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The British Journal of
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The Gloucestershire virtual school
for children in care
Gloucestershire County Council’s virtual school is responsible for
over 400 children in care from 5-19 years of age. Online classes
were set up in order to help the youngsters achieve as much as other
pupils in education. The virtual school has no physical site and few teachers, but offers individual
online learning programmes with encouraging results. Head Teacher of
the Virtual School, Jane Featherstone explains how. July 2008.
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RFID wristbands track patients safely through surgery
Consultant Surgeon David Morgan describes the development of a
patient wristband system that uses wireless tags to identify and
track patients going into surgery, ensure theatre processes are
carried out correctly prior to surgery and improve surgery workflow. July 2008. read more
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Healthcare 2030 —
how can technology help?
Bill McAvoy of Quicksilva looks at the changes that will be needed
in the provision of healthcare in the next decades. With the UK’s
healthcare needs changing rapidly how can technology help maximise
resources and cope with an aging and less healthy population? July
2008. read more ...
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News |
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Data storage |
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Self-service
storage: has its moment arrived?
Geoff Hough of 3PAR wonders why the provisioning of storage
in data centres is done in such an inefficient way and lays
out the technology path for developing self-service storage
systems that would make it easier, more efficient and
cost-effective for data centre users to manage their
storage. July 2008
Storage security —
who cares?
The need for business continuity and compliance with
regulations make it increasingly important for organisations
to make storage security a high priority. Bjarne Madsen
of the Storage Networking Industry Association discusses the
issues and outlines the elements of good storage security.
July 2008
Only one copy! How
to deal with data duplication
Unnecessary duplication of data is a common problem in the
digital world. Glyn Bowden of the Data Management
Forum outlines the options for overcoming the problem. July
2008. read more ...
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Telecare |
Telecare puts cardiology expertise
in the heart of Southampton's primary care
Chris Webb of Southampton Primary Care Trust outlines how how
a cardiac telemedicine service enabled the Trust to monitor
patients' weight and ECGs in primary care and provide a more
accessible and timely care for the patients. July 2008 |
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