FAQ

If you would like to see what other visitors wanted to know. Or if you have a question of your own - visit..... Frequently Asked Questions....

Pagefree Limited        The Old Surgery           11 Pennine Road        Simmondley               Glossop                     Derbyshire                 SK13 6NN

Tel 01457 857006           

 How Can Document Scanning Protect You From Swine Flu? By Mike Stuhley is the president of GoScan, Inc.

Part One: Technology for collecting data for the swine flu pandemic

It’s the biggest healthcare story of 2009. The World Health Organization has declared the swine flu pandemic the first in 41 years. In order to manage this crisis, the healthcare community will need to use technology to track patients and countermeasures in order to quickly analyze what is working and what needs to be changed.

Decision making for the flu pandemic requires information. Information must be gathered, processed, researched and reported. Fortunately there are simple, affordable technologies available to healthcare providers to help manage the information.

In part one of this two part article, we will take a look at collecting the data. In part two we will look at processing the data.

A word about volume

With the flu pandemic we are talking millions of patients in large cities or counties needing vaccination or treatment. Even in the smaller cities or counties the numbers will be big and turnaround will be tight. Dozens of data points about each patient will need to be collected at the time of treatment. The treatment centers will be spread out geographically in order to handle the volume of patient interactions. Before we look at any technology, let’s make sure it meets three basic criteria. In this case, any technology that is going to work for the flu pandemic has to be simple, affordable and scaleable.

Simple

A frequently heard joke in the computer industry is “System Error: Replace User and Press Any Key”. Users in this case are patients, doctors, nurses and other health care professionals. In a stressful situation, the last thing anyone needs to worry about is which button to press. Whatever technology is used to collect data has to be simple enough so that thousands of people with limited computer skills will be able to us it with no training and no helpdesk support.

© As published on Healthcare Technology Online, September 23, 2009

INVU Press Release

22nd September 2009

Invu teams up with Smartways to offer online data backup service

Invu Plc (“Invu” or the “Company”), one of the UK’s leading document management software companies, is joining forces with leading managed IT service provider Smartways to launch Invu Online Backup powered by Touchpoint.

To view the full release         

www.invu.net/pdf/Press Release_ Invu Online Backup 22.09.09 FD[79295].pdf

Canon Launches Personal Document Scanning Device

by: Nathan Eddy

Canon jumps into the mobile image capture market with the imageFORMULA P-150 personal document scanning device.

Digital imaging and office solutions company Canon announced the launch of the imageFORMULA P-150 personal scanner. Built on the imageFORMULA product line, the mobile scanning device offers compact size and user-friendly interface. The P-150 will be available through CDW beginning Oct. 28 for $295, the company stated.

The P-150 measures 11 inches long, 3.7 inches wide and 1.6 inches high and weighs just over two pounds, which Canon said is ideal for mobile workers, or “road warriors” as well as office workers. The P-150 can scan a batch of up to 20 documents at its maximum scanning speed of 15 pages-per-minute (ppm) in simplex, or 30 images-per-minute (ipm) in duplex scanning. Jim Rosetta, vice president and general manager of Canon U.S.A.’s imaging system group said the device’s compact size and easy portability could be utilized by a wide variety of commercial end-users. “The combination of speed, advanced features and high image quality in such a compact footprint make this an ideal image capture solution for everyone from 'on-the-go travelers' to users in small offices,” he said.

To further improve the functionality of the Canon P-150 and improve ease-of-use for end-users, Canon included "CaptureOnTouch Lite", a plug-and-scan capability that is built directly into the scanner, allowing users instantaneously start scanning without installing drivers of imaging applications. The P-150 also includes ISIS and TWAIN drivers, interfaces for seamlessly linking applications and scanners for hardware integration with third-party Enterprise Content Management (ECM) software. In addition, the P-150 can use electrical power via a single USB cable connected to a PC.

Anne Valaitis, an associate director with InfoTrends, a strategic consulting and market research firm in the business communications and digital imaging marketplace, said scanning has undergone a sea of changes in the recent past with a new emphasis on compact, mobile and personal use scan devices making a significant move forward. "Canon enters into this exciting category at a time when mobile workers are clamoring for highly capable devices to serve their specific needs,” she said. “We view this personal, decentralized scanning space as one that is exploding as more and more knowledge workers are becoming familiar with scanning and its considerable benefits inside and outside the office.

Return to - Document Scanning

Pagefree Ltd make regular scheduled collections from: Manchester, Stockport, Greater Manchester, Derbyshire, Lancashire, Cheshire and Yorkshire with collections from other areas by arrangement

Pagefree Ltd  Document  Management -  Specialise in providing document management services, Document Scanning Services, Scanning and Management Software,

Pagefree Ltd Document Management & Scanning Services 11 Pennine Road, Glossop, Derbyshire, SK13 6NN, UK