms, including prescription pads, dental forms, and operational forms for NHS England and Wales

Special report: Technology uptake increases as government puts patients at the heart of NHS services

How current and emerging government policy is driving the adoption of GS1 UK supply chain standards

RFID in healthcare expands beyond basic tracking to include smart cabinet systems

Cloud-based RFID cabinet solutions that can be accessed using web and mobile applications will garner widespread interest, finds Frost & Sullivan

GS1 UK forms Healthcare Advisory Board to drive adoption of life-saving standards within the NHS

Expert panel will to help improve patient safety, reduce regulatory non-compliance, and realise valuable cost savings from procurement efficiencies across the NHS

Pioneer scoops innovation award for patient safety work using tracking technology

Clinical programme lead for Royal Wolverhampton hailed in regional NHS Leadership Recognition Awards for implementation of real-time locating system from TeleTracking

Track and trace: The answer to efficiencies on the NHS frontline?

Following the publication of the NHS Five Year Forward View and the Personalised Health and Care Strategy 2020, industry experts reveal the importance of tracking and tracing medical supplies and clinical care

Braille printing developed for plastic pharma packaging

Printing technology offers superior definition compared with some Braille text embossed through a pack or label

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Leicester hospitals implement track-and-trace technology

Ingenica Solutions' 360 IM system will provide a view of all stock across three hospital sites

Zebra launches two new healthcare printers

New label and wristband printers help reduce medical errors and improve patient safety

Ingenica Solutions and Terso Solutions announce partnership

Using RFID technology to track medical devices

Greiner Packaging shows innovative healthcare solutions in Paris

Innovative packaging solutions for the pharmaceutical and medical sectors are at the heart of Pharmapack, which will take place in Paris from 7–8 February 2018, Greiner...

SATO Europe launches new patient ID wristbands

Four new lines unveiled

Omnicell introduces automated pharmacy filling solution

Omnicell VBM 200F helps drive efficiencies in community pharmacies

A first for 3D printing in commercial furniture design - RIO

Studio INTEGRATE and Morgan Studio launch RIO range of robust chairs made using 3D printing techniques

Regulator supports design rights for potentially-lifesaving medical wristband

Care Quality Commission supports commercialisation of innovative wristband designed to enhance patient nutrition in care and hospital settings

First NHS trust-wide inventory management system in the UK

Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust deploys Ingenica's single inventory management system across the organisation

Barnsley Hospital deploys file and inventory tracking solution

Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust becomes latest healthcare organisation to invest in 6PM’s iFIT solution

Reactor-Ready used for the manufacture of a nano-polymer for 3D printing of implantable body parts

Radleys equipment helps as part of trial that could radically change organ transplants

SATO launches new generation of Magellan PJM RFID Reader Series

Updated range features intelligent self-tuning technology