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Purple appoints Mike Farrar as new Healthcare Adviser
Purple's ability to expertly position indoor location services in-line with healthcare needs has grown stronger with the recent addition of healthcare expert Mike Farrar.
Digital Wayfinding – One small step for the NHS but a big step for patient and staff empowerment by Mike Farrar
Whilst digital wayfinding may not as yet be common parlance in the NHS, it may be that its emergence in the coming years heralds a mindset shift of sizeable proportion on the part of Trusts and their management culture. Wayfinding refers to information systems that guide people through a physical…
NHS WiFi: A straightforward procedure with Purple
In 2015, Jeremy Hunt declared that all NHS buildings across England would be provided with free WiFi in a bid to improve services and reduce costs. Fast forward two years and it looks like this will soon come to fruition as all GP practices will have free WiFi for patients,…
Baroness Lane-Fox drives digital transformation for the NHS
This week Baroness Martha Lane-Fox suggested serious technological changes to the NHS in her detailed review for the government. In July 2015, Jeremy Hunt tasked Baroness Lane-Fox with job of considering the digital future of the NHS. Released on the 10th December, the document makes recommendations which included free WiFi…