NHS looks to bar codes to save moneyElectronic devices with bar-coding technology could cut medics' workloads and help save £2 billion.
... Comments (0)Source: SupplyManagement.com, UKPosted: Thursday, March 01, 2007Hospitals to take up e-charts?After successful trials at one of the North West’s best performing hospitals, an Intel and Motion Computing designed electronic clipboard has been unveiled.
... Comments (0)Source: Information World Review, UKPosted: Thursday, March 01, 2007Winchester & Eastleigh NHS gets new Business Management systemWinchester and Eastleigh Healthcare NHS Trust (WEHCT) and North and Mid Hampshire Health Informatics Service (NHHIS) have implemented Touchpaper’s IT Business Management (ITBM) solution to support the go live of the Government’s National Care Record Service (NCRS) in Winchester.
... Comments (0)Source: PublicTechnology.net, UKPosted: Thursday, March 01, 2007Americans Use Internet To Manage Their Health, But Most Doctors Are Slow To Use Tech Tools, Say SurveysWhile 51% of patients are willing to pay for e-health record services if reasonably priced, only 11% of the doctors surveyed say they use electronic patient records.
... Comments (0)Source: InformationWeekPosted: Wednesday, February 28, 2007Sun Microsystems Expands Healthcare IT PortfolioSun Debuts B2B-Enabled Electronic Master Patient Index and PACS OEM Offerings at HIMSS 2007.
... Comments (0)Source: HULIQ, USPosted: Wednesday, February 28, 2007Microsoft Aims to Make Health Care Systems InteroperableMicrosoft in late February delivered what it claims is an extensible architectural foundation to simplify a problem that has plagued health care IT—interoperability and integration among a variety of health care solutions.
... Comments (0)Source: Channel Insider, USPosted: Wednesday, February 28, 2007Kent & Medway Health Informatics Service gets faster IT support to 300 locationsKent and Medway Health Informatics Service (KMHIS) will soon deliver faster, more cost-effective IT support to more than 300 locations and 30,000 staff through Touchpaper’s new service desk integration (SDI) solution.
... Comments (0)Source: PublicTechnology.net, UKPosted: Wednesday, February 28, 2007Telehealth gets moneyThe East Central Health (ECH) Region has received money for expansion of its Telehealth services.
... Comments (0)Source: Vermilion Standard, Canada Posted: Tuesday, February 27, 2007Understanding the Lucrative Business of Selling Medical RecordsBuying and selling certain health information isn’t new. Since the 1940s, health insuring organizations (HIOs) have bought prescription records from a variety of sources, including through the claims process by managed care organizations, pharmacy benefit mangers, and others, and then linked with physicians listed in the Physician Master File of the American Medical Association (AMA).
... Comments (0)Source: Acadiana Medical NewsPosted: Tuesday, February 27, 2007Study: Patients favor doctors that use electronic medical recordsDoctors looking to attract new patients may want to buy an electronic medical record system because a new survey slated to be released Monday found that a majority of consumers said the technology plays a role in their selection of a physician.
... Comments (0)Source: SiliconValley.comPosted: Tuesday, February 27, 2007