Schwarzenegger touts health care information technologyGov. Arnold Schwarzenegger used a visit to wireless giant Qualcomm on Wednesday to tout an information technology system he said he wants to see used in hospitals, doctors' offices and pharmacies across the state.
... Comments (0)Source: North County Times, USPosted: Thursday, March 15, 2007Hospital rolls out bedside X-rays London’s Chelsea and Westminster (C&W) hospital is aiming to show patient X-rays at the bedside after an electronic picture archiving and communications (Pacs) system goes live this week.
... Comments (0)Source: IT Week, UKPosted: Thursday, March 15, 2007Next-Generation Healthcare Comes To Life at Bumrungrad International HospitalMotorola completes enterprise mobility implementation at hospital for delivery of world-class patient care and service
... Comments (0)Source: Assodigitale, Italy Posted: Monday, March 12, 2007Using technology to cure paperworkThe days of bulky patient files are numbered.
And in the not-too-distant future, patients may be able to access their medical records by logging onto their home computer.
... Comments (0)Source: Journal and Courier, USPosted: Monday, March 12, 2007Digital devices lead to better health care at lower costsA host of new technology products and services may help reduce medical costs for individuals, employers and health insurance companies by making it easier for people to remain independent in their homes longer, reducing the need for hospital care.
... Comments (0)Source: Sun-Sentinel.com, USPosted: Monday, March 12, 2007Cardiovascular Research Grid Receives $8.5MWith $8.5 million in federal support, leading researchers at three universities, including Johns Hopkins, are creating an ambitious digital network that will allow cardiovascular researchers worldwide to easily exchange data and expertise on heart-related illnesses.
... Comments (0)Source: GRIDtoday, USPosted: Monday, March 12, 2007Information on demandSay good-bye to those plain, thick manila folders used to keep medical records. Dr. Dan Mingle, a family physician who heads the technology department at MaineGeneral Medical Center, is leading the central Maine health-care provider's changeover from written to electronic medical records.
... Comments (0)Source: Central Maine Morning Sentinel, USPosted: Friday, March 09, 2007Health-care companies, governments jump on wireless data bandwagonThe In-Stat report found that the main drivers of growth in mobile data usage have shifted from financial services, insurance, and real-estate applications to health-care and government apps
... Comments (0)Source: iT News, AustraliaPosted: Friday, March 09, 2007Ontario privacy czar calls for tighter controls after theft of hospital laptopHospitals, businesses and government departments must take greater steps to protect personal client and patient information in a world where identify theft and fraud run rampant, Ontario's privacy commissioner said Thursday.
... Comments (0)Source: CBC News, CanadaPosted: Friday, March 09, 2007Connecting Computing to SciencePerhaps the two most important technologies of the 21st century will be information technology and biotechnology. Certainly they have become the most rapidly expanding domains of our era. The advancements in devices such as microarray biochips, medical imaging, and mass spectrometers have created a wealth of biological data to be analyzed. The result is that, increasingly, biological problems now require large scale computing. In a sense, life science has become a sub-domain of information scien
... Comments (0)Source: HPCwire, USPosted: Friday, March 09, 2007