According to the company's market analysis, complex and expensive systems have discouraged doctors and healthcare workers from adopting new technology. The report suggests the use of thin clients and ASPs (Application Service Providers) will spread...
He told silicon.com the changing nature of healthcare, the high level of travel and home visits involved, and the need for interdisciplinary communication made mobile internet and email access a neccessity for health workers.
Gerry McLaughlin, a former CIO who now runs IT workers reunion site Namesfacesplaces.com, said: "I think those managers that use their people skills effectively are more likely to get projects finished on time.
Five local service providers (LSPs) will work with each strategic health authority (SHA) in their designated region to integrate, and where necessary replace, existing IT infrastructure into schemes under the national programme.
Businesses peddling wireless tagging technologies - such as RFID chips - to the NHS and other healthcare providers will come up against plenty of resistance, but should not give up, according to a recent report.
The trend for call centre workers to be based from home is set to increase rapidly over the next five years as businesses look to cut customer service costs. There are currently around 47,000 home-based outsourced call centre workers working 20...