"PC problems caused primarily by programs running in the background, programs which in most cases are started automatically when Windows boots up. 65% of computer problems we solve are caused by such programs. Sometimes these programs are useful and need to be there; quite often, however, they are not needed, and in too many cases they cause severe problems, and this includes some of Microsoft's own XP, Vista, and Windows 7 Services ! These pages provide guidance on the usefulness or not of some of these background tasks, Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 and Windows 7 services, and Windows Startups, and removal procedures when recommended."

"The National Health Service (NHS) needs to save £15 billion to £20 billion over the next few years. This paper argues that these savings could be achieved through radical patient-centred service redesign and more effective approaches to public behaviour change. However, these approaches are difficult to develop within the existing health service. NESTA's experience of working with leading companies and developing projects in healthcare demonstrates that radical new ways of innovating that give genuine power to frontline staff, patients and the public are necessary to make these approaches widespread. This would unlock the savings we need and improve the nation's health. "

"his Pew Internet Personal Networks and Community survey is the first ever that examines the role of the internet and cell phones in the way that people interact with those in their core social network. Our key findings challenge previous research and commonplace fears about the harmful social impact of new technology:"

"many ISVs still treat their API as an afterthought or merely a “checkbox” on their project list rather than a core feature of their solution. As a result, APIs are not well designed or properly built and wind up costing both the vendor and its customers tens of thousands of dollars in ongoing maintenance due to infrastructure costs and the drain on engineering resources. After reviewing hundreds of actual SaaS APIs, many up to par and others distinctly subpar, it is clear that there are a number of common mistakes made when developing an API. Fortunately, each of them can be easily remedied by following best practices."

"MyVaccs allows users to store vaccination records either individually or collectively for their family"

"SROI is an approach to understanding and managing the impacts of a project, organisation or policy. It is based on stakeholders and puts financial value on the important impacts identified by stakeholders that do not have market values. The aim is to include the values of people that are often excluded from markets in the same terms as used in markets, that is money, in order to give people a voice in resource allocation decisions. SROI is a framework to structure thinking and understanding. It’s a story not a number. The story should show how you understand the value created, manage it and can prove it."

the morphing of 'online patient communities' into 'e-patients, with some falling by the wayside en route – worth a check

"GeoVation is all about doing interesting, exciting and worthwhile things with geography. There are two competitions – the GeoVation Ideas Challenge and GeoVation Awards Programme."

"How nurses can develop and implement initiatives using information and communication technologies to support patients with long term conditions"

Brief pointers to what to look for re ROI – but the real point is the embedded preso – wonderful use of film stills + speech bubbles!!

HIAs "To stem the rising tide of chronic disease and create safe, thriving communities, health needs to be regularly factored into policy and program decisions in sectors that do not traditionally focus on health outcomes. A health impact assessment (HIA) is a flexible, data-driven approach that identifies the health consequences of new policies, and develops practical strategies to enhance their health benefits and minimize adverse effects"

"Participatory Medicine is a cooperative model of health care that encourages and expects active involvement by all connected parties (patients, caregivers, healthcare professionals, etc.) as integral to the full continuum of care. The ‘participatory’ concept may also be applied to fitness, nutrition, mental health, end-of-life care, and all issues broadly related to an individual’s health. The Society was founded to learn about and promote Participatory Medicine through writing, speaking, social networking, and other channels."
and e-Patients…

"The Institute of Medicine’s recent workshop on building a rapid-learning system for cancer became, for an hour or so, a seminar on participatory medicine."
Useful model for KX and LTCs?

covers your home, banking paying bills etc etc. For people with learning disabilities. But lots more of us can learn from the material!

announcement of project on IL, working with LTS, realting to exemplars inthe context of English and Literacy. Potential synergies with ALISS?

tool for running an online card sort with minimal fuss

"Conclusions: Searching across quality health information sources on the Web can improve consumers’ accuracy in answering health questions. However, a consumer’s confidence in an answer is not a good indicator of the answer being correct. Consumers who are not confident in their answers after searching are more likely to be influenced to change their views when provided with feedback from other consumers."

"The main aim of Social Enterprise Investment Fund is to enhance the quality of services being offered to patients across the country. This objective is being met by enabling social firms to provide quality social and health care services to the patients"

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