The Victoria Infirmary National Health Service (NHS) Trust, Glasgow, UK has recently completed the pilot phase of implementing an internal Intranet system. The project was initially funded by the NHS Management Executive with the purpose of establishing an internal web to provide non-patient specific clinical and non-clinical information throughout the Trust. The pilot phase has been a great success, with the Intranet content currently consisting of departmental information, protocols, clinical guidelines and notices of meetings. The Intranet is now beginning to take on the function of a hospital handbook.
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