Microsoft UK Health Blog
News and information about health-related IT for people who work in UK healthcare from the Microsoft UK Health team.
DocCom seminar event review - 9th July 2012
It was a very interesting morning in the DocCom seminar at our Cardinal Place office, London. A room...
Author: HowieT Date: 07/09/2012
Join the discussion on DocCom! ...Do you use telehealth/teleconsultation?
The new ground breaking social network for healthcare professionals, DocCom, has got off to a superb...
Author: HowieT Date: 07/06/2012
DocCom networking event - healthcare communication just got a whole lot easier
Next Monday, we will be keeping you bang up-to-date on Twitter with a great health event taking...
Author: HowieT Date: 07/04/2012
Microsoft announces Surface: New Family of PCs for Windows
In an age when flexibility, good communication and mobility is key when considering ICT provision...
Author: HowieT Date: 06/20/2012
DocCom - the cloud and networking will transform healthcare. Find out what the leaders are doing…
As pressure increases on healthcare organisations to deliver safety information in more effective...
Author: HowieT Date: 06/19/2012
“Health Choices” App Provides Access to NHS Health Resources
There’s “an app for that” for just about everything these days. Indeed,...
Author: HowieT Date: 06/15/2012
Livescape: the Swiss Army knife of healthcare apps
If you had any doubt about the might of your mobile, consider this. By the end of 2011, over 10.9...
Author: HowieT Date: 05/29/2012
MyHealthBox – a first for mental health care
Guest blog: Mike Denis, Director of Information Strategy at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation...
Author: HowieT Date: 05/15/2012
Deploy and use Office 365
You can help your team to be more productive than ever before with Office 365. While getting users...
Author: HowieT Date: 04/23/2012
Cloud computing - Delivering the right services to the right users
In previous posts we have covered how cloud enables organisations to segment users, roles and...
Author: HowieT Date: 04/05/2012
Cloud computing - Infrastructure v platform (as a service)
In this post we will compare and contrast 'infrastructure and platform as a service' delivered from...
Author: HowieT Date: 03/19/2012
Cloud computing - software as a service
In the previous post we looked at Infrastructure (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS), in this...
Author: HowieT Date: 03/09/2012
Cloud computing - Delivering IT as a service
The role of any IT department in an organisation is to deliver business value through information...
Author: HowieT Date: 03/02/2012
Unlock the business value of information – Free webinar with the Register
OK, this isn't technically aimed at just a health-related audience but those of you working in...
Author: HowieT Date: 02/29/2012
Cloud Computing - Why Cloud?
Over the coming weeks, we have invited our colleague and cloud expert Nick Umney from Microsoft's UK...
Author: HowieT Date: 02/24/2012
Smarter Health - Two clever docs with their heads in the cloud
Despite the hustle and bustle in healthcare, many healthcare professionals don’t get to meet...
Author: HowieT Date: 02/17/2012
xpoint®: making the search for NHS efficiency… more efficient
The NHS is not just the UK’s largest employer; it’s also one of the most dispersed. In...
Author: HowieT Date: 02/09/2012
Microsoft and Safer Internet Day 2012 - Tues 7th Feb!
Happy Safe Internet Day! It's a subject we take very seriously and it forms a central element to our...
Author: HowieT Date: 02/07/2012