A patient safety congress sponsored by Microsoft received a surprise visit from Prime Minister Gordon Brown; and heard the case for new safety systems in the NHS, underpinned by information and supported by IT. Lyn Whitfield reports. Read more...
This may feel like a quiet time for NHS IT directors. New health service structures, IT arrangements and innovations are bedding down. No big announcements are expected until the summer. Read more...
Tags: CIO, clinicians, community provider services, data, digital imaging systems, GP, Iain Marsland, NHS CFH, NHSmail, PACS, PCT, RBAC, secondary care systems
Microsoft’s Common User Interface team is working on ways to help the NHS to get the most out of its IT and to improve efficiency and patient safety. Read more...
Some technology has audiences applauding when they see the demos. That tends to be the reaction to Deep Zoom and Photosynth, two of the components of Microsoft Silverlight. Read more...
The NHS must be seen to provide first class healthcare while demonstrating value to the taxpayer. NHS organisations are keen to hone their business intelligence: and Microsoft PerformancePoint Server 2007 can help them to do it. Read more...
Tags: 21C, bi, busines intelligence, data, deployment, excel, Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust, NHS EA, Nick Umney, office 2007, office performance point server 2007, Performance Point 2007, sharepoint 2007, SQL Server, Wandsworth Primary Care Trust
In the latest of his regular columns, Mike Cross admits that, as a journalist, he’s often asked to make binary judgments – but a more sophisticated approach is needed when it comes to healthcare IT. Read more...
The potential of telemedicine has been talked about for years. But a combination of consumer demand, policy imperatives and maturing technology may mean that its time really is about to come. Jon Hoeksma reports. Read more...
Are guidelines enough when it comes to IT security in the NHS, or has the time come to consider the standards approach? Davey Winder investigates… Read more...
There are two main ways to achieve interoperabilty. You can either standardise on a single system; or you can opt to use many systems that share standards and so are able to work together. The NHS IT programme now appears to have a foot in both camps, says Jon Hoeksma. Read more...
Microsoft has a range of tools to help trusts find out what hardware and software they have deployed on their networks, and to help them to manage it better. To pick between them, IT managers need to look at what they have and what they want to do better. Read more...
Tags: Assetmetrix, common user interface, CUI, EA, enterprise agreement, GP, infrastructure optimisation, IO, MAIS, Mark Ferrar, NHS CFH, NIMM, SAM, SCCM, SCCM SP1, software asset management, system centre configuration manager, SystemCentre Configuration Manager
REDMOND, Wash. — May 13, 2007 — Healthcare developers can take the next step toward increasing patient safety and clinician effectiveness with new version 1.3 of Microsoft Health Common User Interface (CUI), available today from Microsoft Corp. A portfolio of user interface guidance, software toolkit controls and showcase demonstrators, the Microsoft Health CUI supports software developers in delivering safe and effective clinical applications. The guidance and controls from the CUI are available at no cost and are focused on critical patient safety issues such as medication input, patient identification and key information display – all known major causes of potential safety incidents. Version 1.3 also provides an 18-month roadmap of product releases, substantial guidance updates and utilizes Microsoft Silverlight technology to showcase the latest demonstrators. Read more...
Microsoft Technical Fellow and IT guru Mark Russinovich hosts a panel of top independent industry experts to drive an open discussion around Windows Vista adoption and deployment, and demystify known issues. Read more...
A conversation gets Dr Neil Paul interested in statistical process control, and searching for information about SPC and healthcare gets him interested in why NHS-specific information is so hard to find on the web... Read more...
Tags: BNF, common user interface, CUI, Dr Neil Paul, from the consulting room, medical search deskbar, NLH, search, SPC, web, wikis
The NHS’ own, secure email service, NHSmail, is moving onto the Microsoft Exchange 2007 platform. Users will benefit from a host of new features when this happens later this year. Read more...
Tags: C&W, Cable and wireless, CUI, exchange, N3, NHS CFH, NHSmail, outlookweb access, OWA, OWA light, security, webmail, will moss
The NHS’ own email system, NHSmail, is preparing for a move to a new platform, Microsoft Exchange 2007. Read more...
On Monday 28 April Microsoft held this year’s first Healthcare Partner event with updates on new technology, the NHS Enterprise Agreement, NIMM, IO and CUI to name but a few. If you would like to review any of the presentations, they are available below: Read more...