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White Paper Many SMEs and non-profit organizations suffer when their Web servers become unavailable due to flash crowd effects when their web site becomes popular. One of the solutions to the flash-crowd problem is to place the web site on a scalable CDN... [04 Aug 2008]
NHS data left lacking encryption
News The Department of Health (DoH) has confirmed that it would then take "at least six months" for each trust to complete the roll-out of encryption. The target of 31 March for encryption to take place was a local deadline set by some SHAs and CfH said... [24 Jun 2008]
NHS CIO jumps ship
News The Department of Health (DoH) confirmed Swindells - who has been working for the department for three and a half years - is moving out of the public sector to work for Tribal Group, a consultancy to the public sector. [15 Apr 2008]
Puerto Rico Department of Health Improves Bandwidth Availability and Performance
White Paper Like many organizations, the Department of Health (DoH) of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico was finding the Internet to be both a boon and a source of problems. DoH also wanted to enable access to information to its facilities throughout the country... [19 Dec 2007]
Fresh warning over mobiles in hospitals
News In May this year, the Department of Health (DoH) issued guidelines on the use of mobile phones in hospitals which recommended mobiles should not be used in clinical areas but said NHS trusts should undertake their own risk assessments about mobile... [06 Sep 2007]
Home care moves into the 21st century
News In other news, the Department of Health (DoH) announced earlier this week that London's 21 NHS hospital trusts have completed the rollout of a digital X-ray system. Richard Granger, head of Connecting for Health - the DoH agency in charge of the... [23 May 2007]
DoH in £20m CSC outsourcing extension
News The UK's Department of Health (DoH) has agreed a £20m extension to an IT outsourcing deal with CSC. CSC initially won the seven-year £39m contract with the DoH back in 2002. Under the extended agreement CSC will continue to provide infrastructure... [30 Mar 2007]
£390m ambulance radio upgrade rollout begins
News The DoH signed a 13-year contract worth £390m in July 2005 with Airwave - owned by mobile operator O2 - to provide the new digital radio and communications system. A new £390m ambulance radio system will improve communications with other emergency... [27 Dec 2006]
Sex clinic gives good text
News Ivens added that the system is a response to the Department of Health's (DoH) directive to ensure that patients can book medical appointments within two working days. The information gained from the pilot, along with trials elsewhere, will also... [30 Nov 2006]
Libraries to lend a hand to NHS
News According to the Department of Health (DoH), under the Partnership for Patients project GPs will be able to direct patients to their local library for hospital appointments if they need more time to choose where to go.silicon.com Public Sector [14 Nov 2006]
NHS IT director general Granger's salary revealed
News Granger's salary, bonuses and expenses have finally been released to silicon.com after a protracted wrangle with the Department of Health (DoH) over a Freedom of Information (FoI) Act request. The DoH had initially claimed there was a possibility... [30 May 2006]
How much does NHS IT chief Granger earn?
News The Department of Health (DoH) is dragging its feet over releasing details of NHS IT chief Richard Granger's salary, bonuses and expenses despite a request made by silicon.com under the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act.silicon.com made a request... [20 Apr 2006]
Researchers pore over biometrics spoofing data
News Researchers at Clarkson University have found that fingerprint readers can be spoofed by fingerprint images lifted with Play-Doh or gelatine or a model of a finger moulded out of dental plaster. Sweaty hands might make you unpopular as a dance... [22 Dec 2005]
Software to prioritise hospital stays
News Earlier this year, the DoH announced a major overhaul in the way the NHS will care for people with long-term illness. The DoH said the changes are to reduce the number of times they have emergency visits to hospital. [07 Sep 2005]
Doctors get chronic illness database
News According to the DoH, a typical GP practice with an average QOF score receives £74,299 on top of their allocated budget. The Department of Health today launched a national database to improve care for chronic illness sufferers. [01 Sep 2005]
