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May 2007 articles (71)


Desktop Deployment in the NHS an Overview

Posted on 29 May 2007 at 14:20 by Richard Lane

Optimising the Desktop Deployment Process in the NHS Read more...

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Which version should we go for - NHS BBD v2 or BDD 2007?

Posted on 29 May 2007 at 13:55 by Richard Lane

I am often asked by Trusts which version of BDD they should go for my answer is as follows: Read more...

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Sharepoint Links

Posted on 23 May 2007 at 03:56 by Nick Umney

I often get asked for information and links regarding Sharepoint technologies.  Here's a list of links and resources I typically get asked for: Read more...

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Making Ecma Open XML an ISO international standard

Posted on 22 May 2007 at 16:14 by Nick Umney

In today's connected world, interoperability is as important as security and reliability for IT professionals. To aid interoperability, XML-based file formats can unlock data in documents and help integrate front- and back-office processes. Recognising these benefits, Microsoft has implemented XML-based formats in successive releases of Office. Both public and private sector customers have expressed their preference for making Open XML an open standard so that they have broad rights to use, without cost, any Microsoft patents necessary to implement all or part of the format. Read more...

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Sharepoint Learning Kit (MOSS 2007)

Posted on 22 May 2007 at 11:18 by Nick Umney

Im pleased to announce that we have added eLearning functionality to Microsoft Office Sharepoint 2007 - so if you have a requirement to provide/manage professional development and training for staff read on..... Read more...

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Microsoft Technology Centre - Health Customer events

Posted on 22 May 2007 at 11:02 by Nick Umney

The Microsoft Technology Centre Read more...

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Bring out your dead databases: migrating from Access to SQL Server

Posted on 17 May 2007 at 00:27 by NHS Resource Centre

Big organisations can have thousands of `home-grown' Access databases - some critically important - that users have created over the years without telling IT managers, creating a potential security, management and data protection nightmare. Mark Anderson, data platform technical specialist at Microsoft UK, explains how to modernise these old systems. Read more...

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Cross Talk on empowering patients with electronic records

Posted on 18 May 2007 at 10:04 by NHS Resource Centre

Michael Cross suggests that passionate arguments over how to make electronic health records available to the public are distracting attention from a more fundamental issue - the change such records will bring about in the relationship between doctors and patients. Read more...

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Security and investment: ISA Server

Posted on 18 May 2007 at 10:04 by NHS Resource Centre

Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server has many uses where networks come together. As its name implies, these include improving security and maximising the use of available bandwidth; as NHS trusts that want to give their staff secure access to their networks have discovered. Read more...

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Translation services: an introduction to SNOMED

Posted on 18 May 2007 at 10:02 by NHS Resource Centre

If healthcare workers are to communicate through electronic records they will need a common understanding of what their notes mean. A huge, international effort has been made to create a common vocabulary for healthcare that can be embedded in electronic systems. Read more...

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An introduction to the NHS CUI programme

Posted on 18 May 2007 at 09:13 by NHS Resource Centre

As part of its commitment to supporting the NHS, Microsoft is investing £40 million in the Common User Interface (CUI) programme. Read more...

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Rally to your standards: HL7 and the NHS

Posted on 17 May 2007 at 00:27 by NHS Resource Centre

Many of the technological developments taking place in the NHS are underpinned by standards that help systems to talk to each other and to understand what is being said when they do. One of these standards is HL7, a language developed to help healthcare systems exchange data with each other. Read more...

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Branch Office: building a secure, high-availability infrastructure

Posted on 17 May 2007 at 00:27 by NHS Resource Centre

Primary care trusts and mental health organisations need a reliable, turnkey IT infrastructure. Microsoft's Branch Office Infrastructure Solution, already widely used in the commercial sector, is now being used to create this in the NHS. Read more...

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Nick Umney

Posted on 17 May 2007 at 00:27 by NHS Resource Centre

Nick Umney, technical strategist. Read more...

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Passwords on sticky notes: and other security issues facing the NHS

Posted on 17 May 2007 at 00:27 by NHS Resource Centre

Whether it's infected email and MP3 players, or staff noting down their passwords and forgetting to log off their computers, dangers to information security are multiplying. Read more...

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Gareth Hall on security in the near future

Posted on 17 May 2007 at 00:27 by NHS Resource Centre

In the first of his regular columns about the features of Microsoft's new Vista operating system, technology strategist Gareth Hall looks at how it can help NHS organisations improve security. Read more...

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Cross Talk on observational medicine

Posted on 17 May 2007 at 00:27 by NHS Resource Centre

Mike Cross reflects on how cheap and portable devices are enabling public service workers to capture useful, real-time data in some unlikely places. Read more...

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No more inputting data twice: Southend benefits from integrated systems

Posted on 17 May 2007 at 00:27 by NHS Resource Centre

In 2002, Southend University Hospital foundation trust had disparate systems that staff were reluctant to use. This case study examines a major project to improve things. Read more...

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60 seconds with Dona Shine

Posted on 17 May 2007 at 00:27 by NHS Resource Centre

Dona Shine is IT training manager at Southend University Hospital foundation trust. Here she gives her views on some training issues facing the NHS. Read more...

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Process power: the benefits of business process management

Posted on 17 May 2007 at 00:27 by NHS Resource Centre

Business process management (BPM) helps NHS organisations to analyse what they do - so they can start to do it better. Read more...

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  • By: Ted Yeoman

    Just so correct ... the description of clinical engagement leading the type of configuration of the ...

  • By: Ted Yeoman

    This leads me to think that Trusts (Acute and Primary Care) should be offered Trust SoC along the ...

  • By: Stuart Dixon

    Interesting Group. Is it possible to include in the list of standard methods - Structured Systems ...

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    Sounds good, but what about the hidden variables not mentioned. Key Management Services, AD Schema ...

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