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Open source? No good for cost cutting, say CIOs
News Richard Storey, head of IT, Guys & St Thomas Hospital Despite tough economic conditions, CIOs have not turned to open source software as a way of making their IT budgets go further, according to silicon.com's latest... [23 Oct 2009]
Tories plan to revamp NHS IT gets grim diagnosis
News The Conservatives propose abandoning the idea of a single medical record for each patient in England, in favour of separate electronic medical records for each hospital and GP surgery, based on common data formats to... [10 Aug 2009]
Heat wave? No sweat for CIOs
News Richard Storey, head of IT, Guys & St Thomas Hospital The latest silicon.com CIO Jury poll asked tech chiefs whether they'd taken any extra steps to protect their technology infrastructure during this week's heat wave,... [03 Jul 2009]
Four years on, which NHS projects have failed to hit their targets?
News It said there was no plan for the delivery of CRS to "meet the urgent needs of acute [hospital] trusts" and revealed the programme was 12 months behind schedule at the time the review was published. The Electronic... [23 Jun 2009]
NHS warned: It's time to beat the breaches
News One incident cited was the loss from Cambridge University Hospital of an unencrypted USB stick, which was later recovered by a car-wash attendant. The information commissioner also censured North West London Hospitals... [26 May 2009]
'Green shoots of recovery? What green shoots?'
News Richard Storey, head of IT, Guys & St Thomas Hospital Reports that the green shoots of a UK economic recovery are poking through are premature, according to IT chiefs. Asked whether they can see signs of recovery in the... [20 May 2009]
NHS e-records given six-month deadline
News Connelly said each hospital trust would be allowed to adapt the way each PAS worked to suit local needs, using a new DoH toolkit, and then these customised applications and lessons about how to use the PAS would be made... [28 Apr 2009]
Health trust dodges NPfIT with £2.4m iSoft deal
News The system will cost the trust £2.4m over five years and will see the organisation take on iSoft's i.Patient Manager PAS as well as refreshing the installation of iSoft's i.Clinical Manager, which is already in use at the... [23 Apr 2009]
Twitter: The CIO's new best friend - or chocolate teapot?
News Richard Storey, head of IT, Guys & St Thomas Hospital In the latest silicon.com CIO Jury, seven out of the 12 members said they are currently using Twitter for information, for networking or for other business-related... [22 Apr 2009]
NHS gets 100,000 locked down USB sticks
News The West Suffolk Hospital NHS Trust has been using the system since September last year. Port control at the Trust means no information can be taken outside the hospital unless it is on a SafeStick.... [17 Apr 2009]
Director shake-up: Saviour of NHS IT project?
News A Lorenzo delivery director will also be appointed for the first time, who will oversee the delivery of the Lorenzo patient administration systems - of which none had gone live in a hospital trust by the end of 2008. [09 Mar 2009]
£10m deal gives London hospitals new bedside manner
News The £10m deal, expected to save the trust £1.7m over its lifetime, will see Azzurri take over management of the trust's fixed-line and mobile communications across its six hospital sites, which will all be moved onto an... [27 Feb 2009]
Has the recession made buying IT cheaper?
News Richard Storey, head of IT, Guys & St Thomas Hospital Although the economic downturn is in full swing, many IT heads still find themselves having to play hardball when negotiating with suppliers. When asked: "as a result... [25 Feb 2009]
NHS extends electronic booking contract
News All NHS hospitals and 93 per cent of GP practices now use the service to refer patients to hospital. The Department of Health has extended its contract with tech services company Atos Origin to run and continue the... [12 Feb 2009]
Hospital bitten by watchdog over stolen laptops
News The UK privacy watchdog has criticised lax NHS data security as it announced it is taking action against a London hospital where two laptops were stolen. The laptops containing the unencrypted details of 389 patients,... [06 Feb 2009]
