Medical imaging

Experience the future of medical imaging

Health Business is delighted to announce a partnership with the Medical Imaging Convention. Taking place on the 17-18 March at the NEC Birmingham, the free-to-attend show will be visited by thousands of Medical Imaging professionals, including heads of medical imaging departments, senior radiologists, sonographers, mammographers, and radiographers from around the country

The Medical Imaging Convention is dedicated to providing a comprehensive program on the latest medical imaging content across MRI, CT, X-Ray, Breast Imaging and Ultrasound. The event provides the most up-to-date research, data and developments that can enable better patient outcomes, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness in UK medical imaging. Visitors to the convention will discover an enormous educational stream - the shows’ highly informative CPD seminar schedule will offer visitors the chance to receive expert guidance and insight, hear about groundbreaking solutions, techniques and research. Experts from around the UK are attending this dedicated convention to host inspiring and insightful CPD accredited seminars. The show welcomes some of the industry’s biggest influencers from leading organisations, including The University of Edinburgh, The Institute of Cancer Research and The Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

Additionally, The Mid and South Essex Hospital Groups’ Dr Qaiser Malik will be discussing ‘Radiology Improvement and Transformation’ and Professor Mark Lythgoe from the Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging at UCL who will be covering ‘Future imaging technologies: a look at the next-generation of devices’. Dedicated focus areas Be the first to hear about the latest additions to the 2020 lineup and incredible features by securing your free ticket. This convention has dedicated focus areas for MRI, CT, Ultrasound, Breast Imaging and X-Ray. Register now to be the first to hear content updates so you can plan your day around the packed two-day schedule. With a devoted program for each

area, the enormous schedule offers more medical

imaging knowledge

than one person could ever handle, so we

recommend signing up with your larger team. There are still many more announcements to come in the weeks leading up to the show, with the ever popular Rutherford Cancer Centre masterclass registrations opening this week. Some of last year’s topics for this include ‘Addressing current challenges in radiation oncology solutions’ - by Nigel Deshpande, Clinical Scientist and Radiation Oncology Lead’ at Philips Healthcare, and ‘Using research to drive oncology advancement’, led by Dr Ian The event provides the most up-to-date research, data and developments that can enable better patient outcomes

Barwick, Chief Scientific Officer at Rutherford Innovations. The masterclasses are interactive, allowing attendees to work closely with the hosts, but space is limited so sign up now and receive priority access to registrations! New for 2020, the show also features a dedicated theatre run by the National Breast Screening Programme. This will feature a full two-day program of industry-leading, CPD accredited speakers in breast imaging. Some of the seminars include Geeta Shetty of the NBSP on ‘Chest Wall Perforator Flaps for Partial Breast Reconstruction’ and Sheila Roath of the City, Sandwell & Walsall Breast Screening Service on ‘Developments in Breast Screening Administration’. The event boasts over 150 marketleading businesses exhibiting at the event including Philips, Bayer PLC, Bracco UK and Spire Healthcare who will all be displaying their latest products and services that are revolutionising the sector. These leading exhibitors are at the event to showcase the latest technology, launch new products, announce new policies and to network with the thousands of senior medical imaging professionals in attendance. These three shows form part of Mediweek, the UK’s largest healthcare event. Made up of nine groundbreaking free-to-attend events, this event brings together senior healthcare professionals from across the patient pathway.

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As well as this, 2020 will see the launch of The AI and Machine Learning Convention. This event is dedicated to showcasing the future of healthcare through Artificial Intelligence Technology. Boasting speakers such as Professor Claudia Pagliari The University of Edinburgh, and Dr Sue Astley of the University of Manchester. If you want to be prepared for the coming decade in healthcare, this event is unmissable.

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS FT Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NNUH), one of the largest acute trusts in England, has selected Swiss Post Solutions (SPS) to deliver a digital transformation solution across the organisation.

