Every day dozens of patients don’t turn up for their appointment at the hospital. No time? Not bothered? Or simply forgot? It doesn’t make any difference. All too often this leads to a loss of income and the necessity of making risky overbookings that result in the whole of the daily planning being called into question.
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ICT in the service of healthcare
ICT can play a key role in a hospital setting. It can lead to numerous improvements at all levels: improvement of care, of the quality of life for the staff and patients, administrative tasks, archiving, etc. The efficiency and reliability of the solutions remain crucial, not to mention security. Belgacom offers a range of solutions to ensure the confidentiality of medical data and the continuity of care and services.
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Mobile phone promotes bilingual service
Europe Hospitals enjoys the Wireless Office formula
To improve the bilingual service offered to patients, Europe Hostpitals is offering language courses to its nursing staff. At the end of the course, those who pass a language exam receive a mobile phone from the Brussels Hospital. In this way, the incentive also helps to retain staff. 300 out of 700 nurses have already passed the exam. Read more
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Mobile application ensures a more efficient service
Interview with Remi De Brandt
Nurses of the Socialist Mutual Health Insurance Funds who carry out house calls, receive online access to a patient’s file via a PDA. In the system, they can register the work performed. They also have a better overview of the work schedule, which means they can manage their time more efficiently. Data communication takes place via Proximus. Read more
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A mobile phone for everyone!
Interview with Laurent de Meutter on the HR advantages within the health sector
The company mobile phone is becoming an increasingly integral component of an employee’s benefit package. This phenomenon is particularly evident within the health sector. In this interview, Laurent De Meutter, the sales manager of the Belgacom sales team responsible for this sector, describes for us the different options chosen by his clients.
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Better and faster telephony
az groeninge: 10.000 new telephone numbers in one weekend
The relocation to the new campus of az groeninge was the perfect opportunity to convert the hospital’s entire telephone system: from a complex to a logically structured numbering plan. Read more
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Health Innovation Forum 2009
The second edition of the Health Innovation Forum was a resounding success. The Belgacom Group and its technology partners thank you for the trust you placed in them this year, as in the past. On 17 September, some 400 participants attended the event. The whole healthcare sector was represented, from general practitioners to IT experts, which resulted in many constructive exchanges. The theme of the Forum was “Technology and innovation at the service of the healthcare sector”, an all-out program developed during the conference “e-Health, soon a reality in Belgium?”, where various leading health experts presented their views and vision. Six workshops were also held on current issues, presenting the best practices in Belgium and abroad: videoconferencing, medical filing, telemedicine, telephony, the wireless IT network and the health network. New this year: you can now discover the blog dedicated to this event. You will find a summary of the various presentations that were given. You can also view photos and video memories of the event. If you are looking for information on any of the topics discussed, you can download the presentations and read the articles related to the topics presented during the event. We hope you enjoy your reading. Please do not hesitate to comment on the articles online.
Posted by: joris Vanvinckenroye
en het was tevens een interessant netwerkgelegenheid !!