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June 2009 articles (17)


What does an optimised Infrastructure look like? How can Microsoft System Center Improve efficiency?

Posted on 24 June 2009 at 16:29 by Richard Lane

See how Microsoft Partner Eurodata have transformed the IT Service at NHS Waltham Forest with Microsoft System Center and System's Optimisation. Read more...

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Life on Marsland visits Smart Healthcare

Posted on 23 June 2009 at 16:20 by NHS Resource Centre

Iain Marsland is a veteran of healthcare IT shows. Smart Healthcare was on at Earl’s Court recently. How could he resist? Read more...

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Introducing P3O® – New portfolio, programme and project office guidance from OGC

Posted on 23 June 2009 at 16:10 by NHS Resource Centre

The Office of Government Commerce, which is already known for its PRINCE2® and ITIL® project management methodologies, has developed a new reference – P3O. Nick Saalfeld finds out what it adds to the developing profession of project management, and how Microsoft’s Enterprise Project Management or EPM can support it. Read more...

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NHS Resource Centre News: Round- Up

Posted on 23 June 2009 at 14:18 by NHS Resource Centre

Welcome to the Microsoft NHS Resource Centre’s seven day round up of the latest news from the NHS and the healthcare IT sector. Read more...

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Sidewinder on why exploding trousers beat traditional pa55w0rd5

Posted on 16 June 2009 at 16:02 by NHS Resource Centre

Davey Winder is shocked at just how ignorant most users are when it comes to password security. Worse still, some IT admins are just as bad. So what can be done about it? Read more...

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Conference call: King’s Fund event on long term conditions

Posted on 16 June 2009 at 13:04 by NHS Resource Centre

Microsoft is supporting a conference by the King’s Fund think-tank that will explore how technology can be used to improve care for people living with long term conditions. Lyn Whitfield had a look at the agenda.  Read more...

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NHS Resource Centre News: Round- Up

Posted on 16 June 2009 at 11:51 by NHS Resource Centre

Welcome to the Microsoft NHS Resource Centre’s seven day round up of the latest news from the NHS and the healthcare IT sector: Read more...

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Mersey beat: live from the NHS Confederation conference

Posted on 16 June 2009 at 09:17 by NHS Resource Centre

The theme of this year’s NHS Confederation conference was money; and how to cope with less of it. Lyn Whitfield reports. Read more...

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From the consulting room on how IT and GPs are the same, but different

Posted on 12 June 2009 at 14:16 by NHS Resource Centre

An IT technician’s visit has regular columnist Neil Paul pondering the many similarities between their profession and his own. Perhaps it’s time to talk tactics?   Read more...

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Microsoft and the Welsh Assembly announce Welsh language support for SharePoint

Posted on 11 June 2009 at 15:07 by NHS Resource Centre

Microsoft have joined the Welsh Assembly Government at the Urdd Eisteddfod in Cardiff Bay, to launch Welsh language support for SharePoint. Steve Beswick, of Microsoft, and Meri Huws, of the Welsh Language Board, officially launched the pack with Jane Hutt, the Welsh Assembly Minister for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills. Read more...

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Green Scene on the bad and good sides of progress

Posted on 10 June 2009 at 09:57 by NHS Resource Centre

Technical progress has spurred some wasteful use of resources; but it's also key to green thinking, argues Andrew Donoghue. Read more...

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Mersey beat: Surface jazzes up healthcare computing

Posted on 09 June 2009 at 11:50 by NHS Resource Centre

What’s the connection between a 1980s game and some of the most exciting IT developments in a generation? It’s Microsoft’s Surface Computing – and it promises big advantages for healthcare professionals. You can see Surface in action at the NHS Confederation’s annual conference this week, but Nick Saalfeld got a sneak peek… Read more...

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NHS Resource Centre News: Round- Up

Posted on 09 June 2009 at 10:04 by NHS Resource Centre

Welcome to the Microsoft NHS Resource Centre’s seven day round up of the latest news from the NHS and the healthcare IT sector: Read more...

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Great offers this June

Posted on 08 June 2009 at 14:16 by NHS Resource Centre

Don't leave money on the table...take advantage of our great offers! Read more...

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Cross Talk on claiming the bandwidth dividend

Posted on 02 June 2009 at 16:50 by NHS Resource Centre

The Tetra digital radio spectrum could transform ambulance and other health services. But the NHS will need to campaign for more bandwidth if it is to live up to its true potential, says Mike Cross. Read more...

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The Dear Jean diaries meet Doreen

Posted on 02 June 2009 at 13:53 by NHS Resource Centre

Former nurse BB has completed her nursing assistant course and is now working on her trust’s nursing bank. In one of her regular emails to her old friend, Jean, she recounts her encounters with Doreen, who runs the computer that allocates her shifts, and some of the weird and wonderful acronyms that pass for written medical notes. Read more...

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NHS Resource Centre News: Round- Up

Posted on 02 June 2009 at 11:27 by NHS Resource Centre

Welcome to the Microsoft NHS Resource Centre’s seven day round up of the latest news from the NHS and the healthcare IT sector: Read more...

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