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My grandpa got The Departed on Blu Ray for $8. He said it was alright but he didn't like it. So he gave it to me 
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Over here in the UK it's a similar situation - everything runs Windows XP (or even 2000...), but there are signs of change. The NHS recently backed out of the deal with Microsoft for volume licensing, which means each Windows/Office copy now has to be paid for at market cost. In turn, this now means NHS IT departments are actually taking a serious look at Linux thin clients for clinical areas, coupled with OpenOffice for admin.
Further, the NHS email system (NHS.net) now fully supports iPhones and iPads for integration with Mail, with device encryption, remote wiping etc. Remarkably progressive...for the NHS.
That said, some departments do have Macs, they just don't get any help from IT.
NHS.net was a real pain to set up and I seem to remember that the only reason they allowed it was because of Snow Leopard (prior to that it was only through Entourage in Office).. That said it working on iPhones has been quite impressive, but my dad doesn't use it so I guess that cancels that bonus!
NHS IT departments are a bag of hurt (see what I did there
); but at least they are subduing and letting some people put Macs in. It figures that if you pay for your computer then you can have whatever you want. We emailed big Steve about it and it obviously meant something as we got sent through Phil Schiller, then his US Apple Medical Man, then his Europe Apple Medical Man who then told us that the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust (where my Dad works) were already in talks with Apple to fill some new lecture theatres with macs.. So I guess the NHS is moving on!
NHS.net was a real pain to set up and I seem to remember that the only reason they allowed it was because of Snow Leopard (prior to that it was only through Entourage in Office).. That said it working on iPhones has been quite impressive, but my dad doesn't use it so I guess that cancels that bonus!
NHS IT departments are a bag of hurt (see what I did there
The issue with desktops and NHS.net was Microsoft - you needed a bizarre plugin for Entourage to get it working with the Exchange server. However, Office 2011 is now happily working without any extras - I've even got my NHS.net account set up on my home machines! The iOS support has been getting better and better over time as well, I think they're realising the shift away from Blackberries will impact on clinical systems - Oxford Radcliffe actually has the option of iPhones as corporate devices now.
The issue with teaching hospitals is that the university is usually the one with the Macs (so the lecture theatres in particular), leading to bizarre setups with two networks in the same physical space.
Ideally, I'd like to see iPads being used clinically - we've already got hospitals with blanket, secure, WiFi networks, and they're a LOT cheaper than the awful Intel 'rugged' tablets.
The radcliffe has always been in favour of macs. My Parents had one when working there 20 years ago. We use Mac Mail with NHS.net (you just need the server address). Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust are not really anything to do with the university. SJUH is the name for the main hospital more of a resident placing scheme in its own right. My Dad and Mum both teach at Leeds University and Bradford though, but not to do with LTHT...
I have those and absolutely love them!! How'd you get them for free? I noticed that when they are plugged into my MBP, I can adjust the volume of the macbook with the volume switch on the headphones.
Birthday present from my cousin!
You can use that feature on any device supporting the 3 level (left/right sound and microphone)3.5 jack. I use it just like the headphones that comes with the iPhone or ipod shuffle. Double click to forward a song, triple click to go back a song. 1 click to stop/play
Tell me about it...
We had a trial run of iPads at my institution and the clinicians/staff loved it. A few weeks later central IT canned it because they needed to evaluate "security comprises of the product running on the network". A pile of rubbish I say. (We used to be a BlackBerry only thing, now we have iPhones for Exchange).
So for now I'm stuck carrying around this tablet for EMR development
