Abingdon, UK Apr 21, 2010 — The Queen’s Award for Enterprise is the UK’s most prestigious award for business performance and denotes outstanding achievement by UK companies and has been bestowed on Penlon under the ‘International Trade’ category, for its continued record growth and commercial success in overseas markets. This represents the combined business of Anaesthesia Solutions, Medical Gas Pipeline Systems, Laryngoscopes, Oxygen Therapy and Suction.
This is Penlon’s fourth Queen’s Award and truly distinguishes Penlon in this sector. Previous awards were in 1968 and 1976 for Export Achievement, followed in 2002 with a Queen’s Award for Innovation for the highly acclaimed Sigma Delta Vaporizer.
Peter Leyland, CEO commented, ‘Penlon is immensely proud to receive this accolade which reflects the combined expertise and effort of everyone who has contributed to the sustained success of the business and their genuine passion in helping to raise standards of healthcare’.
Month: April 2010
Penlon wins a prestigious Queen's Award… for a fourth time
Abingdon, UK Apr 21, 2010 — The Queen’s Award for Enterprise is the UK’s most prestigious award for business performance and denotes outstanding achievement by UK companies and has been bestowed on Penlon under the ‘International Trade’ category, for its continued record growth and commercial success in overseas markets. This represents the combined business of Anaesthesia Solutions, Medical Gas Pipeline Systems, Laryngoscopes, Oxygen Therapy and Suction.
This is Penlon’s fourth Queen’s Award and truly distinguishes Penlon in this sector. Previous awards were in 1968 and 1976 for Export Achievement, followed in 2002 with a Queen’s Award for Innovation for the highly acclaimed Sigma Delta Vaporizer.
Peter Leyland, CEO commented, ‘Penlon is immensely proud to receive this accolade which reflects the combined expertise and effort of everyone who has contributed to the sustained success of the business and their genuine passion in helping to raise standards of healthcare’.
Sparta Systems Unveils TrackWise® Audit Execution Package
Holmdel, NJ Apr 21, 2010 – Sparta Systems, Inc., the maker of TrackWise® software and the market leader in enterprise quality and compliance management solutions, today announced the release of its TrackWise Audit Execution Package. The new offering builds upon the existing robust audit capabilities in the TrackWise solution, providing auditors with an innovative solution that accelerates the efficiency and compliance of conducting audits in the field.
As authorities strengthen their oversight of regulated industries and increase the frequency of inspections, companies must be prepared to not only meet strict internal operational compliance requirements but also ensure the quality of goods and services provided by an increasingly global network of suppliers. Sparta System’s TrackWise enterprise quality management solution (EQMS) offers these companies comprehensive functionality for ensuring compliance with diverse global regulations and industry standards. The TrackWise Audit Execution Package provides a number of new capabilities designed to increase the efficiency of field audit execution and reduce error-prone manual steps. The new features and capabilities include:
• Company auditors can now access all relevant audit information offline, while in areas without internet or VPN access, including general audit information, templates/plans and the ability to author related observations/findings
• Audit information is presented to the user in a cohesive, intuitive format that balances the look and feel of a continuous “document-like” format with the inclusion of dynamic navigation, structured data fields and a modern rich text authoring capability
• Draft audit reports can be generated in real time, in the field, without having online connectivity
• The solution allows auditing programs to include questionnaires or self assessments that can be distributed to suppliers and other third parties as an alternative or precursor to onsite auditing activities
The new functionality is powered by modern, lightweight, Adobe Flex-based technology that delivers rich form-based functionality in a structured solution that eliminates difficult-to-validate local application and database software
Additionally, implementing TrackWise for audit management processes not only enables the execution of audits, but also provides mature functionality for following up on all identified findings and action plans. Powerful user dashboards, reporting and automated business rules and escalation paths can be implemented in conjunction with all aspects of the audit management lifecycle.
“With our new Audit Execution Package, companies now have a broad set of additional capabilities available as they continue global audit management programs and align multiple auditing functions,” said Mike Jovanis, vice president of product management at Sparta Systems. “We are excited to deliver a solution that not only dramatically increases the efficiency of auditors’ work in the field, but also adds structure and security to a process that has historically included open, non-secure cutting and pasting from word processing tools.”
U.S. HealthWorks Acquires Ocala Medical Center
Ocala, FL Apr 13, 2010 – U.S. HealthWorks, a leading operator of occupational healthcare and urgent care centers in the nation, today announced the acquisition of the Medero Medical Caring for Workers Center in Ocala, its 12th location in Florida.
The acquisition expands the number of U.S. HealthWorks operated medical centers and worksite clinics to 159 nationwide. Last year, U.S. HealthWorks acquired five of the six Medero Medical clinics.
The medical center located in Ocala at 1109 SW 10th St. (SR 200) provides occupational health services, including injury and illness diagnosis and treatment, preventive services, pre-placement and post-offer exams and testing, and return-to-work programs. Terms of the transaction, which was effective April 13th, were not disclosed. This is the first center for U.S. HealthWorks in the Ocala area.
“We are excited to expand our footprint in Florida with the acquisition of this center in Ocala. The superb Medero medical team is remaining on board with us and we’re looking forward to serving our clients and patients.” said Gregory Marotta, vice president of operations, east division with U.S. HealthWorks.
“The integration of the five Medero Medical centers last year into U.S. HealthWorks was very positive and we are pleased to see the final Medero clinic join U.S. HealthWorks,” said Cookie Dominie, manager of Medero Medical.
U.S. HealthWorks has acquired 30 centers since January 2007.