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Silent Assassin in Second Life

Diabetes UK poster ad in the virtual world of Second Life Diabetes UK has taken its Silent Assassin campaign into
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Vote for your Healthcare ICT Champion of 2008

Who packs the most megabites into their work for patients? Who would win gold if health informatics was an Olympic
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Renal PatientView to attract more users

Thousands more kidney patients are to be encouraged to use Renal PatientView, a secure online service that gives them password-protected
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Fake sicknotes for sale online

Fake sicknotes, complete with doctors’ stamps, are being sold online. The DoctorsNoteStore.com website is selling the fake doctors’ sicknotes for
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Information prescriptions to be linked to electronic records

The Department of Health is this week expected to set out its vision for information prescriptions that are linked to
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DH gives go-ahead for EPS Release 2

A regulatory impact assessment has given the green light to the next stage of the Electronic Prescriptions Service – one
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How the web threatens GP reputations

Lawyer Magnus Boyd argues that ratings websites can destroy doctors’ reputations in the time it takes to send an e-mail.
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Further role for NHS Choices in DES guidance

Patients will be able to check whether their GP practice meets national data accreditation standards via NHS Choices, according to
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Patient Opinion mashes up NHS Choices

Patient Opinion has announced a “mash-up” with NHS Choices comments released onto a Cabinet Office website to promote new uses
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Doctors complain about rating website

Doctors have complained to the Information Commissioner about the doctors’ rating website iwantgreatcare.org. The site www.iwantgreatcare.org was launched last month
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