As the NHS continues its digital transformation journey, many Trusts are looking to frameworks to guide their progress. Historically, some turned to the HIMSS EMRAM model, a global benchmark for hospital digital maturity. But increasingly, the focus has shifted to a more practical, patient-centred, and NHS-specific approach, the What Good Looks Like (WGLL) framework. While EMRAM focuses heavily on […]

Three ways NHS patient engagement could get a big tech boost Hospitals have been using technology to stimulate patients in new ways. Innovative approaches to engaging and informing patients could soon rapidly scale. Dean Moody, healthcare services director at Airwave Healthcare, explains how. In NHS trusts across the country, a momentum has been building to

Report of the Independent Review of NHS Hospital Food The implementation of digital food menus forms a key part of recommendations from an independent review of hospital food, published on October 26th 2020. The review, led by Great British Bake Off star Prue Leith, was launched after a deadly outbreak of listeriosis in hospitals was

Why should I spend extra money on a commercial TV, when a domestic TV works just fine? I can save money if I buy my property’s TVs from the high-street! We do still hear this from time-to-time, especially when talking to smaller, independent healthcare providers. However, for any property that’s looking to save on long-term

Prodding, Poking, Playing… Airwave’s techie team spend many hours painstakingly prodding, poking and playing with various displays. systems and software,  ensuring they’re not just fit for purpose, but represent the best healthcare technology has to offer. Only then, will a product be signed off, and added to the portfolio. And it’s easy to get caught up

In the hospital environment, the implementation of pay to watch TV systems is contentious – expensive, exploitative even. Charging a bed-bound patient to watch TV? such a simple pleasure that surely shouldn’t be commercialised? To make it clear, Airwave Healthcare has never sold or implemented a pay-to-watch TV system and will never do so. Instead,

We don’t take it for granted that our customers know everything about healthcare TV technology, and have pulled together a list of our most frequently asked questions:   What’s the difference between a Healthcare TV and a normal TV?  Whilst healthcare TVs often share the same picture engines, display technology and chassis design as their domestic equivalents,

2020’s coronavirus pandemic has forced a number of industries to adapt to survive; operational procedures have been analysed and reimagined, with the implementing of a contactless experience, priority number one (especially in the healthcare industry, where infection control has always been a central agenda). Covid-19 has accelerated not only the advancement of technology, but the

Firstly, what exactly is a patient entertainment system? Before we get too bogged down in details, what actually is a patient entertainment system? In a nutshell:  A patient entertainment system delivers interactive services and additional features to a commercial TV. Systems range from simple splash screens (using text and images to welcome a patient) to

A full inventory of services Interactive TV systems turn a healthcare TV into a powerful information and marketing tool.  Fully customisable and remotely managed, well-designed systems elevate the patient experience and enhance a property’s operational efficiency.   As technology advances, so does the list of embedded functionalities.  IP based solutions offer extra features such as catch-up TV services

Surprising Statistics According to Ofcom*, Britain is a binge-viewing nation.  Eight in ten adults in the UK (40 million people) use subscription services such as Netflix or catch-up technology like BBC iPlayer or ITV Hub. 51% of people watch TV in their bedroom and two in five adults say they watch TV alone every day.

Away from home, an alien environment, strange faces, a new routine. Add the worry of an ensuing procedure or diagnosis, and you’ve got a heady cocktail of situations conducive to stress and anxiety. Recognising the negative impact of anxiety and stress on patient well-being and recovery, healthcare providers are increasingly turning to technology to help

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It’s just a telly on the wall, right? As patient entertainment systems become more complicated, so too does their design and deployment. Today’s feature rich, IoT driven technology is changing the parameters of the industry’s project management function. We speak with Project Manager and long-time Hotel TV logistics expert, Tom Chapman, and talk about Airwave

Toby Hart has been running Airwave’s operational arm (almost) since day one. We catch up with Mr.Operations and chat about life in the operational hot-seat: What’s the biggest operational challenge in healthcare technology? The nature of the healthcare industry, especially within hospitals, means that we have a very finite delivery and installation window, as a