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Is short-termism holding back public sector outsourcing?
Comment Although the public sector has learnt a lot from previous engagements in the outsourcing market, breakdowns such as those in the NHS show that some aspects of public sector procurement still has a long way to go. [20 Aug 2008]
Is BlackBerry taking a leaf out of Apple's book?
Comment Photos: 60 years of NHS tech If you thought iPhone nano rumours were hard to avoid, consider the myriad BlackBerry incarnations haunting cyberspace. First up the BlackBerry KickStart. Leaked images of this frankly ugly... [14 Aug 2008]
Editor's Blog: Time to declare war on the business
Comment Photos: 60 years of NHS tech Words that, should they appear in a reporter's copy, will result in that unlucky scribe taking responsibility for making tea for the team until they have learned their lesson. [07 Aug 2008]
Editor's Blog: Less data equals more privacy
Comment And worse - plans to encrypt sensitive data on NHS systems also appear to be missing the deadlines set by strategic health authorities. It's been a while since I've mentioned silicon.com's Full Disclosure campaign, which... [26 Jun 2008]
Graham Knight
CIO Profile Knight is working on an enterprise master patient index along with a new outpatient scheduling system, as well as improving data quality and connectivity to the NHS network. As CIO of General Healthcare Group - the... [11 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com... dirty computers, lie detectors, T5 tech, mobile ASBOs
Comment NHS cleans up keyboard act Also, dirty NHS keyboards get an airing, benefit cheats hunted out with lie detectors and the T5 "tech not to blame" fiasco all attracted some feisty remarks. Anonymous,... [15 May 2008]
Editor's Blog: Time to take the politicians out of technology?
Comment Certainly when it comes to IT it's easier to think of the public sector as a series of small businesses - departments, quangos, NGOs, NHS trusts, police forces - that occasionally work together but more often work... [30 Apr 2008]
Dear silicon.com... NHS 'savings', e-crime coppers, skills crisis?...
Comment NHS IT savings predicted to hit £1.14bn NHS 'savings' The world has moved on in terms of how innovative projects that use technology are delivered, so must the NHS and the government.... [20 Mar 2008]
Why outsourcing divorce can end in tears…
Comment The NHS was left, as many estranged spouses have been in the wake of a particularly brutal divorce case, wondering how on earth it was going to pick up the pieces and start all over again. When an outsourcing arrangement... [04 Feb 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 25.01.08
Round-Up The data consisted of names, passport details, national insurance numbers, drivers' licence particulars, information on family members, doctors' addresses and NHS numbers. How about this for an advertising slogan for the... [25 Jan 2008]
The Brampton Factor: Why big government IT projects fail
Comment A prime example is the revamping of NHS IT. A £500m prisoner-tracking project failure barely causes a ripple these days. We're so hardened to government IT problems we no longer see the underlying causes, says Martin... [22 Jan 2008]
Can biometrics secure the public's data?
Comment NHS chiefs hoped this would be a preventative measure to stop employees accessing things they shouldn't. But do time-strapped NHS staff have time to police audit trails? Addleshaw Goddard's Paul Bentham... [23 Nov 2007]
Leader: It's time for a data breach disclosure law
Leader The national electronic medical record system will also need to provide access to around 300,000 NHS staff - but there are surely no security procedures in the world to prevent rogue workers with access doing bad things? [22 Nov 2007]
Dear silicon.com... wi-fi CCTV, BBC iPlayer, skills shortage, robots...
Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Tony Hallett flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Video: The greening of the data centre ¦ Photos: Cambridge innovation day abuzz with fresh tech ¦ Wanless calls for NHS IT... [13 Sep 2007]
Escape the data management minefield
Comment Again, there was the recent breach on the NHS MTAS recruitment system where personal details of job applicants were available for everyone to see. Paul Bentham explains how this is not just about malicious hacking and... [13 Sep 2007]
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