Microsoft UK Health Blog
News and information about health-related IT for people who work in UK healthcare from the Microsoft UK Health team.
EHI Live 2013 preview: Win a one-of-a-kind prize at this year’s EHI Live!
If you swing by the Microsoft stand at this year’s EHI Live, you’ll have a chance to win...
Author: Jesse Stanchak Date: 10/25/2013
EHI Live 2013 preview: A paperless NHS by 2018? Could it ever happen?
One of our health care partners, Cloud 2, will be joining Microsoft at EHI Live on 5-6 November,...
Author: Jesse Stanchak Date: 10/24/2013
EHI Live 2013 preview: Reimagining healthcare means reimagining how we work each day
First things first: Watch this video. Go on. It's not very long and it's guaranteed to resonate with...
Author: Jesse Stanchak Date: 10/16/2013
EHI Live 2013 preview: Improving the safety, quality and cost-effectiveness of unscheduled care using Big Data
One of our health care partners, Ascribe, will be joining Microsoft at EHI Live on 5-6 November,...
Author: Jesse Stanchak Date: 10/15/2013
What does the latest CESG devices security guidance mean for you?
CESG issued its latest End User Devices Security and Configuration Guidance on the 14th of October....
Author: Jesse Stanchak Date: 10/14/2013
EHI Live 2013 preview: Getting clinicians involved in designing their own solutions
One of our health care partners, Optevia, will be joining Microsoft at EHI Live on 5-6 November,...
Author: Jesse Stanchak Date: 10/10/2013
EHI Live 2013 preview: This year we’re reimagining healthcare
EHI Live is always one of the UK’s most exciting healthcare events, but EHI Live 2013 is...
Author: Jesse Stanchak Date: 10/09/2013
How do you keep up with a healthcare professional?
Healthcare professionals have always worked hard. They have to be able to: Work on the go. Think...
Author: Jesse Stanchak Date: 10/04/2013
How much money is outdated software costing your organisation?
It’s natural to consider costs when mulling a technology upgrade – but it’s...
Author: Jesse Stanchak Date: 10/03/2013
Event: Learn how technology will transform health care in the next 5 years
Health IT is set for a major transition in the UK. Windows 8.1 on tablet devices is revolutionising...
Author: Jesse Stanchak Date: 09/27/2013
Can a tablet app transform patient care?
Effective patient communication is essential to effective patient care. Whether you're talking about...
Author: Jesse Stanchak Date: 09/13/2013
How Surface can cure what ails doctors
Dr. Nick Patel of Palmetto Health wanted to use a tablet at work to allow him to manage patient info...
Author: Jesse Stanchak Date: 09/10/2013
Busting 3 health sector myths about migrating from Windows XP
It’s no secret that too many health organisations are lagging behind the curve when it comes...
Author: Jesse Stanchak Date: 08/23/2013
How Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust managed to promote remote work -- without spending a lot of money
Have you ever noticed that your home computer is nicer than the machine you use at work? You're not...
Author: Jesse Stanchak Date: 08/19/2013
Webinars and Workshops - Simplifying clinical access to multiple applications and patient records with acceSSOnce
In May 2013 we covered a story which highlighted how Clinicians at Luton and Dunstable NHS...
Author: Alexbuk Date: 08/02/2013
Bringing mobile, social, and health together to improve care
When you think Microsoft Office, you might be thinking Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. The new Office...
Author: HowieT Date: 06/28/2013
Calculate. Communicate. Connect. Excel 2013 for healthcare professionals
If there is one characteristic built into the heart of the new, more granular, structure of the NHS,...
Author: HowieT Date: 06/24/2013
Santander, Spain: Where “smarter” meets “healthier”
Today, we're blogging a guest post from our Worldwide Health Industry Senior Director - Elena...
Author: HowieT Date: 06/18/2013
SQL underpins Ascribe’s Web Pharmacy rollout at North Tees & Hartlepool
Microsoft technology is at the heart of another successful (and on-time) healthcare IT deployment,...
Author: HowieT Date: 06/13/2013
“Communities are generous”: Enterprise social networking in healthcare
Social networking has a chequered reputation in healthcare circles, but a new breed of secure,...
Author: HowieT Date: 06/11/2013
Delivering mobile IT your way - on the ward, Trust-wide and beyond. Seminar - 1st July, London.
Hi everyone, we thought we'd let you know about this helpful seminar taking place in London on the...
Author: HowieT Date: 06/11/2013
‘Follow-me’ technology gives clinicians more time for patients
Even in digitally advanced hospitals, clinicians regularly complain about tardy access to patient...
Author: HowieT Date: 06/04/2013
Microsoft software harnessed by OCSL’s acceSSOnce desktop solution to improve patient care at Luton and Dunstable University NHS Foundation Trust Hospital
Clinicians save 30-45 minutes per day on average through simplified access to patient data. Luton...
Author: HowieT Date: 05/14/2013
My week of quantified self: video
The week of experimenting with different devices, all tracked and synced with Microsoft HealthVault...
Author: HowieT Date: 05/08/2013
My week of quantified self: day five
It is the last day of my quantified self week, I’ve been using a pedometer, blood pressure...
Author: HowieT Date: 05/03/2013
My week of quantified self: day four
Weight & blood pressure It is the penultimate day of my quantified self challenge, using Health...
Author: HowieT Date: 05/02/2013
My week of quantified self: day three
Lazy day Day three of my quantified self week with Health Vault is upon me, up until now I’ve...
Author: HowieT Date: 05/01/2013
My week of quantified self: day two
Yesterday (Monday) I started my week by choosing the devices I would use and getting them set up...
Author: HowieT Date: 05/01/2013
My week of quantified self: day one
Setting Up This week we are featuring daily guest posts by our colleague David Clare who is testing...
Author: HowieT Date: 04/29/2013
The Consumer at Work: Creating the next generation of healthcare applications
The first 60 years of business software has been focused on making operations more effective and...
Author: HowieT Date: 04/25/2013
Starting early with the PHR: Taking the Redbook online
Microsoft HealthVault, the secure healthcare information data store, is being used across the world...
Author: HowieT Date: 04/24/2013
A Strategic Approach to Telehealth
Last month we saw how a range of new technologies, often familiar consumer tools like Skype, are...
Author: HowieT Date: 04/12/2013
Optimising electronic medical records (EMRs) with Microsoft solutions
Did you know that Electronic Medical Records (EMRs) are the top IT investment being made by...
Author: HowieT Date: 04/09/2013
Public Sector Windows 8 Apps eBook
Over the past few weeks we have been compiling eight great public sector apps which can be found in...
Author: HowieT Date: 03/28/2013
Putting Windows 8 Tablets to work in healthcare – a buyer’s guide
There is a slew of shiny new tablets on the market, many of which are crammed with enough features...
Author: HowieT Date: 03/25/2013
Public Sector case studies for Budget day
Well, the 2013 budget has finished and while the dust is settling on the key points from the...
Author: HowieT Date: 03/20/2013
Health tablets that raise the pulse – Windows 8 helping cut the total cost of ownership
There is no doubt that Windows 8 is the new kid on the block as far as operating systems are...
Author: HowieT Date: 03/18/2013
Health Innovation Expo – Day 1
Yesterday we attended day one of Europe’s largest healthcare innovation event, the Health...
Author: HowieT Date: 03/14/2013