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October 2008 articles (31)

The NHS CUI programme: patient safety needs – you!

Posted on 30 October 2008 at 08:28 by NHS Resource Centre

Every year, “safety incidents” put patients at risk in NHS hospitals. The NHS Common User Interface programme is working to make patients safer by reducing avoidable medication and documentation errors. However, it needs people working on the frontline to help – and that means you. Sally Whittle reports. Read more...

Tags: common user interface, cui programme, healthcare it, nhs it, patient safety

News: King’s Fund report calls for action on technology in the NHS

Posted on 29 October 2008 at 13:41 by NHS Resource Centre

The respected think-tank the King’s Fund has published a report arguing that the NHS has been slow to take up the new technologies that have transformed other industries. Read more...

Tags: darzi report, kings fund, news. healthcare IT, next stage review, technology in the nhs

Sidewinder issues a warning about Wi-Fi

Posted on 28 October 2008 at 15:13 by NHS Resource Centre

Hospitals and other healthcare facilities can be a challenging environment for wireless deployment. Now there is an added security dimension – Russians armed with graphics cards. Davey Winder says constantly changing threats require constant vigilance. Read more...

Tags: davey winder, encryption, security, sidewinder, wi-fi

Microsoft Security Bulletin: Alert - Critical Product Vulnerability

Posted on 28 October 2008 at 10:10 by NHS Resource Centre

Microsoft has recently released a new out-of-band security bulletin MS08-067 (Vulnerability in Server Service Could Allow Remote Code Execution - 958644) to address a vulnerability in all supported versions of Windows. Read more...

Tags: security update, windows

Green scene: our new column on the growing importance of green IT

Posted on 27 October 2008 at 11:42 by NHS Resource Centre

With green issues becoming ever more important, the NHS Resource Centre has asked journalist and green-IT specialist Andrew Donoghue to write a series of bi-monthly columns on greener IT and what users can do to reduce their carbon footprint while working with new technology. Read more...

Tags: environmental sustanability, green IT, green scene, nhs national programme for it

500+ votes for the Healthcare ICT Champion of the Year - and counting

Posted on 24 October 2008 at 14:27 by NHS Resource Centre

More than 500 votes have already been received in this year’s ICT Healthcare Champion of the Year competition. Less than two weeks after voting opened on 13 October, 579 votes have been cast. Read more...

Tags: awards, cui, ehealth insider, healthcare ict champion

Inside e-health: looking out for a champion

Posted on 24 October 2008 at 14:21 by NHS Resource Centre

Modernising the health service and using IT to enable change is tough at the best of times; sometimes, champions are needed. The Healthcare ICT Champion of the Year is all about recognising and celebrating unsung heroes, says Jon Hoeksma. Read more...

Tags: awards, cui, ehealth insider, healthcare ict champion, jon hoeksma

Life on Marsland on life during the credit crunch

Posted on 22 October 2008 at 14:04 by NHS Resource Centre

The world is facing a financial storm. Time for NHS IT managers to batten down the hatches and make sure they’re prepared, says Iain Marsland. Read more...

Tags: green it, healthcare it, iain marsland, n3, NHS it, virtualisation

Deployment Planning for BitLocker Drive Encryption for Windows Vista

Posted on 21 October 2008 at 08:04 by Nick Umney

New customer/partner-ready content from Microsoft IT Read more...

Tags: Bitlocker, Planning, Security, Vista, Windows

Amalga and speech recognition

Posted on 20 October 2008 at 17:26 by NHS Resource Centre

Microsoft is to offer speech recognition with its Amalga hospital information, radiology and digital imaging systems. Read more...

Tags: amalga, data management, healthcare IT, speech recognition, SpeechMagic

Could this be the next BIG thing in the NHS?

Posted on 20 October 2008 at 09:39 by Richard Lane

Microsoft Virtual Clinical Team Creator 2007 (Easy Edition) Read more...

Tags: Groove, richard lane, Virtual Teams

The Customer Relationship Programme - helping you to take full advantage of your Microsoft licensing agreement

Posted on 17 October 2008 at 15:24 by NHS Resource Centre

To help the NHS make best use of their Software Assurance benefits during their Enterprise Agreements, Microsoft UK is currently piloting a new customer relationship programme with 50 trusts in England. Read more...

Tags: customer relationship programme, deployment, elearning, software asset management, software assurance, upgrades

Meet Doris and Robert: The dispensing robots that are improving patient care

Posted on 17 October 2008 at 12:30 by NHS Resource Centre

An increasing number of trusts are using robots to dispense drugs. But they are only as good as the IT systems that tell them what to do. Daloni Carlisle finds out more Read more...

Tags: ascribe, pharmacy automation, robotics, SQL server

From the consulting room, a question: why can’t computers be more clever?

Posted on 15 October 2008 at 16:58 by NHS Resource Centre

Computers struggle with things that humans can do intuitively. Dr Neil Paul wishes they’d get a bit smarter. Read more...

Tags: data cleansing, dr neil paul, files extensions, microsoft word

ISUG 2008: Collaboration Session

Posted on 14 October 2008 at 13:40 by Richard Lane

In the Collaboration session at the recent Isoft User Group (Primary Care) we looked at a couple of Microsoft Technlogies that make collaborating with people inside or outside your organisation both easy and secure. Read more...

Tags: Collaboration, GP, Groove, ISUG, Sharepoint

Information Governance - Securing the Desktop

Posted on 14 October 2008 at 10:18 by Richard Lane

Another session at the recent ISUG conference was Information Governance – Securing the desktop, this session focused on best practice tips and tools – that can help make your desktops more secure and keep your data safe. Read more...

Tags: GP, Information Governance, ISUG, Security

Who's using the NHS CUI IM&T Tools guidance?

Posted on 14 October 2008 at 09:14 by Kingsley Starling

I've been working for quite a while on the NHS CUI Programme now and I'm curious. Read more...

Tags: CUI, deployment, guidance, IM&T, Kingsley Starling

Microsoft security summit: a glimpse of the ‘biological’ future

Posted on 13 October 2008 at 14:27 by NHS Resource Centre

Within the next decade, Microsoft will bring its security products into line with a “biological” approach to defence, Fred Baumhardt told the recent NHS security summit. Paul Curran reports. Read more...

Tags: anti-virus, firewalls, iag, information governance, security

Windows Server Training

Posted on 13 October 2008 at 14:06 by Nick Umney

Windows Vista Training

Posted on 13 October 2008 at 14:04 by Nick Umney

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