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- NHS Fife Lists 90 Per Cent of Staff in U.K. National NHS Directory
- NHS Fife is responsible for maintaining and improving the health of the population of Fife, Scotland. Identity management and synchronisation is a major challenge for NHS Fife due to the number of users of e-mail messaging systems (7,000 in total). To comply with directives from NHS Scotland, it is necessary...
- Tags: U.K., Messaging, Microsoft Corp., NHS Fife, E-mail, Microsoft Development Tools, Groupware, Databases, Online Communications, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
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- The "KnowFife Dataset" - Running on InstantAtlas
- The KnowFife Dataset is a new resource for Fife Partnership, which brings together Fife Council, NHS Fife, Fife Constabulary, Fife Fire and Rescue Service, Communities Scotland, and Scottish Enterprise Fife, to deliver Fife's Community Plan, building on the common boundaries shared by the organisations. Looking for a software tool able...
- Tags: GeoWise, KnowFife Dataset, Team Management, Productivity, Management
- Case studies 2007-08-14
- Scottish Health Authority Gets Shot in Arm From Axios
- The Scottish local health authority is the result of the amalgamation of Fife Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Primary Care NHS Trust and Health Board. The three units either did not have an ITSM tool, were using an in-house solution or had installed another commercial product. The authority selected Axios Systems'...
- Tags: Health Care, Scottish Health Authority, Health Authority, Service Level Management, It Services, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, It Operations, It service Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
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- Case Study: eProcurement in the NHS - NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency
- The NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency works with around 400 NHS trusts and health authorities and manages 3,000 national purchasing contracts, influencing around half of the £7 billion spent in the NHS on purchasing goods and services in the health service in the UK. More than 100 NHS organisations and...
- Tags: Agency, E-procurement, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
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- Nortel Networks Case Study: NHS Direct
- NHS Direct is England's 24-hour health service telephone line. NHS Direct wanted to improve the service they were offering, while achieving the cost savings that centralisation should bring. They recognised that the only way they could create the desired consistency and efficiencies was through virtualisation - joining up all call...
- Tags: Health Service, Nortel Networks Corp., NHS Direct, VOIP, Telecommunications, Telecom & Utilities, Networking
- Case studies 2007-02-07
- Sun Java System Communications Solution for NHS Tayside
- As one of the largest National Health Service NHS administrations in Scotland, NHS Tayside aims to improve the health of the people living in Tayside, and to reduce health inequalities. In recent years, one of the most beneficial changes to NHS Tayside's IT infrastructure has been the implementation of sun's...
- Tags: Java, Sun Microsystems Inc., Health Care, Messaging, Sun Java, Vertical Industries, Groupware, Benefits, Healthcare, E-mail, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Online Communications
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- HP and Microsoft Help Fife School District Enhance Information Access and Meet Educational Goals Using eLearning Portal
- In the last nine years, Fife School District (near Tacoma, Wash.) has built new primary and junior high schools, remodeled its other schools, and updated support facilities. In early 2004, the district patrons approved a $3.6 million technology levy to fund an instructional technology upgrade for all Fife School facilities....
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Access, Microsoft Corp., Printers, .Net, E-learning, Application Servers, Servers, Hardware, Peripherals, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software
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- Evaluating IT Service Solutions for the NHS: 10 Key Questions
- The National Programme for IT NPfIT is setting huge challenges for all those involved. If it is tasked with selecting the right IT service management system for the NHS organisation nowadays, then one have to faced with a plethora of new regulations, structures and patterns of influence, as well as...
- Tags: Information Technology, Service Solution, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2006-02-09
- NHS Body Gains a Robust Infrastructure With Scalable Data Storage to Meet New Regulations
- NHS Logistics supports healthcare in England, delivering medical supplies to more than 700 NHS bodies across the country. There was the need to create an infrastructure that increased flexibility and laid the foundations for greater responsiveness. The organisation decided to upgrade the infrastructure and future-proof its IT systems. To achieve...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Data Storage, Regulation, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Servers, Healthcare, Storage, Storage Management, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Case studies 2006-05-31
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Gains Rapid Returns With Pre-Approved Financial and Purchasing Solutions
- Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust provides healthcare services to more than 200,000 people in southwest England. The company wanted to implement best-practice, integrated, automated, managed financial and purchasing management applications from a supplier approved by the NHS National Service Framework. The challenge was to select a solution already used by other...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Health Care, Supplier, Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Marketing
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- Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Drives Efficiencies Through Innovative Technology
- One of the first ten NHS foundation trusts in England, Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides general and emergency services to Hackney and the City of London as well as specialist care in key disciplines. The trust wanted to streamline and automate financial management and purchasing. The challenge was...
