Healthcare

Enabling a paperless transformation

Hyper-automation through PowerApps is the key to an ambitious project to shift Belfast Trust’s operations entirely away from paper.    Knowing that digitising paper processes and reducing duplication improves efficiency, Belfast Health & Social Care Trust (known as Belfast Trust) who deliver integrated health and social care to about 340,000 citizens in Belfast and provides […]

Crossing new frontiers in genomics

Patients and medical staff in Northern Ireland are benefitting greatly from the latest, cutting-edge, cloud technology   The Belfast Health & Social Care Trust (BHSCT) Regional Molecular Diagnostics Service (RMDS) delivers genetic and molecular diagnostic services to all five health trusts in Northern Ireland, covering a population of 1.8 million. Since 2019, the RMDS team […]

Why trust is the essential ingredient in healthcare digital transformation.

My phone had scarcely stopped ringing for weeks. Now it was ringing again. “Veronica,” said the voice at the other end, “we have an idea!” Immediately, I recognized who it was. I’ve known Carlo Tacchetti for almost as long as I’ve been at Microsoft. He’s a professor at the Vita-Salute San Raffaele University and the […]

Belfast Trust: Reimagining patient care

“There have been many heroic actions by our staff but we’re not heroes for what we’ve done – I’m just glad we could do our bit to help.” Paul Duffy, Co-Director of IT and Telecommunications at Belfast Trust, is talking about the monumental impact COVID-19 has had on the healthcare sector and how virtual consultations […]

The ‘Big Bang’ approach to digital transformation – and how to make it work

These days there’s no such thing as ‘business as usual’. Change and disruption are the new normal. Just think of the changes affecting your organization right now, with new technology and techniques driving new attitudes and expectations from employees and customers alike. Everything is changing. And the one thing all those changes have in common […]

Waiting Times for Patients in Irish Hospitals have Reduced as a Result of The National Treatment Purchase Fund using Microsoft Dynamics 365

Waiting Times for Patients in Irish Hospitals have Reduced as a Result of The National Treatment Purchase Fund using Microsoft Dynamics 365   It is well documented that waiting times for patients in Irish hospitals have continued to grow putting ever–increasing pressure on our national health service.     The most recent figures released show that 567,000 people are currently waiting to see a specialist for an […]

Improved Quality of Life for Cystic Fibrosis Patients through use of Microsoft Teams for Consultations

Improved Quality of Life for Cystic Fibrosis Patients through use of Microsoft Teams for Consultations at University Hospital Limerick   Pilot programme reduces infection risk and improves therapy outcomes for patients and clinicians Part of the Health Service Executive (HSE) in Ireland, University Hospital Limerick (UHL) has been piloting online consultations using Microsoft Teams for […]

Medical device provider builds an Azure data estate for any future

Danish med-tech company Coloplast makes innovative care products for people with intimate health challenges. To help maintain productive customer relationships and better understand the needs of patients, Coloplast migrated from an on-premises data warehouse and business intelligence (BI) solution to Microsoft Power BI, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, and other Azure services. The migration is part […]