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February 2008 articles (14)

IAG technology: gateway to security

Posted on 21 February 2008 at 16:51 by NHS Resource Centre

Like their commercial counterparts, NHS trusts need to provide fast, controlled and secure access to data for their increasingly mobile workforces. Microsoft’s Intelligent Application Gateway (IAG) provides them with a solution that also extends the life of existing IT investments. Read more...

Tags: connectivity, Eurodata Systems, IAG, intelligent access, Intelligent Application Gateway, network, Security, SSL, Whale

Microsoft’s IAG solution at Essex Rivers Healthcare trust

Posted on 21 February 2008 at 16:44 by NHS Resource Centre

Downloading digital images takes a few seconds rather than 20 minutes and mobile radiologists have fast, secure, remote access to patient data – now that Microsoft’s Whale Intelligent Application Gateway has been implemented at Essex Rivers Healthcare Trust. Read more...

Tags: case study, Essex Rivers, Eurodatasystems, gateway, IAG, managed networks, mobility, PACs, radiologists, remote access, security, Whale

After HMRC: Microsoft’s Intelligent Application Gateway and information governance

Posted on 21 February 2008 at 10:51 by NHS Resource Centre

Recent, well publicised losses of data by public bodies have focused attention on information governance. A number of NHS trusts are now using Microsoft’s Intelligent Application Gateway to give mobile and remote workers secure, context based access to their systems. Sally Whittle reports. Read more...

Tags: Bedford Hospital Trust, contextual based access, East London foundation trust, HMRC, IAG, IG, Imperial College Healthcare trust. PACS, information governance, Intelligent Application Gateway, Jonathan Buchan, mobility, remote access, Sally Whittle, security, smart cards, Whale

After HMRC: information governance in the NHS

Posted on 19 February 2008 at 17:51 by NHS Resource Centre

When HM Revenue and Customs admitted it had lost the data of every child benefit claimant in the country in the post, information governance suddenly became one of the key issues facing the public sector. Read more...

Tags: access control, Active Directory, Ad, Bill Orme, bitlocker, data protection, EA, encryption, hacking, HMRC, IAG, identity management, IG, Information governance, Intelligent Application Gateway, Jerry Fishended, malware, PID, privacy, Richard Lane, USB, web 2.0

League leaders: NHS customers talk about Microsoft Premier Support

Posted on 17 February 2008 at 10:15 by NHS Resource Centre

An increasing number of NHS trusts are opting for Microsoft Premier Support, a “managed support offering” that delivers problem resolution support, workshops and strategic planning services. Two NHS IT managers explain why they signed up. Read more...

Tags: BT, EA, enterprise agreement, Exchange Server 2007, IO, John Taylor, John thornbury, Leeds Partnerships Foundation trust, managed support, Matt Nelson, Matthew Watkins, Performance Point, Premier Support, TAM, technical account manager, technical support, Worcesterhsire Health ICT

League leader: Microsoft Premier Support in the NHS

Posted on 16 February 2008 at 19:37 by NHS Resource Centre

An increasing number of NHS trusts are opting for Microsoft Premier Support, a “managed support offering” that includes problem resolution, workshops and strategic planning services. But why? Read more...

Tags: Exchange Server 2007, IO, John Taylor, Leeds Partnerships Foundation trust, managed support, Matt Nelson, Premier Support, TAM, technical account manager, technical support, Worcesterhsire Health ICT

Analyse this: Microsoft’s infrastructure optimisation tool for the NHS moves online

Posted on 12 February 2008 at 13:56 by NHS Resource Centre

Microsoft has created an online and NHS-friendly version of its Infrastructure Optimisation tool to help NHS organisations to profile their infrastructures and develop plans to improve them. Read more...

Tags: application platform, assessments, business intelligence, core, enterprise agreement, EWA, Infrastructure optimisation, IO, io tool, licensing, maturity, NIMM, productivity, Richard Lane, SAM

Europe aims to kick-start e-health

Posted on 12 February 2008 at 11:18 by NHS Resource Centre

Europe used to start at Calais: but the European Commission is trying to change all that, at least as far as the market in healthcare information and communications technology is concerned. Jon Hoeksma reports. Read more...

Tags: e-health, European commission, Feature, Jon Hoeksma

From the consulting room: a few issues with Choose and Book

Posted on 12 February 2008 at 10:53 by NHS Resource Centre

In his latest column, Dr Neil Paul lets off steam about Choose and Book, and comes up with a few ideas to make referrals work better in the era of choice. Read more...

Tags: Choose and book, GP, Neil Paul, Primary care

Life on Marsland: Planning for the NHS Care Record

Posted on 12 February 2008 at 10:52 by NHS Resource Centre

In his monthly column, former chief information officer Iain Marsland argues the NHS Care Records Service is like an iceberg. There’s more to it than meets the eye – and trusts need to understand that to get the most out of it. Read more...

Tags: active decision, care pathways, CIO, elective decision, electronic patient record, EPR, Iain Marsland, NHS care records service, NHS CRS, passive decision, patient pathways, ward prescribing

Important announcement on IE 7 and Windows Server Update Services

Posted on 05 February 2008 at 16:04 by NHS Resource Centre

Windows Internet Explorer 7 will be distributed via Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) from 12 February 2008 and may require administrator action to prevent the rollout. Read more...

Tags: IE7, Windows Server Update Services

Cross Talk on gunning the engines of telecare

Posted on 01 February 2008 at 14:11 by NHS Resource Centre

In his first column of 2008, Mike Cross finds some unexpected parallels between the development of First World War fighter planes and an emerging healthcare technology. Read more...

Tags: GP, Mike Cross, patients, telecare

CUI update: new design guidance available

Posted on 01 February 2008 at 13:45 by NHS Resource Centre

Microsoft’s Common User Interface (CUI) team has posted updated guidance and new and updated controls and samples on its website. Read more...

Tags: common user interface, CUI programme, design guidance, Dr Shaun O'Hanlon, Emis, healthcare record system, mscui.net, NHS EA

Podcast: Shrewsbury on the benefits of Single Sign-on

Posted on 01 February 2008 at 11:59 by NHS Resource Centre

One of the quickest wins for hard-pressed IT managers looking to streamline security processes and reduce helpdesk calls is the use of Single Sign-on tools. Read more...

Tags: network, security, Shrewsbury, Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, single sign-on

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