care in case studies
Thin clients switch on digitally excluded
Case Study The running costs per user (excluding the initial hardware) for the managed service are small - around £2 per week - and in future Kehoe envisages an ad-funded model being able to support service provision, with public sector organisations such as... [17 Jun 2008]
Childnet helps parents get web savvy
Case Study At home, not only is the resource helping to bring more people onto the digital superhighway but it has provided a valuable resource for local schools to use to engage the parents of the children in their care as they attempt to become centres for... [08 May 2008]
Students get blanketed in wi-fi at Brum uni
Case Study Students at The University of Birmingham will soon be able to roll out of bed and get onto the internet wherever they happen to have ended up on campus. The university is in the second phase of a wi-fi rollout that will see coverage extended to all... [18 Mar 2008]
Publisher purges thousands of unlicensed fonts
Case Study It wasn't the case that staff didn't care about font licensing. Publishing giant Faber & Faber is wiping away the chance of costly law suits by using software to purge unlicensed fonts.silicon.com Retail & Leisure [22 Feb 2008]
Suffolk Councils join up IT to save costs
Case Study The county council is responsible for social services, children's services and adult community services, such as libraries, residential and home care for the elderly and people with disabilities, education, major highways, some planning, waste... [05 Feb 2008]
Rotherham NHS ups network access security
Case Study Rotherham NHS Primary Care Trust (PCT) has improved network security using integration software to match staff records with systems access.silicon.com Public Sector Get the latest public sector news straight to your inbox. [25 Jan 2008]
Brunel University uses spam filter to fight cyber bullying
Case Study We have a duty of care to all of our students to make sure the college networks aren't being used in an abusive way to any of them. Brunel University has adapted its spam filter to help fight email bullying. [11 Jan 2008]
SMS reminders help NHS tackle forgetful patients
Case Study The Patient Care Messaging (PCM) software, which is made by healthcare application developer iPLATO, is being used by 24 NHS Primary Care Trusts to enable GP surgeries to send automatic and targeted appointment and health reminders to patients by... [07 Jan 2008]
NHS procurement hub streamlines mobile suppliers
Case Study The CPH represents NHS Primary Care and Acute Trusts across the east of England, and has a combined spend of £1.5bn. The East of England Collaborative Procurement Hub (CPH) has slashed its costs by streamlining its mobie phone contracts. [20 Jun 2007]
Concert hall makes sure callers don't sing the blues
Case Study The old system couldn't provide the right level of customer care. She said: "It's still early days but we've begun to see improvements in customer care, which is the more important benefit than reduction in cost of ownership. [30 May 2007]
Council saves by streamlining PC procurement
Case Study With the management of the PC estate now taken care of, Gallon and his team can devote their time and energy to other areas. More strategically, he also intends to set up a fibre backbone throughout the authority, working with BT, allowing the... [11 May 2007]
AXA cuts out the paper chase
Case Study These people are on holiday and get sick or injured and call us for assistance and we take care of them, and eFax has enabled us to provide the assistance or to communicate with the people involved much more easily. [18 Oct 2006]
Hospital puts wireless at heart of tech plans
Case Study Much of the work in progress is geared around improving workflows and working practices to improve patient care. A hospital trust is using its new wireless network to support a number of projects including digital X-rays and efficient drug dispensing. [17 Aug 2006]
Paramedics treat patients with BlackBerrys
Case Study The council paid Vodafone £30,000 to link the BlackBerrys with the council's Anite Swift index database, which holds its social care records. By treating patients in their homes, Cambridge paramedics are saving £300 for every short-term hospital... [24 Feb 2006]
Telemedicine slashes hospitals stays
Case Study Carlisle Housing Association and Carlisle and District Primary Care Trust wanted to reduce the length of hospital stays for patients and also to increase the independence of patients by giving them more information about their condition. [11 Jan 2006]
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