Abbott tells e-health vendors to shape upAustralian Federal Health Minister Tony Abbott has warned e-health vendors and systems designers eyeing off federal coffers that their products must deliver tangible economic benefits over technological improvements if they expect to get government funding for e-Health.
... Comments (0)Source: CIO Australia, AustraliaPosted: Wednesday, March 07, 2007Digital network links cardiovascular research globallyWith $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: News-Medical.net, Australia Posted: Wednesday, March 07, 2007California debuts hospital comparison toolIn what it hopes will become the gold standard for consumer information initiatives in other states, a coalition of California health groups is launching what it calls the most comprehensive online hospital comparison tool in the nation.
... Comments (0)Source: MarketWatchPosted: Tuesday, March 06, 2007"Physician, plug in thyself""Physician, plug in thyself," is the lede of Rick Merritt's interesting article in today's EETimes about the Health Information and Management Systems Society meeting in New Orleans last week.
... Comments (0)Source: San Francisco Chronicle, USPosted: Tuesday, March 06, 2007Online network for sick children launched A wireless network that allows children suffering from cancer to communicate and access entertainment online has been rolled out in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital in Crumlin.
... Comments (0)Source: Siliconrepublic.com, Ireland Posted: Tuesday, March 06, 2007Washable computer gives doctors a clean slateThe last thing you would think to do with your PDA is dunk it in a pail of disinfectant.
But a Newton start-up, Emano Tec Inc., has designed a wafer-thin, wireless hand-held computer that is designed to be washed thousands of times.
... Comments (0)Source: Boston Globe, USPosted: Monday, March 05, 2007Electronic health records safer, fastA development that a decade ago seemed futuristic to doctors, hospitals, labs, clinics and insurers is today becoming a necessary medical tool to help streamline operations, reduce errors and improve patients’ experiences.
... Comments (0)Source: Colorado Springs Gazette, USPosted: Monday, March 05, 2007Paper still rules patient recordsFew local hospitals have given up paper charts and ballpoint pens for hand-held computers, mirroring a national trend that shows building a computerized database of patients' medical records is a marathon rather than a sprint
... Comments (0)Source: Washington Times, USPosted: Monday, March 05, 2007Ambulance cameras link ER doctors with accident sceneER-Link is the first operational EMS telemedicine system in the country and it's right here in Tucson.
... Comments (0)Source: KVOA.com, USPosted: Friday, March 02, 2007Wireless cures Children's hospital bottlenecksSydney Children's Hospital at Westmead has completed a trial of integrated wireless networking technologies to streamline manual processes and improve patient care.
... Comments (0)Source: Webwereld, Netherlands Posted: Friday, March 02, 2007