BT HealthNet — an early intranet case study

  • Authors:

  • A. J. Frost

  • Affiliations:

  • BT Laboratories, Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, Suffolk, England IP 5 3RE

  • Venue:
  • BT Technology Journal
  • Year:
  • 1997

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Abstract

Like the Internet, the intranet is much hyped. BT recognised the emerging importance of the Internet and its technology and commenced investment in its own intranet some 5 years previous. BT‘s experience in both building intranets and the Internet service provision business has led to the development of quite possibly the largest community-of-interest Intranet in Europe — the UK‘s NHSwide network or NHSnet. BT HealthNet represents the core of NHSnet and this paper illustrates how its components and services provide a first-class platform for the delivery of healthcare information and applications.