Dudley PCT goes virtual on desktops
Dudley Primary Care Trust has announced that it has been working with IT consultancy Centralis to develop a shared service infrastructure underpinned by a virtualised desktop environment. The PCT said the two key factors driving the move were the need to manage user requirements for 3000 staff spread across more than 100 locations and its […]
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EHI Awards 2009 winners announced
NHS Waltham Forest’s implementation of the RiO community and mental health system emerged as the overall winner of the E-Health Insider Awards in association with BT last night.
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EHI Awards finalists unveiled
Caring, sharing
Individual hospitals have PACS in place: but whatever happened to image sharing? Linda Davidson and Daloni Carlisle investigate.
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Remote access across North Mersey
North Mersey Health Informatics Service has implemented a remote access solution for community-based clinicians, using laptops and 3G services. Already, 90 clinicians who work in Mersey Care Trust’s learning disabilities directorate have been equipped with lightweight laptops and 3G wireless data cards, allowing them to access clinical information systems, email and electronic diaries. An independent evaluation by […]
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Left to their own devices?
An E-Health Insider survey has revealed a mixed picture on mobile device security. Stephen Pritchard reports.
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Community nurses get mobile access to iPM
Community nurses at Wolverhampton Primary Care Trust have gone live with 3G technology that allows them to access its iPM system and record patient activity. A total of 60 nurses working for the community out-of-hours service in Wolverhampton have been given 3G enabled-laptops to enable remote access to the system provided by its local service provider. […]
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Liverpool Women’s Hospital delivers to midwives
Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust is testing a remote access solution for midwives using a new “office on stick” from Nortel. The trust is giving eight community midwives their own, lightweight Dell laptops with 3G wireless datacards so they can access medical notes and capture key data from patient’s homes. They will get access to […]
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Royal Marsden implements secure remote access
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust has created a secure remote working environment for clinicians to support its business strategy of delivering care closer to patients’ homes. The plans were well advanced before the trust suffered a fire at its Chelsea hospital in January this year, but this confirmed the need for clinicians to be […]
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Infrastructure strategy for NHS Wales
Informing Healthcare has published its infrastructure strategy for NHS Wales. The first edition covers networking, user access devices, servers and storage, messaging and collaboration, directory and voice services. In each case, the strategy describes the current position, the strategic aim and the next steps towards achieving this aim. However, Informing Healthcare says the resources needed […]
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