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November 2008 articles (18)

Visio star: Scottish project transforms process mapping

Posted on 28 November 2008 at 14:36 by NHS Resource Centre

Process mapping is a way of finding out what is going on in an organisation - so problems can be ironed out. However, its flow charts and supporting documents can be hard to read. A Scottish project has changed all that for one NHS organisation. Lyn Whitfield reports. Read more...

Tags: healthcare it, nhs fife, nhs scotland, process mapping, simulation, visio

How to make use of the licenses in the Microsoft Enterprise Agreement if you're a GP

Posted on 28 November 2008 at 13:42 by NHS Resource Centre

The product licenses available within the current term of the Enterprise Agreement that the NHS has with Microsoft, which expires in May 2010, are available to be installed and used on the NHS owned laptops and desktop PC's within your practice. You can obtain these licenses through your NHS trust's IT support department and your regional Large Account Reseller (LAR) manages a list of authorised individuals for each trust. Any changes to this list have to be authorised by the primary contact or in exceptional cases NHS Connecting for Health. Read more...

Tags: licensing, nhs enterprise agreement

Sue Rushbrook: Healthcare ICT Champion of the Year

Posted on 27 November 2008 at 10:50 by NHS Resource Centre

Almost 400 guests turned out for this year’s BT e-Health Insider Awards in London, where the Healthcare ICT Champion of the Year was announced. Unfortunately, the winner, Sue Rushbrook, was away in Australia. Lyn Whitfield caught up with her back at work at York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Read more...

Tags: healthcare ict champion 2008, healthcare it, sue rushbrook, york hospitals nhs foundation trust

Sidewinder on avoiding a serious Doh! moment…

Posted on 26 November 2008 at 15:38 by NHS Resource Centre

Doctors are great at dealing with viruses. Sometimes the IT department can be overwhelmed by them. Davey Winder looks at the latest outbreak in the NHS – and reiterates his top tips for making sure it does not happen to you. Read more...

Tags: davey winder, securoty, sidewinder, virus protection

Speaking the Right Language

Posted on 25 November 2008 at 10:05 by Brian Painting

Two contrasting stories have appeared in the news over recent weeks highlighting the challenges facing the Welsh language. On a humorous note, Swansea’s council have run into problems here. Read more...

Tags: Wales Language LIP LLP

Improve your IT Service with Super Bob The NHS Marvel

Posted on 20 November 2008 at 16:13 by Richard Lane

Inside e-health from inside World of Health IT

Posted on 20 November 2008 at 08:55 by NHS Resource Centre

Governments across the developed world are starting to speak a common e-health language of standards and interoperability. But should governments or industry set the standards? And where do customers and users fit? Jon Hoeksma reports from the World of Health IT conference in Copenhagen. Read more...

Tags: e-health, elcetronic care records, healthcare it, jon hoeksma, patient portals

Life on Marsland on taking responsibility for the Summary Care Record

Posted on 20 November 2008 at 08:38 by NHS Resource Centre

The idea that everybody should have an electronic health record has been around for a long time. An NHS Summary Care Record is being trialled in three areas and will be rolled out eventually. Iain Marsland wonders if the content will be acceptable and useful to clinicians. Read more...

Tags: electronic health record, healthcare it, iain marsland, NHS it, summary care record

The dos and don'ts of Group Policy naming

Posted on 19 November 2008 at 16:09 by NHS Resource Centre

In his new monthly column, Kingsley Starling will be discussing all things technical relating to Desktop Deployment and Desktop Management and this first edition focuses on what's good when naming Group Policies and what's not. Read more...

Tags: desktop management, group naming policy, nhs it

The Healthcare ICT Champion of the Year: and other winners in the BT e-Health Insider Awards

Posted on 19 November 2008 at 13:58 by NHS Resource Centre

Almost 400 guests turned out for this year’s BT e-Health Insider Awards in London, where the Healthcare ICT Champion of the Year was announced. Lyn Whitfield was among them. Read more...

Tags: ehealth insider awards, healthcare it

Road rave: roadshow features BT Lynx and work to improve communications at Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Posted on 14 November 2008 at 15:49 by NHS Resource Centre

With staff working across multiple sites and needing better access to training, Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust realised it needed a better communications infrastructure. Read more...

Tags: business intelligence, collaboration, delivering darzi, event, high quality care, information governance, knowledge driven health, roadshows

Safety first: VitalPAC helps hospital staff to measure vital signs

Posted on 14 November 2008 at 12:26 by NHS Resource Centre

The Learning Clinic has developed VitalPAC to help staff record patients’ vital signs and take action if they are deteriorating. Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust has seen the benefits. Read more...

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

Road rave: Microsoft’s Intelligent Application Gateway is in the Enterprise Agreement and at the NHS Knowledge Driven Health Roadshows

Posted on 13 November 2008 at 10:31 by NHS Resource Centre

Security is important to NHS organisations, but so is providing staff with fast and reliable access to critical information. Microsoft’s Intelligent Application Gateway is one solution to this dilemma. Brian Dunleavy of Eurodata talks to Sally Whittle about it, before heading off to Microsoft’s NHS Knowledge Driven Health Roadshow. Read more...

Tags: healthcare it, iag, intelligent application gateway, knowledge driven health roadshows, nhs enterprise agreement, nhs it, security

From the consulting room on The Lion King’s deep truths about computing

Posted on 11 November 2008 at 14:50 by NHS Resource Centre

What goes around comes around, and that applies to computing as much as anything else. The days of mainframes and dumb terminals are back with us in the form of cloud computing and browser-equipped devices. Dr Neil Paul thinks this is progress. Read more...

Tags: cloud computing, dr neil paul, from the consulting room, healthcare it, national programme for it, nhs it, nhsmail

News: patients need IT to engage with their health, think-tank argues

Posted on 07 November 2008 at 11:22 by NHS Resource Centre

The King’s Fund recently brought together experts from healthcare and business to discuss ways of engaging patients in their own health and care. Now a report from the event has argued that better use of technology will be key. Lyn Whitfield reports. Read more...

Tags: engaging patients in their health report, healthcare IT, kings fund, national programme for it, technology inthe nhs report

Cross Talk on the comma that cost thousands

Posted on 07 November 2008 at 10:28 by NHS Resource Centre

Little problems with technology can cause massive resistance to it. A major think-tank has been thinking about this and other barriers to the take up of IT in the NHS. Mike Cross thinks this is a good thing. Meanwhile, his local council needs to turn on its grammar checker… Read more...

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

Microsoft’s commitment to greener IT

Posted on 06 November 2008 at 11:21 by NHS Resource Centre

Large organisations have a large role to play in making IT greener and more sustainable. That applies to both the NHS and to Microsoft. Andrew Donoghue finds out more. Read more...

Tags: climate savers computing, environmental sustainability, green it, windows vista

Road rave: Microsoft’s NHS Knowledge Driven Health Roadshow is coming to a city near you

Posted on 05 November 2008 at 14:11 by NHS Resource Centre

Recent reports have reiterated the need for the NHS to take up new technologies to make services more convenient and safer for patients. Fortunately, Microsoft has put together a roadshow to show the NHS what can be done now. Sally Whittle reports. Read more...