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Politicians on Twitter

I wonder how many of the relatively small number of Twittering politicians have read Guy Kawasaki’s guide on how to do it effectively?

DoH consulting contracts

Aside from the hoohaa about consultants, there is some interesting freedom of information disclosure on pretty well all consulting contracts with DoH and NHS PASA. The full table has some fascinating detail on it.Share/Save/Bookmark

Management methodologies

There’s a brief primer on about any management methodology you might have come across. I wonder whether any of them stand up to the simple English test?Share/Save/Bookmark

Sweden’s electronic patient records

Sweden sounds to have a sensible solution to the security issue on medical records:Require the patient to consent to access (at doctor and nurse level) each time or for a limited period (save in emergencies, but log that it was an emergency).Log everyone who accesses...

Do we need big organisations?

The authors think so, and I can see their argument that larger organisations provide space for individuals to leverage up their skill set and activities through direct interaction with their colleagues. However, it is not clear to me that the current structure and...

Trust but verify

Some really sensible guidance on security for applications where personal and / or valuable data is involved. I like the call for trusting users (critical in my experience) and the suggestion to verify through retrospective audit. Some clear pointers to setting up...