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ICT gives Trust healthy boost
T
he North Bristol Trust on the Southmead site a week so we have some devices that plug into a
is positioned to be that happens to be in the big units. You’ll have people patient’s broadband line,
one of the most middle of the development joining these meetings enabling them to have
modern purveyors of zone,” explains Martin through videoconferencing. regular virtual check-ups
healthcare in the world, Bell, the Director of These are paper free without travelling to the
thanks to a decision to Information Management events, so you haven’t got main hospitals. “Eventually
replace its existing PBX as and Technology at the 50 sets of notes because I’d like to look for a way to
part of the development Trust. “Moving it would you can pull up and pool make them work without
of a new PFI super-hospital be difficult because of information on screen.” requiring broadband,”
in the Southmead area, its age, and would have commented Bell.
due to open in 2013. been costly, so replacing Bell has begun rolling out
The story behind the was more cost-effective. desktop video cameras He acknowledges that
deployment reads like a That was the initial driver.” to senior clinical staff and selling high tech solutions
best practice casebook managers to help co- into the public sector health
for anyone involved in The business case for
Martin Bell
ordinate work over the industry can be tough, but
the business of selling adopting an IP PBX many of its specialist teams hundreds of sites the Trust it’s been an integral part
enterprise and public solution was clear from need to meet on a weekly manages. One of the key of delivering improvements
sector telecoms. The new the start, says Bell. Simply basis to discuss cases. reasons he chose the South within the North Bristol Trust,
system, supplied by Alcatel- giving hospital staff direct West/Alcatel partnership, and there’s no reason
Lucent through South West dial numbers will reduce Many of the planned according to Bell, was this success shouldn’t be
Communications, is based voice traffic by a third, technologies are already because of its commitment repeated elsewhere. “All
around bringing the cost but the introduction of being used in live trials. “We to finding solutions through of the executives here are
and efficiency benefits of videoconferencing and use large, kiosk-type units in R&D. The most significant very positive and pro what
unified communications – digitising of all records our cancer area,” says Bell. of which is the design IT can do,” he explains.
notably videoconferencing and images – like CAT “All the cancer patients in of a new ‘James Bond’ “No-one sees it as a waste.
– to both staff and patients. scans and X-rays – will the different types of tumour box being trialled with It’s contributed significantly
“The telecoms work we’re significantly increase sites have to be reviewed outpatients living a long to turning round the Trust in
doing was enabled by the efficiency. The Trust covers in what’s called a multi- way from the specialist terms of financial problems,
fact that we have a 35- an area which spans from disciplinary team meeting. medical teams. These are service improvement and
year-old Siemens switch Wales to Cornwall, and There are about 12 of these simply webcam enabled clinical reading.”
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