Studies have found that Primary Care Physicians spend more than 50% of their workday interacting with electronic health records (EHR’s), this is a significant amount of time that could be better spent with patients. Many doctors work up to 6 hours outside of standard clinic hours on EHR’s, completing data entry tasks amongst other things.
It’s clear that this is a consequence closely linked to poorly designed and implemented record keeping. Healthcare practitioners are governed by numerous stakeholders when it comes to the day-to-day management of clinics and other healthcare facilities.
Satisfying the competing demands of fund managers, regulators, government bodies and most importantly, the patients, can be challenging and requires absolute diligence when it comes to record keeping.
But with the wealth of data that has to be stored in healthcare environments, such as patient data, instrument documentation, sanitation records and so on, healthcare professionals must be meticulous and efficient, or otherwise face patient confidentiality breaches, treatment errors or much worse.
Implementing immediate, real-time data solutions in healthcare and medicine is therefore essential for improved record and data management. Automating tedious data entry is made possible with real-time data-to-print devices, ultimately saving time that can be better spent on direct patient care.
This is where thermal printers come into play.
Thermal printing solutions for healthcare
So, what is a thermal printer? A thermal printer will use heat to imprint the text and graphics onto paper. This makes the final print more robust and detailed, making them ideal for fine details like bar codes and small labels.
Utilising thermal printing technology in the healthcare sector is essential in order to adhere to the strict regulations in the industry. Healthcare settings are required to implement efficient processes which ensure accurate, traceable data records. This is where a thermal printer from Martel can go beyond simple printing, empowering your unique solutions.
We understand that your healthcare printing solutions need to perform to the highest of standards, whether it be printing countless reports or labels, an error in data here can be fatal, so we eliminate the risk.
Our range is designed to provide permanent and clear printed data, we can even enable you to print from equipment that doesn’t have a printing feature, let’s look at the printing solutions we offer:
Panel printers:
If you’re looking for the simplest way to build a printing solution into your equipment, our panel printers are perfect for just that!
By using a ‘hole-in-the-wall’ style solution, our panel printers can be fitted to a variety of existing equipment fascia allowing for easy integration whilst activating technology which prints the data it collects.
Panel printers are designed for quick and reliable printing from your machines data output, from antibody and antigen test results to defibrillator and sterilisers logs.
Handheld healthcare printing solutions
Our handheld printers are used across a variety of sectors in the healthcare industry for their convenience and compliance.
Whether you need to print labels for medications or medical supplies, patient identification wristbands or data from medical equipment such as a breathalyser, our handheld printers offer an instant, mobile print or label.
We recognise healthcare printing isn’t just for your medical equipment; we also offer a range of handheld printers that enable various processes across the healthcare sector to become more efficient.
Bespoke healthcare printing solutions
Not all standardised printing solutions offer the exact capabilities that you may be looking for, that’s why we also offer bespoke healthcare printing solutions.
By working with our UK based in-house design and engineering teams, we can create a completely customised printing solution to meet your exact requirements and specifications, everything from engineering the software to the printer colours that can be hand selected by you.
Efficiency, automation and accuracy
By automating data capture and print processes, healthcare providers can improve the accuracy and clarity of patient data reducing the risk of life-threatening errors, this is just one of the many advantages of thermal printing.
At Martel Instruments, we believe that thermal printers are essential in the healthcare sector, in fact so do our customers, since there’s a very high chance that your medical steriliser will already be connected to a Martel printer!
From over fourty years of experience in manufacturing thermal healthcare printing solutions, we have some expertise to share with you, there are three ways that we can empower your healthcare printing solutions:
1) Efficiently streamlining your manual data transfers can allow you to focus on the patient first and foremost
Prioritising patient care is the biggest focus for healthcare professionals. Rightly so, this means increasing efficiency across workflows and processes is critical since it ensures the maximum amount of time can be spent on direct patient care.
To achieve efficiency, healthcare printing solutions from Martel can be implemented into your existing equipment and processes. This reduces the hours that would have otherwise been spent on time consuming, repetitive tasks such as manual data entry.
2) Helping your equipment to talk to each other provides opportunity for automation
As technology continues to advance, our team are continuously investigating what types of communication interfaces developers are looking to adopt. This means we’re continuously listening to healthcare printing requirements and automating your processes where possible. Our aim is to eliminate the need for manual data entry, transfer or printing, as this reduces the risk of error.
No matter what equipment you have, our healthcare printing solutions can be integrated to enable the equipment to print the data it collects.
The panel printer has a number of power supply and communication interface configurations with a range of connector types to ensure that it is compatible with any equipment that requires a printing capability. Similarly, our handheld printer can be connected either wirelessly or through wired connection to any equipment that requires an instant, mobile printed or label output of measurement data.
3) A coherent printed solution in the healthcare sector can achieve traceability, recordability and accuracy
Professionals in the healthcare sector should be considering how technology and automation can be leveraged for accuracy and traceability of all the data they collect.
As Martel’s range of printers can be integrated into any existing system and linked to any equipment, you can ensure accuracy in the data collection method. A direct connection between the collection point and the automatic printing of the data read means there is simply no room for human error.
By automatically reading and printing the data from the source the need for manual data entry is eliminated, records are traceable and onward patient care and treatment is second to none.
