Throughout the United Kingdom, NHS ambulance waiting times have tremendously increased, with non-urgent cases potentially taking up to 3 hours to get an ambulan... Read more.
The administrative burden placed on nurses has grown exponentially in recent years, driven by factors such as technological advancements, increased documentatio... Read more.
Digital health data strategies across Scotland could be a significant factor in the quality of care patients receive throughout the country. Refining this has a... Read more.
Artificial intelligence is one of the fastest-growing trends in technology at the moment, with generative AI getting closer and closer. More industries are embr... Read more.
In healthcare, efficiency not only reduces costs but can also save the lives of patients. Solving all of the logistical issues in a supply chain is a fundamenta... Read more.
The healthcare sector is one of the most important in modern society, with effective healthcare helping people to be healthier, happier and more productive. Pro... Read more.
Effective administration is one of the most important parts of healthcare, with effective planning and preparation often making the difference between effective... Read more.
A combination of inventory technology and rigorous data management could offer various benefits to the UK’s healthcare services. ELCOM’s recent webinar on t... Read more.
Safety is at the heart of any successful health service, but this can only happen with professionals taking action. This is the driving force behind the 'Scan4S... Read more.
Elcom, the world’s first cloud-based procurement technology provider, has been awarded a £2.7 million five-year contract by The Scottish Government. The cont... Read more.
When you operate an Integrated Care System, providing the best possible outcomes for your patients is your number one priority. This means ensuring a good stand... Read more.
Integrated Care Systems (ICSs) are partnerships between organisations involved in health and care services, invented to bring them together as one working body,... Read more.
Scottish Government’s Lynn Wisener, Deputy Director of eCommerce & Procurement Best Practice on the government’s use of eCommerce in public procurement.... Read more.
Every organisation needs to be able to carefully manage their purchasing and their budget. The bottom line matters. But with large organisations, a manual syste... Read more.
Procurement can be complex for any organisation and this can limit its cost-effectiveness. A procurement process that isn’t cost-effective can substantially i... Read more.
Purchase-to-pay systems can offer several advantages for businesses. However, there are certain practices to carry out to get the most out of your system and in... Read more.
Recent technological advances mean that departments and companies throughout the healthcare sector are shifting towards technological solutions and away from pa... Read more.
If you’re working in the procurement departments of the healthcare sector, you might be researching the latest in inventory management technology. The truth i... Read more.
Supply chain management is an important aspect of improving how organisations work - it can help reduce costs, make things run more efficiently, and use data ef... Read more.
Across the country and the world, businesses suffer a significant tail-spend problem – in particular, the public sector spends over £1 billion every year on ... Read more.
AI as a key digital trend in supply chain management
Artificial intelligence aims to utilise computing power to emulate the decision-making and problem-solvi... Read more.
The UK is currently experiencing an ongoing supply chain crisis as a combined result of Brexit and Covid-19. This supply chain crisis is impacting almost every ... Read more.
COVID-19 has affected so many aspects of our daily lives and nowhere has this been more pronounced than in industry and commerce, with most businesses having to... Read more.
Machine learning and artificial intelligence are expected to drive the next generation of supply chain solutions with the emergence of a self-aware platform int... Read more.
Integration of procure-to-pay (P2P) processes with end-to-end automation and decision-making workflows positions procurement at the crossroads of massive data f... Read more.