In February the hospital had the worst performance in the East of England for delays in receiving patients from ambulances and delivering them to the accident and emergency department.

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Maris imagines UPS deliverymen scanning and delivering packages with just a glance, nurses at hospitals receiving real-time information on patients without having to stop what they're doing and, indeed, patients with limited mobility having greater access to the world of information themselves.

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