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1. The UK NHS: "if we can do without IT - what is it for?".

Subjects
INFORMATION technology, DATA libraries, EMPLOYEES
Abstract

The article reports on the defects on the modernization of the National Health Service (NHS) in Great Britain. 80 NHS trusts in the North West and West Midlands area of England have been without their information technology systems for a while due to storage area network failure of the data center in Kent and the inaccessibility of the back-up systems. As a result, several NHS staff will have to enter the backlog of information that is accumulating up on paper.

Published
2006

2. The UK NHS: "if we can do without IT - what is it for?".

Subjects
INFORMATION technology, PROJECT management, DATA libraries
Abstract

The article focuses on the introduction of information technology (IT) in the National Health Service (NHS) of Great Britain. The best project managers in the public sector have been hired for this huge IT project. 80 NHS trusts were affected by the collapse of the data center in Kent, England that supported their IT systems. That data center is operated by one of the 5 local service providers for the NHS Programme for IT CSC Alliance.

Published
2006