DHI News Team - Digital Health

9 May 2002

Patient Access to Records via the Net on Trial

Bury Knowle Health Centre, one of the ERDIP pilot sites for patient access to electronic records, is testing out a

9 May 2002

Steady Growth in “Cyberchondria”

Eighty percent of American adults who have access to the internet have used it to seek health or medical information,

9 May 2002

“Scope for Improvement” on NHS e-Procurement

Only 14% of NHS trusts have fully integrated computer systems capable of managing electronic requisitioning, ordering, invoice matching and payment,

7 May 2002

McKesson Agrees Purchase of ALI Technologies

McKesson Corporation has agreed to buy ALI Technologies, a Vancouver-based enterprise medical imaging solutions company in a deal worth around

7 May 2002

GHX and vamedis* Link in e-Procurement Consolidation

The Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX) has struck an agreement with German-based e-procurement solutions provider, vamedis*, to acquire vamedis*’ browser technology

2 May 2002

Medicdirect and Tiscali Join Up for New Health Channel

Medicdirect, the UK health web site with content provided by NHS consultants, has signed up to provide a new health

1 May 2002

Leapfrog Group Extends Reach

The Leapfrog Group, an alliance of US healthcare organisations dedicated to reducing avoidable medical mistakes through introducing technology and best

1 May 2002