MOBILE PRINT IN HEALTHCARE
With healthcare organisations looking to improve efficiency to help bring waiting lists down, many are now embracing digital technology to do this, including mobile print solutions, which means there are growing opportunities for resellers.
Bringing waiting lists down is a key goal for the NHS, which means that healthcare organisations are looking for ways to increase efficiency, including using technology to help healthcare professionals to spend more time on clinical duties. Increasingly, mobile print solutions are being brought in by healthcare organisations to help with this goal. “The need for efficient healthcare has driven the requirement for mobile and accessible medical equipment, with mobile battery powered medical workstations that can access electronic health records, these mobile workstations not only carry PCs, monitors, barcode scanners and mobile printers, but things essential for patient care like patient prescriptions, with a mobile printing solution, total patient care can be administered at the bedside, in A&E waiting rooms or wherever patients may be for triage,” explains Deyon Antoine, marketing manager at Toshiba Tec. Harriette Wysocki, country manager UK at Jarltech, adds that the company is seeing a marked increase in demand for mobile print solutions within healthcare environments. “With hospitals, clinics and care facilities under immense pressure to enhance efficiency and streamline workflows, mobile printing has become a vital component of operational agility,” she says. “These solutions are no longer seen as optional add-ons, but rather as essential tools that support real-time information processing and reduce errors in fast-paced medical settings.
“Mobile print solutions in healthcare are primarily used for on-the-go labelling – whether it’s printing wristbands for patient ID, specimen labels in pathology, or medication labels at the bedside. This mobility allows clinicians and support staff to print directly where care is delivered, which not only increases accuracy but also reduces the risk of mistakes and enhances patient safety.” Deyon adds that mobile print solutions can also be beneficial to phlebotomy departments. “They can be used for labelling blood samples and in some cases for blood bag labelling, as well as supporting patient admittance in A&E for printing patient wristbands, the advantage is they can be deployed anywhere on demand,” he says Simon Brennan, senior business manager – Specialist Printing Solutions at Brother UK, says that mobile print solutions can be used for on-demand patient wristband printing, through to request forms, prescription labels and 2D barcodes. “These are vital in ensuring patients, their medical records and medication are easily identifiable – saving time and avoiding errors that can arise from handwritten labels, such as misspelt names or illegible patient numbers,” he says. Trends There are several clear trends from healthcare organisations currently regarding their demands for their mobile print solutions. “A clear trend we’re noticing is the growing demand
Deyon Antoine, marketing manager
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Flexibility with media sizes means printers
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