Jon Hoeksma - Digital Health

19 January 2009

Study finds US PHR use remains low

Despite high levels of interest, the vast majority of US citizens have yet to use or create a personal health

16 January 2009

Rotherham and Barnsley ASCC procurement

Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust and Barnsley NHS Foundation Trust have become among the first in the country to complete a

16 January 2009

Dubai hospital gets Philips iSite PACS

Tawam Hospital in Dubai, part of the United Arad Emirates, has celebrated the ‘go-live’ of Philips’ iSite Picture Archiving and

15 January 2009

Barts virus caused ‘major internal incident’

Last November’s Mytob worm attack on the network of Barts and the London NHS Trust led to its ‘major internal incident’

13 January 2009

HL7 releases child health EHR standard

Health Level Seven (HL7), the healthcare IT standards development organisation, has released the first standard specifying the key functional requirements

6 January 2009

Hospitals advised to end mobile phone bans

Hospitals in England have been told to consider allowing “more liberal use of mobile phones”, following new guidance issued today

2 January 2009

Study on progress to European e-health space

Details have been released of a new EU-funded study into measuring progress towards an interoperable e-health space The objectives of

30 December 2008

Australia warns of e-health fragmentation

Australia requires a national co-ordinated approach on e-health, or risks creating duplication and fragmentation, states a new national e-health report.

29 December 2008