Health

22 January 2009

Jordan picks Perot to help implement VistA

Perot Systems Corporation has been selected by the Kingdom of Jordan to manage the pilot deployment of the open source

21 January 2009

German health minister praises regional EPR project

The city of Bottrop, North Rhine Westphalia, has launched a private electronic patient record project that utilises the new German

21 January 2009

United Healthcare settles on ‘fixed’ database claims

Two of the largest US health insurers have agreed deals to pay tens of millions of dollars to create independent

20 January 2009

Agfa-Gavaert receives €18.5 Canadian grant

Belgian imaging technology group Agfa-Gevaert says it has received a grant of €18.5 ($29.6m Canadian) from the Ontario government to

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

15 January 2009

SNOMED made free to low income countries

Free licenses for the use of SNOMED CT are to be made available to users in 47 low income countries,

14 January 2009

Electronic records before man on Mars

Electronic records before man on Mars Ilias Iakovodis, the deputy head of European Commission’s e-health unit, says that a long-term

13 January 2009

EU sets e-health map for 2009

Ilias Iakovidis and Michael Palmer tell E-Health Europe’s Outi Alapekkala how e-health will develop in 2009 and far beyond.

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

12 January 2009

Prison health records on lost memory stick

An NHS worker lost a memory stick with the password attached containing patient information on over 6,000 prisoners. Central Lancashire Primary Care Trust said