NHS Review. Streamlining management.

NHS review: the broad picture.

Given the determination of the opposition to present the review of the National Health Service as a revelation of the cloven hoof of Thatcherism and the government's determination to present it as a millenarian vision, it is all too easy to lose sight of its true importance. Its immediate impact is likely to be less dramatic than expected, apart from the demands on the negotiating time of every...

Streamlining Foreign Exchange Management Operations with Corporate Financial Portals

Global competition and decreasing profit margins force companies to reduce their operational costs. This puts pressure on all business units and operations, including financial management. One approach to increase operational efficiency is the automation of existing processes by eliminating unnecessary manual interventions. Alternatively, one can design and implement new, improved processes. Th...

Streamlining Enterprise Records Management with Lean Six Sigma

Streamlining of prehospital stroke management: the golden hour.

Thrombolysis with alteplase administered within a narrow therapeutic window provides an effective therapy for acute ischaemic stroke. However, mainly because of prehospital delay, patients often arrive too late for treatment, and no more than 1-8% of patients with stroke obtain this treatment. We recommend that all links in the prehospital stroke rescue chain must be optimised so that in the fu...

NHS facilities management: a prescription for change

The role of facilities management in the delivery of effective healthcare is linked to the recent growth of facilities management in the NHS in the UK. Research has shown the benefits which can be achieved by the introduction of integrated facilities management. The cultural changes, that are coming as a result of the 24-hour society in which we now live, bring new challenges and opportunities....