title: Information systems.
abstract: From a strategic perspective, information management has traditionally been seen as dominated by the technocrats; the system's design and the collection of data. Many would argue that we have been 'feeding the beast'!
authors.affiliation: Mancunian Community Health NHS Trust at time of writing this article and is now director of nursing and service development, Bradford City Primary Care Trust.
authors.forename: Fiona
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.affiliation: Mancunian Community Health NHS Trust.
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lamb
authors.affiliation: Mancunian Community Health NHS Trust and is now project manager, Regional IT Learning Network North West.
authors.forename: Ginny
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Parsons