That was the year that was...

On the last day of 2014 about a third of Media Studio's staff are still working hard, although we will be closed for the Bank Holiday on the 1st January. Here are just a few highlights from our year:

 
  • Over 63,000 clinical photographs taken of 10,000 patients in our studio, wards and departments of CUH.
  • 15,000 ophthalmic imaging procedures carried out on 10,000 patients.
  • Over half a million imprints from our Sprinters printing service.
  • Twenty-five major video production projects completed.
  • Thousands of patient information DVDs produced.
  • Cleft lip and palate imaging systems migrated from analogue to fully digital workflows, transforming cleft review and speech and language clinics.
  • New retinal camera and software commissioned for diabetic retinal screening clinics.
  • Two new optical coherence tomography machines and software commissioned.
  • New Optos ultra-wide retinal imaging camera introduced.
  • Clinical image library (CIL) software updated and installed on new server, giving greater storage capacity (the number of clinical images stored on CIL has reached 490,000).
  • eHospital training for all clinical photographers completed.
  • New room bookings software commissioned, transforming the meeting room booking service.
  • 20,000 room bookings made.
  • Videoconferencing transition to IP technology completed.
  • PR photography includes:
    • CIMR Annual Report
    • Clinical School student intake
    • Learning Centre & HCA profiles
    • eHospital publicity & launch
    • ACT newsletter
    • You Made a Difference Awards
    • Volunteers' Awards Lunch
  • Graphic design and print projects include:
    • Display material for eHospital launch & countdown
    • GSK Clinical Trials Unit display graphics
    • Intensive weight management programme branding, photography and print
    • Hand Hygiene campaign – wash station and floor vinyl designs
    • Redesign of medical records forms improving quality & compliance
    • Design & printing of Clinical School Directory
    • 'See your future with us' recruitment campaign, advertising and exhibition display
    • Re-designed Hospital Life newsletter launched
    • Cambridge Science Festival Biomedical Campus Display Graphics
    • New digital press installed to transform Sprinters printing service
    • Three-month medical art internship launches the career of MSc graduate Caitlin Monney
  • IMI Awards
    • Wellcome Award – Mark Bartley
    • Gold Award – Mark Bartley
    • Three Silver Awards
    • Fifteen Bronze Awards
  • BMA Awards
    • POP-Home project video Highly Commended
  • Royal Photographic Society
    • Three clinical photographers exhibited at 'Visualising Medicine Exhibition' in May
 
We'll be back to work on Friday 2nd January to start another year. Best wishes to all for a very successful 2015.
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