- Tags: Hospital, Oracle Corp., Financial, Financial Management, Financial Accounting, Investment, Financial Planning, Finance
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- Computer Software Group Case Study: Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust
- Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust was established on 1 April 1992 under the NHS Community Care Act 1990. In order to improve its CNST rating, CNST auditors told Aintree it needed to provide improved traceability of all training delivered - whether that be mandatory training or smaller "On the job" instances...
- Tags: Hospital, Training, Computer, Workforce Management, Productivity, Human Resources
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- National Health Service Improves Patient Care for 59 Million Citizens
- The National Health Service NHS provides healthcare for 59.6 million citizens of the United Kingdom. Recent initiatives have mandated improvements in the way citizens access healthcare and other government services. As a result, NHS anticipates that greater numbers of patients and healthcare providers will need to access information using the...
- Tags: Patient, Performance, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Health Service, National Health Service, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Performance Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management
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- The NHS Trusts in Gloucestershire Improved IT Support 60%
- The NHS Trusts in Gloucestershire comprises various hospitals and clinical sites across Gloucestershire County. They lacked a clear view of the technology infrastructure dispersed across the region. The NHS Trusts in Gloucestershire turned to BMC Software. Conscious of the urgent need to replace its fragmented system with a next-generation service...
- Tags: BMC Software Inc., Information Technology, It Management, It service Management
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- NHS Scotland Web Accessibility Case Study
- This case study describes the experience of Civic Computing, a Web Communications and Design company, working with the RNIB and Civic's client, NHS Quality Improvement Scotland, to create a website that attains the 'See it Right' accreditation. The case study explains how Civic Computing made the NHS Scotland website accessible.
- Tags: Web Site, Case Study, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet
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- National Health Service Shared Business Services Set to Cut Costs by 20%
- National Health Service Shared Business Services NHS SBS provides high quality finance and accounting, payroll and procurement services to NHS organizations, enabling them to focus their expenditure and expertise on improving the quality and value of healthcare services to patients in England. NHS SBS uses Oracle's service-oriented architecture and Web-enabled...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Health Care, Service, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Purchasing & Procurement, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Business Operations
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- Knowledge Management Portal Delivers High Quality Healthcare Information
- NHS 24 wanted to provide innovative means of delivering progressive, joined-up public sector healthcare and create a flexible and adaptive portal based on a service infrastructure. NHS 24 deployed BEA AquaLogic User Interaction to create a Knowledge Management System KMS which underpins the national health information, clinical assessment, advice, and...
- Tags: Scotland, BEA Systems Inc., Knowledge, Health Care, Knowledge Management Portal, NHS 24, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Knowledge Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
- Case studies 2006-04-01
- The NHS Trusts in Gloucestershire Improved IT Support by 60 Percent
- The NHS Trusts in Gloucestershire comprises various hospitals and clinical sites across Gloucestershire County. Understanding the link between quality patient services and IT, the NHS Trusts was looking to consolidate its IT service desks in order to optimize efficiency and resolve patient issues more quickly and effectively. By choosing BMC...
- Tags: Service Desk, BMC Software Inc., Patient, Information Technology, ITIL, It Services, It Management, It service Management
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- Niagara Health System Boosts Efficiency, Security With Microsoft Exchange Server 2007
- Niagara Health System NHS, comprised of eight hospitals serving 411,000 residents across the Niagara region, represents the largest multisite hospital amalgamation in Ontario, Canada. To reduce its IT complexity, NHS wanted a more cost-effective way to streamline its various voice mail, wireless, e-mail, and fax messaging capabilities to improve staff...
- Tags: Security, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Microsoft Exchange Server, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., E-mail Servers, Groupware, Fax, Enterprise Software, Software
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- InfoScotland Case Study: Jenny Daborn
- A short typing course was Jenny's password into the NHS. Thirty years later she has amassed a wide variety of qualifications and is now an accredited IT Trainer, helping other staff to develop effective computer skills. She now works in a dedicated team rolling out the European Computer Driving Licence...
- Tags: Computer, Productivity, Team Management, Management
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