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Product Information Revolution in UK Healthcare: Part 4
Happy Outcomes? This series of articles has looked at the various requirements and legislation supporting the automation of the UK National Health Service (NHS) procurement, product use and recording in electronic systems of the near £30 Billion of pharmaceuticals,...
Product Information Revolution in UK Healthcare: Part 3
The European Union and the Electronic Patient Record (EPR) It may seem that the EU interferes in our day-to-day lives, stories of bananas having to be straight, light ale having to change its name and ambulances having to be painted yellow to comply with EU...
Product Information Revolution in UK Healthcare: Part 2
Savings and safety through verification Continuing on from my post last week about the eProcurement Strategy for the UK National Health Service (NHS), another important topic is how cost savings and improved patient safety can be achieved through data verification....
Product Information Revolution in UK Healthcare
In a series of four short articles, I will be exploring the information challenges and opportunities for hospitals presented by the eProcurement Strategy for the UK National Health Service (NHS). The Strategy includes a mandate that means any service or product...
Tell-tale signs your IT environment is in need of change
You may have one of the smartest and most hardworking IT teams on the planet, yet still notice that something is holding them back from delivering business value. It could be the application development platform they are using. Tell-tale signs that it is the...
Business Application Development
The Rule of Three It occurred to me some time ago that the creation of business software, once we get past the design and planning stage, boils down to three basic activities. 1 - We read and write data from and to a storage device. 2 - We manipulate the...
Major Release 3 (MR3/MjR3) — Simplified
If your head spins like a vortex when you hear the terms MR3 or MjR3, you’re not alone. From attributes and valid values, to validation rules and data migration, deciphering the Global Data Synchronization Network™ (GDSN) Major Release 3 (MR3) is like a...
ABHI Regulatory Conference 2015
Countdown to the Medical Device Regulation – A LANSA Perspective The changes happening in the medical device world over the next few years fall squarely into the category of “quiet revolutions that will affect us all.” The last time the European Commission updated...
Tradeshows and gym memberships: more similar than you think!
While preparing for the Fall COMMON Conference, I kept thinking about a recent conversation I had with the manager at my local gym. She said, “We’ve got cardio equipment, free weights, spin classes, and more. You can participate in all or none, it’s really up to you....
Technology has a place, and it’s not at your dinner table
My sisters and I grew up around the dinner table. We were fortunate enough to have parents that viewed mealtime as sacred. While my dad couldn’t get a word in if he wanted to – I guess being surrounded by three daughters and a wife will do that to a guy – we shared...
Raising the profile and importance of GS1 Standards for eCommerce
LANSA supports GS1 UK and fellow solution partners at eCommerce Expo 2015 From June 2015 eBay sellers have been required to add product identifiers to their listings for a number of selling categories where the items listed are new or manufacturer refurbished. Product...
International i-Power Conference 2015
IBM i revival – A well attended event and an upbeat atmosphere The International i-Power Conference, hosted by i-UG (the UK IBM i User Group), is the annual gathering of IBM i enthusiasts from across the UK. As a proud i-UG member LANSA was one of 21 sponsors at this...