Last week Intellect was invited to the ‘North east clinical health information forum annual conference’ up in sunny Sedgefield to run two workshops with 150+ NHS staff.  The first we ran aimed to get the views from front-line clinicians on how they perceive and use technology.  We were both fortunate and unfortunate that the attendees were all converted believers in technology.  Fortunate because they could share their passion, struggles and ideas for how technology could help clinicians and carers provide better care.  Unfortunate because we didn’t hear from those who are not yet converted and their reasons.

Nonetheless, we got great feedback and a lively discussion with the delegates.  There were a few key topics that popped-up over and over again.  Topics that we at Intellect have also identified need resolving for the frontline to make more effective use of technology. Here they are: Read the rest of this entry »

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Analysts Aite Group have today stated that they expect spending on Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) by financial institutions to reach $197.5m in 2015, up from $77.6m in 2010. In itself, this doesn’t represent a significant proportion of a total spend on implementing reforms in the wake of the financial crisis (some may argue it is a conservative estimate) that will be in the billions over the coming years. However, this increase represents an important shift in attitude. Read the rest of this entry »

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NOTE – Intellect is helping MOD engage industry with the DCNS programme. The following is a direct extract of the most recent Blog from Cdre Jamie Hay RN who is the DCNS Programme Director Read the rest of this entry »

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With just 5 weeks to go until our annual entertainment summit, I talked to summit chair Rory Cellan-Jones to discover what he’s looking forward to most at this year’s event and what he thinks the biggest trends will be over the next 12 months. Read the rest of this entry »

Intellect’s Board include top executives from some of the world’s leading high tech organisations. These organisations maximise the contributions technology makes to our lives everyday. There were some changes at the recent Intellect main board meeting and AGM, with Victor Chavez of Thales elected as the new deputy president. David Callaghan was re- elected as president for another term.

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