Taking its first step to becoming a digital hospital by digitising their paper health records and making them available electronically, NNUH becomes one of the latest UK trusts to embark on this exciting journey to become paper-lite by 2023.

SPS chose IMMJ Systems to provide the Electronic Document Management (EDM) component of the overall solution, and their implementation expertise to deliver MediViewer, their next generation digital platform enabling clinical EDMS to provide digitised clinical content and full electronic patient records at the point of care.

NNUH is a 1,200 bed teaching hospital, employing 10,000 staff and covering a wide geographic region. It is the largest acute hospital in the Norfolk and Waveney region

New for 2020, the show also features a dedicated theatre run by the National Breast Screening Programme. This will feature a full two-day program of industry-leading, CPD accredited speakers in breast imaging

and one of the largest acute trusts in the country. This is one of many significant investments being made in technological change and SPS with IMMJ Systems are proud to support them on their journey. The deployment of IMMJ Systems MediViewer will transform the way the trust provides patient information to clinicians – making patient records instantly available

to them whenever they are needed, and wherever they are based geographically, providing them with a fully consistent and up-to-date version of patient information which will in turn improve patient care. MediViewer’s functionality will enable clinical and administrative staff to access key patient information with ease. IMMJ’s SmartIndex™ technology facilitates a number of uniquely powerful search capabilities within MediViewer, including real time dynamic indexing, high speed document searching, and industryleading text filtering functions within the HTML based client app, available on both mobile and desktop platforms.

The trust believes that this solution will also help enable greater collaboration across different sites and improved access to clinical data with an off-line working function being delivered as part of the solution, enabling those remote workers to access critical patient records wherever they may be. This will help to streamline internal processes, as well as ultimately deliver significant cost savings of £2.5 million per annum. L

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Delivering on the promise of digital Britain

The UK has taken an early leadership position on 5G, with all four of the countries MNO’s launching their initial services in 2019

The country is also seeing rapid fibre deployment, as it attempts to boost its Fibre To The Home (FTTH) penetration levels. 2020 will be a pivotal year for British telcos and service providers as the country strives to provide ubiquitous, gigabit connectivity to more than 60 million people.

Connected Britain is the B2B event which helps organisations to keep up to date with the latest developments in the connectivity market and is ultimately the best place to understand the regulatory and financial landscape for digital infrastructure investment in the UK.

The 2020 series continues to focus on the wider implications of the Digital Strategy and explores how the UK can tackle emerging challenges head on to become a leading player in the digital revolution.

Launched in 2015, Connected Britain has gone from strength to strength, starting as a 200 attendee event, doubling in size each year and now expecting 2,500 attendees in June 2020. Its most recent success saw the event crowned the winner of the PPA’s Independent Publisher Awards’ Event of the Year 2019.

So how did it get here? Ultimately, it’s down to a great concept carefully executed. In 2015, Connected Britain was all about building high-capacity telecom networks, but now it is the preeminent digital economy event for the UK. Since then the content has evolved to include tracks on building a connected society, promoting digital literacy, delivering the cities of the future, digitising the UK’s workforce, building digitally connected national infrastructure and more. There will be nine streams in total for 2020 with over 350 speakers and 2,500 participants.

Connected Britain receives only the most senior and influential speakers in the industry, including in 2019 the CEO’s of Three, TalkTalk and Openreach amongst a line-up of 160 speakers – 31 of whom were CxO’s of major UK telcos. However, the real uniqueness of Connected Britain is its many relationships that have been built with the public sector including both national government and local authorities. To quote the Chief Strategy Officer of Community Fibre, Connected Britain is ‘one of those rare conferences where all the players are in one place and engaged in real debate’. Connected Britain also offers a unique platform for industry startups to engage with potential partners and investors thanks to the dedicated Startup Zone and Stage. Additionally, 2018 saw the launch of the Connected Britain Awards, recognising the best and most

innovative players from across the industry. Rob Chambers, Total Telecom managing director, said: “Connected Britain just gets stronger and stronger and has become the definitive platform for all the critical discussion points in moving the UK network forward. Every year we have more conference streams, and a total sell-out of tickets and exhibition space. Anyone who has an interest and involvement in our network and its future needs to be here in June 2020!” With connectivity now central to everyday life and work, we see no sign of Connected Britain’s growth slowing. Now in its 6th year, Connected Britain will return to the Business Design Centre from 18-19 June.

