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Buying green
IT
Information technology is accounting for
an increasing amount of global energy use and industrial
waste. For purchasers, however, making 'green decisions' is
difficult and complex due to the lack of clear data and
policies on labelling and manufacturing. Gary Price of VAR Probrand explores the migration of the green
agenda into IT procurement. July 2010
How to
improve information governance and patient care
Information governance is the framework for ensuring
that the right people have access to the right data for
patient care. This is complex in practice due to the many
points of care that each patient can encounter and the
multiple disparate records and rules that these create.
Wayne Parslow of Carefx gives advice on how to take the
right approach. July 2010
TCO Certification — choosing
IT products for low environmental impact and high performance
Birgitta Halvarsson of TCO
Development describes the evolution of the TCO certification system
from indicating the safety of computer monitors to the latest TCO
Certified label launched in 2009 that encompasses a wider range of
IT products with stricter environmental and usability requirements
and also social responsibility. June 2010
Bank is dead,
long live the bank
The latest generation of
hospital staff management systems is revolutionising the way
NHS trusts use their internal and external staff banks, says
Nick Whiteley. Smart rostering solutions
that streamline processes to enable rapid deployment of
staff and meet work–life balance demands are now available
and are set to change the future of the bank department.
June 2010
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