Hi All
I found some interesting references to this issue raised by Andy. The
issue of restricting access to the internet has been a problem since
its inception and its seems that the corporate world noticed that in
the digital age, restricting internet access will lead to staff
frustration rather than increased productivity.
http://kn.theiet.org/magazine/issues/0910/social-networking-0910.cfm
http://www.mycustomer.com/item/134363
http://www.tut.fi/units/tuta/teta/mittaritiimi/julkaisut/internet.pdf
My favourite quote is: "Bill Gates said years ago that if you worry
about internet productivity, you're worrying about people stealing
pens from your stationery cupboard... there are bigger things to worry
about."
http://apcmag.com/unlock_work_internet_or_risk_losing_staff_microsoft.htm
All of the above arguments are as relevant to the NHS setting as the
corporate world, particularly for health professionals wanting to stay
up-to-date with evidence or wanting to get involved in research.
Best wishes
Ami Banerjee
2009/7/30 Prue, Andy <[log in to unmask]>:
> Hi Utkarsh
>
>
>
> 'every senior manager I've spoken to seems to be under the perception that
> staff would be permanently goofing off if access was allowed.'
>
>
>
> I've heard that one too, but again don't buy into it. We already have Web
> 1.0 (or 0.5 in some cases!!) which has more than enough capacity to enable
> 'goofing off', but does current evidence support this behaviour?
>
>
>
> Secondly, it seems a tad offensive to apply such a broad brush to the
> 'anticipated' behaviour of NHS staff. Yes, there will always be the odd one
> or two, but surely this could be managed through current systems.
>
>
>
> I think there is a bottom-up 'change management' issue here. Users are
> demanding access to this technology, if its not taken seriously will they
> not go elsewhere?!!!
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Andy ;-)
>
>
>
> Andy Prue
> Web Development Librarian
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> Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN1 2TU
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> From: Evidence based health (EBH)
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kulkarni Utkarsh
> (NHS Grampian)
> Sent: 30 July 2009 09:42
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> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: tweeting
>
>
>
> Karen,
>
> The NHS IT restrictions are a problem that probably won't go away - every
> senior manager I've spoken to seems to be under the perception that staff
> would be permanently goofing off if access was allowed. And as you say, IT
> folk get spooked by the security/virus/worm implications.
>
> To follow a specific topic, the twitter RSS feed may be useful - for
> example, we've set up an RSS reader on our obesity portal
> (www.obesityportal.org, still in development) which picks up the RSS feed
> that Twitter allows you to define on your profile. A specific topic could
> also be defined for a search RSS. As long as the feed reader is within an
> "allowed site", you can at least see what's being tweeted. It's very
> limitied and far from perfect even in that limited functionality: you can't
> tweet out, only receive, and half a conversation I suppose is no
> conversation at all.
>
> I wonder if anyone has experience with a Twitter client in the NHS system?
> Some NHS IT areas prevent new software installs too!
>
> Utkarsh.
>
>
>
> Dr Utkarsh Kulkarni
>
> Centre for Obesity Research & Epidemiology
>
> Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen
>
> &
>
> NHS Grampian
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>
>
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> From: Evidence based health (EBH) [[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Ritchie Karen (NHS Quality Improvement Scotland)
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> Sent: 30 July 2009 08:30
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: tweeting
>
> Some of us are having problems accessing new communication tools such as
> Twitter, Facebook etc because of restrictive IT policies in the workplace.
> Have others experienced this or found arguments or ways to overcome
> perceived security concerns?
>
>
>
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> Dr Karen Ritchie
>
> NHS Quality Improvement Scotland
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> www.nhshealthquality.org
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