14 August 2008

Canada’s Infoway says 254 EHR projects underway

Canada’s electronic health record projects have quadrupled since 2004, according to the head of the Canadian health IT agency. Investment
Read More
13 August 2008

Health bodies to get details of citizens’ email and internet use

Public bodies in the UK, including health authorities, could be given the power to access details of everyone’s personal text
Read More
13 August 2008

Open Health Tools accepts code donation

Open Health Tools (OHT) today announced it has accepted a code donation from the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) of key
Read More
13 August 2008

US-wide EHRs priced at $150 billion

The full implementation of a digital US healthcare system, with integrated networked electronic health records (EHR) in all US doctors’
Read More
11 August 2008

Website logs student drinking habits

Health researchers at the University of Leeds have developed a website that encourages students to keep track of their drinking.
Read More
7 August 2008

Chasing a chimera

Dr John Somers of Nottingham City Hospital explains how England’s PACS programme is hoping to make PACS the repository for
Read More
6 August 2008

Italian WiMAX ambulance project launched

A new ambulance communications system is using high speed, long distance WiMAX wireless connections to enable doctors to diagnose and
Read More
5 August 2008

Mid-Yorkshire earns £80,000 from 0844 number

A hospital trust has revealed that it has made more than £80,000 from use of a 0844 telephone number over
Read More
5 August 2008

Hopsitals’ 084 numbers makes trust £80,000

GP practices and hospitals may face increased pressure over use of 084 telephone numbers following a revelation from a hospital
Read More
4 August 2008

Geneva boosts telemedicine in Francophone Africa

The decentralised nature of the Swiss confederation has given cantonal governments wide autonomy to spend their money, and Geneva authorities
Read More