Articles & white papers

The Library contains more information on the healthcare industry including strategy documents, White Papers and articles that have been published in connection with iSOFT.

iSOFT achieves its largest ever concurrent user performance and scalability benchmark

21.03.2006

In benchmark tests, iSOFT’s LORENZO healthcare solution handled six million ‘real’ transactions per hour for 25,000 concurrent users.

Proving i.EPR can support 10,000 concurrent users

01.12.2003

Using real world data and based on UK Market & healthcare knowledge, replicated from an actual user site, the results indicate that 97% of the healthcare transaction responses were completed in less than three seconds. Even at these response rates, the database server was only running at 54% of capacity and the application servers at 19%.

Leveraging the public health potential of the Clinical Information System

23.07.2003

Dr Martin Shen looks at the role of Clinical Information Systems have in empowering healthcare professionals to prevent the spread of illnesses like SARS.

Keeping Path Links on track

01.08.2002

Patrick Mitchell-Jones, iSOFT Laboratory Systems Product Manager, gives an example of how i.Laboratory worked to provide Lincolnshire's multi-site pathology network with an effective sample tracking solution.

Web-based clinical information, by doctors, for doctors, wherever the doctor needs it

18.03.2002

Dr Bob Ryder, Consultant Physician and Clinical IT Lead at Birmingham City Hospital NHS Trust writes about the importance of their web-based EPR solution and the variety of ways it's being used at the trust.

Single multi-site IT system is the key to Path Links

08.02.2002

Lincolnshire has a number of District General Hospitals across the county and five different laboratories on different sites. With the use of i.Laboratory and Path Links, the trusts involved were able to integrate their laboratories together and improve the support to all the hospitals.

The role of integrated Care Pathways in the modern NHS

17.02.2002

Integrated Care Pathways are not a new concept in healthcare and Dr Chris Tackaberry, Head of Clinical R&D at iSOFT has been exploring their role as part of the Government's modernisation plan for the NHS.

Web-based clinical information at Birmingham City Hospital NHS Trust

07.01.2002

Web-based access to information systems is being used to support clinical decision-making throughout the UK. Here, Dr Chris Tackaberrys, Head of Clinical R&D at iSOFT looks at one example at Birmingham City Hospital NHS Trust.

What every pathology laboratory should know about implementing Pathology Messaging

18.09.2001

Requirements in Government modernisation means that by the end of the year, all NHS pathology laboratories must be capable of sending compliant pathology messages. This is where the Pathology Messaging Implementation Project is vital to benefiting a pathology laboratory.

Solving the connectivity conundrum

17.09.2001

Ravi Kumar, Director of Software Development at iSOFT, presents an example of how XML can integrate data throughout healthcare across many platforms and takes a look at the future for applications based on this technology.

Mobile technologies in action

10.08.2001

Martin Jenner, Project Director, iSOFT and Ian McGregor, Head of IM&T, Worcestershire Healthcare NHS Trust deliver an insight to the use of future technologies which allow IT users to stay up to date and on the move.

IT assistance in Mental Health Care

22.01.2001

Daniel Rabson, Information Services Manager for Surrey & Hampshire Borders NHS Trust and David Hopkins, Head of Systems Development & Support at North & Mid Hants Health Authority write about the IT systems infrastructure review at Loddon NHS Trust and the need for enterprise wide-solution.

Using IT to improve patient care in Accident & Emergency

04.12.2000

Patient waiting times have been much talked about in Government tables, arming Doctors with patient information quickly and with confidence is not only vital to ensuring rapid treatment for patients but reduced waiting times also.