Samsung ML1210 and Mac OS X

Since moving to my mac I have had problems getting my Samsung ML1210 Laser Printer to work correctly. I followed the instructions at http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/OpenPrinting/MacOSX/samsung-gdi and got it printing but it was always missing off the top of the page. On searching around I found that I wasn’t the only person with this problem and if I . . . → Read More: Samsung ML1210 and Mac OS X

Windows Vista and Mac OS 10.5.7 file sharing

I was having big problems getting a Windows Vista laptop to connect to a Mac OS X via SMB file sharing, as ever setting things up on a mac was easy, but the it just didn’t work on the windows end. Fortunately some work with google found the following, which have been the very helpful (the . . . → Read More: Windows Vista and Mac OS 10.5.7 file sharing

Moving Virtual Identities from Thunderbird to Mail.app

Before coming to the mac I used to use thunderbird on Windows with the virtual identity plug in which allowed for the flexibility of multiple sending addresses. I was looking for a native mac solution and found the following:

Multiple identities in one account with Apple Mail.app
edit the preferences plist file : Mac OS X Mail . . . → Read More: Moving Virtual Identities from Thunderbird to Mail.app

Moved to WordPress

Hi All, Welcome to my new wordpress based site. Please bear with me as I move in content from my . . . → Read More: Moved to WordPress

Health Alerts for locum General Practitioners

Another of my MSc Essay’s involved describing a potential informatics resource that might improve health care within the setting I worked.

A system for distribution of health and administrative alerts from Health Boards to locum (and other) General Practitioners

I went on to develop this resource and evaluate it for my MSc Project.

Read the . . . → Read More: Health Alerts for locum General Practitioners

Heuristic comparison of prescribing module/functions of GPASS and VISION General Practice Clinical Systems

Another one of my Health Informatics MSc essays; this one is on computer interface usabilty:

This paper provides a comparative discussion of the prescribing interfaces of GPASS and InPractice VISION General Practice Clinical systems, using the “Discount Usability Engineering Approach”. Prescribing scenarios are investigated using a heuristic approach to cover typical tasks in every day . . . → Read More: Heuristic comparison of prescribing module/functions of GPASS and VISION General Practice Clinical Systems

Policies and Provisions for Healthcare Informatics in Scotland and the Electronic Patient Record

I produced this essay as part of the MSc I was doing in Health Informatics; the introduction/summary is below:

This report will consider the topic of healthcare informatics and the electronic patient record from a Scottish perspective. Section 2 reviews current and future strategies for healthcare informatics for the National Health Service in Scotland (NHS . . . → Read More: Policies and Provisions for Healthcare Informatics in Scotland and the Electronic Patient Record