Atkins Telecoms - IM&T and Security Consultants for Healthcare Projects

Atkins Telecoms is a leading IM&T and IT consultant to the healthcare sector. Our teams of technical experts help healthcare organisations create the integrated ICT environments required by clinicians and managers in hospitals, clinics and care homes.

At Atkins we understand that the demands for greater efficiency coupled with increasing use of tools such as PACS, E-health, Electronic Patient Records (EPR), national booking services and telemedicine systems has developed a requirement for a new generation of IM&T networks in the health care sector.

INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND SECURITY CONSULTANCY

The IM&T services offered by Atkins range from technical consultancy and project management through to the provision of complete turnkey solutions.

Whether it is a large hospital struggling with a patchwork of cabling infrastructures, a clinic considering VoIP technology or a new treatment centre looking to exchange data structures with the NPfIT, Atkins works to assure that healthcare professionals are supported by data and telephony systems that are reliable, resilient, efficient and most important of all, secure and confidential.

Getting the best value for these new systems requires experienced impartial engineers and consultants who can also provide solutions for upgrade and migration strategies. The range of services available from Atkins includes:

• Management consulting, business modelling and technology cost/benefit reviews
• Requirements capture, definition and the preparation of technical specifications
• The design of comms infrastructure, voice and data networks and IM&T systems
• Project planning, cost management and contractor management services
• Construction, installation and commissioning services

Safeguarding information is increasingly important to ensure confidentiality. Atkins can provide a full range of IT security services ranging from security audits through to secure network design. And our expertise in physical security can protect the vulnerable through modern technologies.

Atkins Telecoms customers include many government departments, as well as private sector companies. Our expertise include all modern technologies including:

• Radio networks; broadband, WLAN, 2G/3G, PMR, WIFI, WIMAX
• Data networks (LAN, WAN, MAN)
• Voice networks; PBX VoIP, PA, call centres
• Converged networks for LAN/WAN
• Specialist hospital systems (e.g. patient entertainment, emergency call, PACS)

EXAMPLE PROJECT: ICT AND SECURITY SOLUTIONS - SHEPTON MALLET TREATMENT CENTRE

Complete ICT and security solutions for the new build, £1.2m Shepton Mallet Treatment Centre were planned, designed and enabled by Atkins Telecoms. This Independent Sector Diagnosis and Treatment Centre Programme aim to reduce the waiting time for surgery and provides high levels of patient care.

EXAMPLE PROJECT: TURNKEY TELECOMMUNICATIONS FOR THE HEALTHCARE SECTOR

We work closely with Health Authorities, NHS Trusts, private providers and PFI consortia. Recent projects have included Hereford Hospital, Wythenshawe Hospital and the Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service.

SECURITY AND CCTV SERVICES

In the area of physical security, Atkins stands pre-eminent with CCTV and access control systems managed from central control rooms. We have designed and installed some of Europe’s largest and most complex systems, and maintain good relations with industry on technologies and systems.

Our engineers are able to design CCTV, access control and intruder detector systems that can be efficiently integrated onto common networks that enable the flexible deployment of security management and response services.

IT CONSULTANCY SKILLS AND SERVICES

We work closely with IT users, helping them to develop and operate efficient networks. We also provide a full telecommunications engineering service to support major development schemes, construction schemes and the roll-out of local, national and international communications networks.