Implementing PACS
22 November 2004
Dr Mahibur Rahman explains the benefits and costs of introducing picture archiving, and shows what can happen if things go wrong.
Opinion
Keeping an eye on ID
27 October 2004
Identifying patients to access their records can be a big problem for A&E staff and paramedics. So why not use biometric scanning, wonders Michael Casey?
A few billion between friends?
21 October 2004
After a week of headlines about implementation costs for the NHS IT modernisation programme E-Health Insider takes a rain check on understanding of this key
Life outside NPfIT: Wales
15 October 2004
In the first part of a series, E-Health Insider looks at the developments in healthcare IT in Wales, under the Informing Healthcare programme.
Virus concern for radiology
7 October 2004
Medical scanners hit by viruses and worms can be put out of action for weeks while manufacturers decide how the problem can be fixed and
Helen Balsdon: ‘Technology providers need a mindset shift’
5 February 2025
National chief nursing information officer Helen Balsdon tells Digital Health News why technology providers need
Translating the AI Opportunities Action Plan into patient benefits
29 January 2025
To release the full benefits of AI for patients, the government must focus on building
Helen Thomas: ‘Are our systems ready for the next pandemic? No.’
22 January 2025
Helen Thomas, chief executive of Digital Health and Care Wales, discusses the six-year digital strategy
Why technology is key to cutting elective waiting lists
15 January 2025
Technology is key to the government’s plans to cut elective waiting lists, writes Vin Diwakar,
Nicola Byrne: ‘Digital formats will always have an inherent risk of attack’
2 January 2025
As a practicing psychiatrist, Nicola Byrne, the National Data Guardian, is acutely aware of the
