Doctors back controversial NHS IT systemNHS doctors have given the controversial new £12bn IT system their backing, but say that no more money should be spent on it. In a survey of 3,000 doctors, 66 per cent said they think the new system would make a positive change to the NHS.
... Comments (0)Source: RegisterPosted: Friday, February 23, 2007Oracle and TopQuadrant Smarten Up Public Health Oracle has announced that the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UT Houston) uses Semantic Web technology from Oracle and TopQuadrant, a Certified Partner in the Oracle PartnerNetwork, to enable public health preparedness and allow for improved decision making.
... Comments (0)Source: Wireless HealthcarePosted: Friday, February 23, 2007Intel Introduces Mobile Clinical Assistant PlatformIntel Corp. announced that its mobile clinical assistant (MCA) platform is now ready to enable nurses to spend more time with patients, do their jobs on the move while remaining connected and manage the administration of medications
... Comments (0)Source: IT News Online, IndiaPosted: Thursday, February 22, 2007Switch to e-records lags behind other countries After more than 20 years as a family physician, Michelle Greiver questions why Canadians can access their bank accounts 24 hours a day, seven days a week, but when they go to the hospital after hours, their medical records are unavailable.
... Comments (0)Source: Globe and Mail, CanadaPosted: Thursday, February 22, 2007IBM, Duke develop website for patientsPatients in Duke University's health system can now go to one website to pay medical bills, schedule doctor appointments and eventually view their personal medical histories.
... Comments (0)Source: USA TodayPosted: Thursday, February 22, 2007AHIC work group recommends PHR certificationThe federal government’s healthcare information technology development efforts typically seem well-charted; the discussions, however, are often cloyingly circumspect. Rarely do HHS committee meetings give rise to open dissent.
... Comments (0)Source: ModernHealthcare.comPosted: Thursday, February 22, 2007Real-time Map of Infectious Outbreaks Briefs Disease Trackers, International TravelersNeed to know where avian flu, salmonella or dengue fever been popping up? A quick view of HEALTHmap shows you where more than 50 diseases have been reported around the world, who is reporting and how “hot” an outbreak is based on the number of reports.
... Comments (0)Source: Infection Control TodayPosted: Thursday, February 22, 2007Tablet PC maker to go after health care market with specialized deviceDoctors and nurses are increasingly abandoning clipboards and paper files for electronic patient files. However, a number of practitioners aren't happy with the devices available for carrying on their rounds
... Comments (0)Source: ITBusiness.ca, CanadaPosted: Thursday, February 22, 2007MPs to probe Care Records Service problemsConcerned MPs are asking ICT professionals and the public to help them in their investigation of the troubled implementation of England's NHS Care Records Service.
... Comments (0)Source: BJHC.co.ukPosted: Thursday, February 22, 2007Geneus in research at Hospital for Sick ChildrenGenoLogics reports that the Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute has selected Geneus to manage its genomics workflows and assist with collaborative stem cell research across nine laboratories
... Comments (0)Source: Laboratory TalkPosted: Thursday, February 22, 2007