In-house print room - CRD

Print-on-Demand and centralised print management

Print your patient information leaflets, hospital accreditations, menus, invoices and more – on-demand


Now you can make huge savings on both space and resources (as well as avoiding redundant stock costs) by eliminating the need to use and store pre-printed stationery. With Print-on-Demand, you print only what you need, when you need it, working from a digital library of all your most commonly-used documents. To complement this, a Central Reprographics Department provides you with professional production and finishing capabilities – ensuring you can match the services normally only provided by external print providers.

Research has shown that using applications such as EHR and HIS actually does little to reduce your print volumes – often; in fact, such systems will increase the amount of printing that takes place across a company.


Centralising bulk print output, however – and managing print assets distributed across a company within an in-house print room (CRD) – lets you realise significant savings. Switching to this approach enables you to formulate an holistic print strategy, focusing on the delivery of all your print services in the most cost-effective way, rather than just obsessing over print volumes.


Such an approach gives you the convenience of choice you need when it comes to managing your output, allowing your users to print either centrally or locally (on a ward or at an outpatient clinic, for example). This can be done in accordance with a formal print policy, controlled and policed using a rules-based-printing software application.


Here are just a few of the benefits you can expect to enjoy with Print-on-Demand…


  • Cuts your print costs by removing the need for pre-printed documents – menus and distribution lists, patient information folders, invoices, reminders and other documents are created digitally in advance (including logo and address details, of course), in accordance with your organisation’s branding guidelines
  • Ensures skilled CRD personnel perform tasks such as manually sorting, matching and filing documents, freeing up your frontline staff spend more time doing their jobs, and less on their admin
  • Streamlines mail preparation using barcodes and OMR marks
  • Lets you retrieve centrally-held digital assets – including templates, generic documents, forms and more – quickly and easily
  • Performs faster, centralised updates and document control
  • Helps you keep stock items to a minimum, and reduce stock redundancy caused by rebranding
  • Frees up valuable storage space, which can then be used for other, more useful purposes
  • Optimises deployment of your CRD personnel by providing first-line support for distributed print – including proactive paper replenishment and toner replacement – increasing availability (uptime) of your distributed print assets


Uses rules-based-printing to minimise your printing costs, diverting bulk print jobs and complex finishing activities to the CRD, where production costs can be reduced relative to local print assets

Print on Demand

Print on Demand

Maximise your opportunities to reduce costs – and minimise lead times for essential print items

Recent research has shown that rather than reducing print output, applications such as EHR and HIS actually increase volumes across healthcare organisations. A print-on-demand solution provided through a Central Reprographic Department (CRD) can support a strategy to reduce an organisation’s print output by eliminating the need to hold stocks of pre-printed stationery.  Establishing an in-house print facility will also significantly reduce your reliance on external supply-chains and related lead-time limitations.


Read on to find out how you, too, could be benefitting!

Hardware
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Compatibility with office laser printers

The recommendation for bizhub Medical is made upon completion of a comprehensive test procedure with a representative selection of Konica Minolta printers. In addition to endorsing the quality and compatibility of the PDB solution, Konica Minolta has developed detailed recommendations for printer settings, to ensure the best possible results and high standards of reliability in a clinical context.

Software
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Information System Communication for Healthcare Information

An efficient tool for combining all digital patient data. Lets you connect Konica Minolta bizhub Medical Systems to various healthcare software applications to enable quick printing of medical information, appointment schedules and hospital details – a physician’s specialisations or HDO acclamations, for example – in one comprehensive booklet.

Services
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Always at your Service

Our experienced, knowledgeable specialist staff will answer any questions you may have, and show you how to operate your product. Our services function for your benefit, within a support system designed to ensure you and your company benefit fully from the solutions. We offer a range of different services, including optimised print services to combine your consulting; hardware and software implementation; workflow management to lower your document spending; and smart security services, to keep your business safe.

To find out more about Print-on-Demand and the benefits it could be bringing your company, contact us today on ….