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December 2008 articles (22)

What happens next? Looking ahead to 2009

Posted on 23 December 2008 at 12:18 by NHS Resource Centre

The newspapers may be full of doom and gloom about the economy, but members of the Microsoft UK healthcare team and our healthcare partners are surprisingly upbeat about the prospects for NHS IT. Improved efficiency, a new interest in virtualisation and new services for patients are predicted for 2009; along with a starring role for Wales. Paul Curran also picks up some resolutions for NHS IT managers. Read more...

Tags: 21c, collaboration, common user interface, cui, enterprise agreement, eurodata, nhs it, personalised healthcare

John Coulthard looks ahead to 2009

Posted on 23 December 2008 at 08:27 by NHS Resource Centre

John Coulthard, director of healthcare at Microsoft UK, reflects on the challenges facing the health service in the year ahead. He argues the coming year will be dominated by the need to make extremely demanding efficiency savings, while delivering on the personalisation agenda set out by Lord Darzi. Read more...

Tags: darzi review, nhs it, personalised healthcare, world class commissioning

Your festive photos - see our top five!

Posted on 22 December 2008 at 13:51 by NHS Resource Centre

NIMM and ECAL Frequently Asked Questions

Posted on 19 December 2008 at 10:05 by Andy Savvides

One way the NIMM is being used is to help measure an organisations readiness to deploy and benefit from the Microsoft Enterprise Licenses avaliable under the Enterprise Agreement. This process is intended to be simple and straightforward with help along the way from Microsoft, your Microsoft Large Account Reseller and NHS Connecting for Health. Read more...

Tags: ECAL, NIMM

Microsoft Security Bulletin: Alert - Critical Product Vulnerability

Posted on 18 December 2008 at 14:32 by NHS Resource Centre

Microsoft has recently released a new out-of-band security bulletin MS08-078 (Security Update for Internet Explorer - 960714) to address a vulnerability in all currently supported versions of Internet Explorer. Read more...

Tags: internet explorer, security update

Nine resolutions for 2009

Posted on 18 December 2008 at 12:48 by NHS Resource Centre

Articles on the Microsoft NHS Resource Centre are full of good ideas, tips and tricks. But it can be difficult to keep track of them all. We’ve combed through some of the features published over the last twelve months to come up with nine resolutions to make working life nicer, safer, greener and something to cheer about in 2009. Read more...

Tags: nhs it, power saving, resolutions, security, top tips

Group Policy: potentially one of the most powerful built-in features in an IT Administrators arsenal

Posted on 18 December 2008 at 09:29 by NHS Resource Centre

In his regular column, Kingsley Starling helps out with desktop deployment and management. This month the focus is on the power of Group Policy for managing the users and computers within your Active Directory environment. Read more...

Tags: active directory, desktop management, group policy management, group policy management console, kingsley starling, konsultancy

Inside e-Health on how the NHS still struggles with messages about information

Posted on 18 December 2008 at 09:06 by NHS Resource Centre

The debacle of HM Revenue and Customs’ lost data cast a long shadow over the health service in 2008, even as it identfied information as critical to all aspects of service modernisation. Jon Hoeksma says it will need to tackle both IT and public opinion challenges in 2009. Read more...

Tags: e-health insider, health informatics review, information governance, jon hoeksma, nhs constitution, nhs it, operating framework for the nhs, security

Video case study: Ambulance trust gets greener, saves hours and improves staff collaboration

Posted on 17 December 2008 at 17:58 by NHS Resource Centre

In this video case study staff at South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Trust discuss how their new unified communications solution has revolutionised the way they work and is saving them hours. Read more...

Tags: efficiency, green IT, office 2007, productivity, south east coast ambulance service, unified communications, windows vista

A Christmas Carol, in Bytes, Being a Ghost Story of Healthcare IT

Posted on 17 December 2008 at 15:07 by NHS Resource Centre

Iain Marsland, a former NHS chief information officer, gives up his regular column to tell a strange tale for the festive season. Read more...

Tags: christmas carol, electronic health record, healthcare it, iain marsland, nhs it, npfit, summary care record

2008: a year of two halves - the 2nd half

Posted on 16 December 2008 at 13:20 by NHS Resource Centre

Following on from yesterday's review of the first half of the year, read on to find out what went on in the second half... Read more...

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

News: Less money, more reform, more IT - the Operating Framework for 2009-10

Posted on 15 December 2008 at 10:10 by NHS Resource Centre

NHS organisations have been issued with their annual list of ‘must-dos’ in the Operating Framework for the NHS in England 2009-10. It indicates the health service will not escape the impact of the ‘credit crunch’; but that’s no reason for it to let up on reform – or investment in IT. Lyn Whitfield reports. Read more...

Tags: darzi report, informatics planning, information governance, infrastructure optimisation, next stage review, nhs it, nimm, operating framework

2008: a year of two halves

Posted on 15 December 2008 at 09:43 by NHS Resource Centre

For many people, 2008 will be remembered as a year of two halves: the months before the banks and housing market collapsed; and the months after the “credit crunch” took hold. Read more...

Tags: 2008 review, cio summit, cui, darzi report, healthvault, infrastructure optimisation, security, silverlight, virtualisation

News: Six hundred volunteers to test NHSmail

Posted on 12 December 2008 at 15:45 by NHS Resource Centre

The NHS’ own email service, NHSmail, will be moving to the Microsoft Exchange 2007 platform in the New Year, giving users a better service and new features. Read more...

Tags: nhs it, nhsmail, outlook web access

Taking the compatibility test: Worcestershire NHS and Vista

Posted on 12 December 2008 at 15:22 by NHS Resource Centre

The Vista operating system has many benefits for NHS trusts – but some IT managers have heard horror stories about moving over to it. A project at Worcester NHS has shown that most applications should be compatible with it – and with the Microsoft Application Virtualisation environment. Daloni Carlisle reports. Read more...

Tags: appdna apptitude toolset, bitlocker, camwood, compatibility, deployment, security, virtualisation, windows vista, worcestershire nhs

From the consulting room on six degrees of separation

Posted on 11 December 2008 at 15:31 by NHS Resource Centre

Anyone in the world can be related to anyone else in just a few steps. So why can’t computer systems tell Dr Neil Paul which of his patients are related to each other? Read more...

Tags: commissioning, nhs it, nhsmail

Green Scene: dreaming of a green Christmas

Posted on 11 December 2008 at 12:41 by NHS Resource Centre

Christmas means presents. But does it have to mean carbon intensive presents destined for landfill, wonders green columnist Andrew Donoghue. Read more...

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

Cross Talk says: don’t mention the law!

Posted on 03 December 2008 at 12:35 by NHS Resource Centre

A new book has suggested that the web could mean the end of law as we know it. Could it send medicine the same way, wonders Michael Cross. Read more...

Tags: electronic health records, healthcare it, nhs it

Better search: a cure for cyberchondria?

Posted on 03 December 2008 at 09:46 by NHS Resource Centre

Is the internet turning people into “cyberchondriacs”, worried that every headache could be the result of a brain tumour? Many doctors think it is – and now Microsoft researchers have come up with evidence to support their fears. Read more...

Tags: cyberchondria, internet, live search, ms health & fitness, self-diagnosis, web search

Why Vista? Because it makes deployment easier

Posted on 03 December 2008 at 08:49 by NHS Resource Centre

The Windows Vista operating system has many benefits for NHS IT managers. In a new series of articles, Nick Saalfeld and his team explain more: starting with how Vista can make deployment easier. Read more...

Tags: bitlocker, deployment, green it, images, security, wim, windows vista

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