NHS in Scotland employs 150 extra staff to cope with EU working hours directive

Is this an opportunity to improve systems and technology?? New European rules reducing junior doctors’ hours to a maximum of 48 per week came into force at the weekend. NHS Grampian revealed it had employed 60 additional staff in order Continue reading →

NHS National Services Scotland Selects Lumension to Protect Vital Information

Friday, 24 July 2009 Lumension®, the global leader in operational endpoint security, has been selected by NHS National Services Scotland to enforce security policies governing the storage of data on portable storage devices such as laptops, USB sticks and CDs Continue reading →

NHS Scotland aims to phase out paper records

NHS facilities in Scotland are currently trialling the use of handheld computers among doctors and nurses. It is hoped that by distributing information to healthcare professionals electronically, the amount of paper they use will be reduced. The technology should also Continue reading →

NHS Scotland, wireless ICT and moving paperless,

Wireless computing and homegrown software turn may turn Scoland’s NHS paperless. When PDA’s didn’t work, Scotland’s NHS turned to Intel designed Medical Computer Assistants or Mobile Clinical Assistants (MCA). These together with Coupled or Computer Access on Wheels (COWs) and Continue reading →