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ExtraMed shortlisted for Building Better Healthcare Award
Added: (Fri Sep 12 2008)
ExtraMed Limited, the leading UK patient flow management company, is pleased to announce it has been named a finalist for the Building Better Healthcare (BBH) Awards 2008. The company is competing in the Best Interiors Product category with A&E Whiteboard and BEDS, its real-time, electronic patient flow systems.
The annual BBH Awards were established in 1998 to reward excellence, innovation and professionalism in the healthcare built environment. They look specifically at building design, the patient environment, people, products and estates and facilities management. This year’s competition had a record 141 entries and ExtraMed will be competing against seven other finalists in its category.
Keith Nicholson, Managing Director of ExtraMed, commented:
“We are delighted to have been named a finalist in the BBH Awards. This is a great recognition of ExtraMed’s commitment to providing hospitals with easy-to-use technologies that significantly improve operational efficiencies and patient outcomes. We look forward to hearing the outcome of the awards.”
The winners will be announced at the BBH Awards ceremony on 13th November 2008 at The Brewery in London.
About ExtraMed
ExtraMed is an innovative medical software development house and healthcare information technology consultancy based in Grangemouth, Central Scotland. ExtraMed specialises in improving Patient Flow through its innovative clinical information systems. These are developed in collaboration with nurses and doctors to create useable, effective technologies that improve hospital performance. ExtraMed’s real-time, electronic, patient flow system - which is currently centred around it’s A&E Whiteboard and BEDS technology - is focused on alleviating bottlenecks, increasing operational efficiencies and helping hospitals smooth the journey of a patient through a hospital so that they can deliver consistently high quality care.
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Contacts for ExtraMed Limited
Dr Keith Nicholson, Managing Director
ExtraMed Limited
Grangemouth Enterprise Centre, Falkirk Road
GRANGEMOUTH
FK3 8XS
Tel: 01324 878 629 Fax: 01324 878 601
Email: keith.nicholson@extramed.co.uk Web: www.extramed.co.uk
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