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- Jeju University Hospital Improves System Performance, Eliminates Network Downtime
- Jeju National University Hospital is a teaching hospital, which was established in November 2001. Korea's Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs recognized the hospital as a specialist intensive care and emergency institution. Over recent years, the amount of electronic patient records that needed to be managed and archived had...
- Tags: Hospital, Oracle Corp., Performance, Network, Downtime, Jeju National University Hospital, E-health, Healthcare
- Case studies 2009-10-01
- News to know: IDF; Skype; New neutrality; HP; Palm; Madoff
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. John Morris: Intel: 32nm is just the beginning Sam Diaz: Intel on laptop chips: Speed kills Mary Jo...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Hewlett-Packard Co., Twitter Inc., Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Skype Technologies S.A., Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-09-24
- Text Message Solution Helps Smokers Quit
- The Quit Group is a charitable trust that provides smoking cessation programs for New Zealanders. The Quit Group was tasked by the New Zealand Ministry of Health to deliver and evaluate a text message-based smoking cessation solution to reach out to young smokers and help them quit smoking. With help...
- Tags: Solution, Microsoft Corp., Quit Group, .Net, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Human Resources
- Case studies 2009-09-23
- Obesity is the health reform fault line
- Obesity is the health reform fault lineThe naivete is astoundingThe entire point of a universal healthcare system is to FORCE everyone to take care of everyone else. So that the state then has the moral authority to TELL you how to live.Period.A system that ALLOWS everyone to care for everyone...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Healthcare reform, obesity, Obesity, naivete, health care, insurance, universal healthcare
- Discussion threads 2009-07-28
- Field guide to interpreting CIO-speak
- Field guide to interpreting CIO-speakLove it.This is great. I am proud to say that social media and email use do not apply to me. But, the iPhone statement is right on the money.Will WeiderCIOMinistry Health Care
- Tags: CIO-speak
- Discussion threads 2009-06-29
- China's porn obsession not just a coverup for political repression
- The thing that stinks - to Western noses - about this whole Green Dam story is the idea that China wants to go to all this trouble, to the point of having a serious showdown with the U.S. over it, over porn. I mean, porn ... if people want it,...
- Tags: Google Inc., Pornography, Government, Vertical Industries, TVs, Benefits, Healthcare, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Human Resources, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-06-26
- Don't be like China
- China has been receiving enormous amounts of negative press lately for its so-called "Green Dam" content filtering and increasingly stringent requirements for Google to limit access to pornography via its searches. According to the Times article, At a news conference on Thursday, a Foreign Ministry...
- Tags: Pornography, Content Filtering, Government, Content Management, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-06-25
- Reformed computer criminals - your country needs you
- And trust me, they really do. Over the last year, the UK and US Governments have had an awful problem in keeping basic data protection rules in check, almost to the point where they may have been broadcasting over the radio minutes of the intelligence committee meetings. ...
- Tags: Computer, Hat Hacker, Productivity, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-06-26
- Killing project vampires
- Many failing IT projects are quiet, hanging around almost indefinitely like a form of annoying background noise. These purposeless ghosts consume time and resources, perhaps fulfilling a checklist on some bureaucrat's chart, while ultimately producing little return. Such project vampires should be stabbed through the heart...
- Tags: Project, Information Technology, Failure, Strategy, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-06-06
- Ballmer egged in Hungary
- Ballmer egged in HungaryM$ thugs got exposed in HungaryHere we see a concern citizen that fights against M$ plundering his country using a non violent protest.Of course Ballmer had nothing to say about acusations because they are real and he can't accept any meaningfull debabe about M$ dirty deeds.RE: Ballmer...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Steve Ballmer, Linux, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-19
- Nanny state resentment is universal
- As much as health professions seek to warn people away from smoking, drinking, over-eating, and sedentary lifestyles, pushback against such "nanny state" antics seems to be universal. For proof consider Gonzo's great line from the original Muppet Movie. "I'm going to Bombay, India to become a movie star."...
