February 16, 2012
NHS Lothian Enhances Health Services with Polycom RealPresence
By Nathesh, TMCnet Contributor
NHS Lothian was able to enhance health services internally and across its health boards in South East Scotland with the help of Polycom (News 
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With Polycom HD video solutions, NHS Lothian is said to have built a collaborative environment that enabled its staff to work with improved efficiency, provide patients with greater convenience and bring down operational costs.
NHS Lothian is in-charge of offering health services to patients living in Edinburgh, East Lothian, Mid Lothian, and West Lothian and also across Scotland. The company which offers primary, community-based and acute hospital services said that it made the right decision in choosing Polycom. Now with the ability to use voice, video, unified communications, and telepresence all in one call, it is more connected than ever.
According to Polycom, the Polycom RealPresence High Definition offers unprecedented high-definition video in a cinematic view, extraordinary StereoSurround audio and high resolution content in a truly immersive meeting environment that will provide the ultimate meeting experience for executives in any organization, linking sites across the globe.
“NHS Lothian is realizing the full benefits of truly unified communications built around HD video collaboration. Residents in Lothian and across the South East of Scotland can now communicate with healthcare professionals like never before – encouraging a self-service approach to health. Together with the cost and environmental savings from video collaboration, NHS Lothian is on to a winning formula,” commented Andrew Graley, director of healthcare for Polycom EMEA, in a press release.
Polycom explained that its healthcare solutions can be used to setup a remote telemedicine collaboration that can be used by medical professionals of NHS Lothian not just to collaborate with their patients over video but also to train and deliver expert knowledge to other staff working across the Lothian health boards.
Nathesh is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Nathesh's articles, please visit his columnist page.Edited by
Jennifer Russell