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Medstrom launches new Interactive Academy Learning Space

Clinical innovation, evidenced-based practice and education are at the heart of Medstrom’s philosophy. These three elements are front and centre in its newly unveiled facility - The Medstrom Academy

This purpose-built space showcases Medstrom’s range of solutions, that focus on meeting patient and caregiver needs in challenging clinical situations. Working closely with hospitals throughout the UK and Ireland, the healthcare company provides innovative products and specialists services that have been proven to help improve patient outcomes. This has supported the collaboration and education around the challenges posed by pressure area care, immobility, falls prevention, safe mobilisation and plus-sized patients. Deborah Newcombe, Clinical Director for Medstrom, was heavily involved in the launch of The Medstrom Academy and noted: “Over the last year we have been working hard to create an educational centre that marries clinical challenges with evidence and solutions, to create an unforgettable and immersive experience. It is really exciting to be able to share such a unique space with our colleagues throughout the healthcare sector!”

Clinically led content Medstrom Academy is divided between four different clinical challenges, with each area exploring the financial and physical impacts felt by the NHS and its patients. These areas include pressure ulcers, immobility, falls and safe mobilisation, and plus-sized patients. Each area is supported with industry evidence and statistics referenced using credible sources, such as clinical journals and articles. Deborah Newcombe explains: “Using referenced materials ensures we align as closely as possible to the clinical objectives of our visitors. We encourage people to use the Medstrom Academy as an educational tool. Coupled with the launch of our CPD accredited courses that we can deliver in the Academy, we hope our new centre will become a helpful part of visitors’ professional development.” Importantly, in each area there are various interactive elements on display throughout the learning space, including empathy suits. Deborah adds: “We wanted to really immerse people into the individual clinical challenges that confront the NHS every day. Being a very practical learner myself, having the ability to experience a situation or condition from a patient’s perspective, makes learning far more impactful.

“There are two suits available to achieve this, one for visitors to experience frailty

via an age-simulation suit, and the other to experience body morphology via a plus-sized patient suit. For example, with the help of the age simulation suit, visitors can experience first-hand decreased mobility and diminished physical senses, such as hearing and sight. “Altogether, it puts into perspective the challenges that older patients face, and the increased risks associated with simple tasks such as mobilising from a bed safely. By putting visitors in the patient’s perspective, we can then educate how to use products correctly, and demonstrate why selecting the right specification of equipment, such as a bedframe, is so important for both the patient and the caregiver.”

Meet your interactive companion When you visit The Medstrom Academy, you’re in control. Thanks to its open layout, you can easily journey through the various focus areas, pausing at what you find the most relevant. This is where your interactive companion introduces herself – Alexa.

Medstrom is among the first healthcare companies to utilise the technology in this way, as Amazon Alexa has been programmed to answer questions that are distributed throughout the various clinical areas. For example, ‘Alexa, where did the name Dolphin Therapy come from?’. This allows visitors to learn independently whilst exploring The Academy at their leisure.

Free to use meeting space Medstrom is also offering the upstairs meeting space within the Medstrom Academy as a free venue for recognised groups such as NBE, TVS, critical care networks, and of course NHS Trusts. Located close to East Midlands Airport and with local railway links, the centre offers an ideal location for regional study days, or hosting events in its spacious seating area.

Interested in seeing the Medstrom Academy for yourself or perhaps using it for your next event? Simply contact 0845 371 1717 to speak to your local Medstrom representative. L