- Tags: Health Care, Bachchan, Pushback, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- Medical devices are no longer a safe haven
- For several months now we've been told by stock pickers that medical stocks are safe havens, that they're recession-resistant. Maybe they're not. (I first ran this picture last year. It was from a photo contest sponsored by Worth Magazine.) Profits at Wright Medical sank...
- Tags: Stock, Medical Device, Healthcare, Investment, IPO, Finance, Financial Services, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-02-15
- Ministry Cuts Policy Approval Time From Months to Days With Content Management System
- The Bahrain Ministry of Health wanted to increase collaboration between its teams working from decentralised locations across the island country, and to streamline administrative processes. Microsoft Gold Certified Partner IDEAS IT developed a Web-based content management system by using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. As a result, the new intranet...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Content Management System, Content Management, Portals, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet
- Case studies 2008-02-01
- News to know: Cisco's next-gen switch; Windows 7; Facebook; KDE
- Notable headlines: Dan Farber: Cisco delivers next-generation switch--Nexus 7000 George Ou: Mac Pro is now the cheapest high-end workstation Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7: The Anti-Vista? Microsoft delays SQL Server 2008 RTM to third quarter Michael Krigsman: UK defense ministry loses...
- Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Cisco Systems Inc., KDE, Microsoft Windows, Hacking, Security, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2008-01-28
- UK defense ministry loses 600,000 IDs on laptop
- Another screw-up for British government security practices. From Ars Technica: A laptop that was stolen from the car of a military recruitment officer contained information about approximately 600,000 people, most of whom were prospective recruits. The database stored on the laptop was not encryptedâ€"a significant...
- Tags: Policy, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Banking, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Financial Services, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-01-27
- China: bent on mass suicide?
- China appears to be killing its own people at a rapid rate. And we may be just collateral damage.The "New York Times" is headlining a story on the pollution problems in China. One conclusion the reporters draw: it's becoming a political problem for the ruling Communist Party.China's Ministry...
- Tags: China, Pollution, rnChina, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2007-08-26
- SonicWALL Solution Enables the Secure, Rapid and Cost Effective Exchange of Highly Sensitive Data for the Health Sector in Australasia
- Established in 1996, HealthLink Ltd is a specialist provider of Electronic Data Interchange EDI services for the health sector in Australasia which is quickly becoming one of the largest and fastest growing health sector networks in the world. Healthlink is also a key provider of secure VPN connections to government...
- Tags: Network, SonicWall, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Networking, Human Resources
- Case studies 2007-03-08
- Technology-Enabled National Health Reform Focused on Patient Self-Care Promises US$150 Million in Benefits
- Ministry of Health, Chile wanted to reduce lengthy delays in access to healthcare and rising healthcare costs, driven mainly by the growing burden of chronic disease. The challenge was the urban and rural disparities in access to appropriate, timely care. As a solution ambitious transformational targets was underpinned by explicit...
- Tags: Patient, Chile, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
- Case studies 2007-01-01
- Valencia Speeds Healthcare With Connected Imaging Solution
- Valencia Health Ministry wanted to provide wide-area access to radiological and other specialised medical imaging types and create Electronic Patient Records EPR with access to diagnostic images and medical history. The challenge was to ensure conformity with EU regulatory requirements on patient confidentiality. ARTERIAS - an end-to-end network covering entire...
- Tags: Imaging, Health Care, Cisco Systems Inc., Connected Corp., Document Management, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- Case studies 2007-01-01
- ViewSurv 1.02 (Windows)
- Survey software is a great tool for keeping informed as to how things are going in your church. Whether it is about church health, ministry effectiveness or just to get some opinions, a church survey is a convenient and effective way to stay informed. ViewSurv lets you create custom email...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Survey, Rohawk, Survey Software, Marketing Research, Marketing
- Software downloads 2006-12-07
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