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West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust Increases Helpdesk Efficiency With Supportworks From Hornbill
White Papers The West Suffolk Hospitals NHS Trust provides acute health services in West Suffolk. In 2003, the Trust selected Hornbill's Supportworks for its expanding IT helpdesk operation. The Trust's old MS Access based application was no longer suitable for...
[March 14, 2006, 23:00]
Computer Software Group Case Study: Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust
White Papers Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust was established on 1 April 1992 under the NHS Community Care Act 1990. Aintree Hospitals NHS Trust chose CS Group's Consensus Compliance system because it allowed them to add and record learning activities quickly and...
[June 21, 2006, 0:00]
Adobe Systems Case Study: Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Trust
White Papers Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Trust manages three hospitals and a number of clinics supporting 11,000 staff. It became clear that alternatives to classroom-based teaching had to be found and to that end, the Trust opted to trial an e-learning...
[June 13, 2006, 0:00]
Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust Gets ROI From SurfControl Software In Just Months
White Papers The NHS is no different to any other organisation when it comes to its increasing reliance on the Internet. Like all businesses that provide Internet and e-mail access the array of problems that unmanaged use can pose are serious risks to the...
[May 2, 2004, 0:00]
BT Wins Recycler Of The Year Award
Blog Staff at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Nottinghamshire are pioneering the use of a new communications system from BT," begins the press release. These badges have already been deployed in libraries in Minneapolis (July 2006...
[February 22, 2007, 14:55]
Mobile .Net Application Could Save NHS Millions
News Staff at the Bradford Hospitals NHS trust are to start using Pocket PCs to order supplies online wherever they are in the hospital. Wander is a simple, practical tool that lets us get on with the job we joined the NHS to do -- caring for patients...
[July 30, 2002, 9:09]
University College London Hospital NHS Trust Improves Financial And Purchasing Performance With Oracle And Patech Solutions
White Papers University College London Hospitals (UCLH) National Health Service (NHS) Trust administers eight London hospitals, and is one of the largest and busiest NHS trusts in the UK. UCLH commissioned Patech Solutions Ltd to replace the Trust's legacy...
[November 8, 2005, 23:00]
Junior Doctor Loses Confidential Patient Data
Blog One of the sticks, which contained highly confidential patient data, was stolen at Nottingham University Hospitals Trust recently. Macleod said the Hospitals Trust should consider using an encrypted digital vault, accessed over a secure computer...
[July 25, 2007, 18:10]
Hospital Mobile Revolution Starts With Supply Chain
News The system, called Wander, was jointly made by KPMG Consulting and the Bradford Hospitals NHS Trust. Bradford's hospitals are using mobile devices to save money and time on ordering supplies. Two departments in Bradford Hospital Trust which have...
[July 30, 2002, 9:09]
NHS Denies Privacy Risk Over Smartcard Sharing
News Last week reports emerged that smartcards — used by clinical staff to access patient records on the overhauled NHS IT network — were being shared between A&E clinicians at South Warwickshire General Hospitals NHS Trust.
[February 2, 2007, 10:40]
NHS Patient Data Sold On EBay
News The Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS Trust is trying to find out how one of its computers full of confidential medical information was sold on eBay. An NHS trust is investigating how one of its hard drives containing confidential information was sold...
[September 17, 2007, 14:18]
U.K. NHS Trust Saves £46,000 In One Year With Timely Software Updates
White Papers To improve efficiency and reduce costs, managers at Blackpool, Fylde, and Wyre Hospitals NHS Trust needed new tools to automate software updates. The trust, which is located in north-west England, assessed Novell ZenWorks before choosing to deploy...
[May 7, 2008, 0:00]
Healthcare Trust Delivers Urgent Services Faster With Secure Remote Access
White Papers Until recently, they were unable to access patient x-rays from their homes and, consequently, spent a lot of time travelling to hospitals. A team of eight radiologists at Essex Rivers Healthcare NHS Trust deliver a 24-hour on-call service.
[December 18, 2007, 23:00]
U.K. Hospital Trust Streamlines Administration By Blocking 4.7 Million Spam Mails A Year
White Papers University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) processes thousands of e-mails a day. It required a security solution to reduce spam and protect employees and systems from malicious viruses. The UHL deployed Microsoft Forefront Security for...
[September 28, 2007, 0:00]
HP ProCurve - Superior Price/Performance In The NHS
White Papers Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust was faced with the need to process and store growing volumes of patient-related data. To take advantage of new developments in ICT, the trust needed a network that offered enhanced bandwidth and flexibility.
[July 5, 2005, 0:00]
“Zero-Tolerance” Networking Helps Pinderfields And Pontefract Hospitals’ IT Department Do More
White Papers Novell Net services software is playing an important role in Pinderfield and Pontefract Hospitals’ strategy. The Trust’s IT strategy focuses on developing a robust infrastructure with the capability to support heterogeneous systems, from...
[March 5, 2004, 23:00]
Kyocera Printers Make For Healthy Savings At East Kent NHS Trust
White Papers The East Kent NHS trust is one of the largest in the United Kingdom running five hospitals and employing approximately 8000 staff at 300 sites throughout the East Kent region. The Trust needed to upgrade its hardware to work with the latest Torex...
[October 2, 2004, 0:00]
North East Wales NHS Trust Automates Procurement Processes
White Papers Following a recommendation by the National Audit Office that called for increased public sector efficiencies, the North East Wales National Health Service (NHS) Trust launched a major initiative in 2002 designed to bring Web-enabled procurement...
[December 21, 2006, 23:00]
Time Saved Efficiency Increased
White Papers The Swansea NHS Trust has implemented LANDesk Management Suite to Support its IT operations and improve efficiency between its two key hospitals. Swansea NHS Trust employs nearly 9000 people and has an annual income of over £300m.
[June 20, 2007, 0:00]
Hospital Trust Increases Efficiency By Standardising Communications Infrastructure
White Papers This requirement presents a considerable challenge to many hospitals, which must now migrate to a standardised host network and desktop environment. Employees at Southend University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide medical services to 330,000...
[November 28, 2006, 23:00]
