PKI Token System Adopted for Australian Health System
The Australian Health Insurance Commission has awarded a contract to Rainbow eSecurity, a provider of transaction security solutions, to provide Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)-based Internet security systems to be deployed across the Australian healthcare system. The introduction of reliable, secure confidential electronic communications will enable confidential patient information and data to be exchanged electronically, providing a […]
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NDAs Could Reinforce Health Records Security
A non-disclosure agreement (NDA) designed to spell out clearly the duty to maintain the confidentiality of patient records could help to prevent breaches of confidence by staff not already bound by the Hippocratic oath or similar professional codes. Dr Janis L. Huston, electronic patient record facilitator for the North London Cancer Network, showed a model […]
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NHS Hits Practice E-mail Connectivity Target
The NHSIA has released the latest figures on levels of connection to NHSnet indicating that the national target to ensure 95% of GP practices have e-mail systems in place by March 2001 has already been achieved. According to new NHSIA figures by 24 October 2001 some 8495 (97%) of GP practices had an NHSnet line […]
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Pfizer, IBM and Microsoft Launch Physician IT Services Firm
Pfizer, IBM and Microsoft have jointly announced the launch of a newly formed healthcare technology applications company targeting the US office-based physicians, in a collaboration first announced in March. The new privately-held company, named Amicore, will focus on reducing physicians’ administrative workload and paperwork, by providing workflow and connectivity solutions. Plans call for the system […]
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Online Toolkit Aids GP Appraisals
An online toolkit to help GPs through the appraisals process was demonstrated at the EMIS National User Group conference at Warwick University. The Appraisals Toolkit at http://www.appraisals.nhs.uk, developed at the Sowerby Centre for Health Informatics in Newcastle (SCHIN), was presented by GP education lead, Dr Paul Robinson, who explained that the aim was to provide […]
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Aventis Launches Doctor-Patient Internet Communications Tools
Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc., the U.S. pharmaceuticals business of Aventis Pharma AG, has launched an Internet-based communications platform designed to link family physicians to patients. The service enables two-way, secure communication, and provides convenient access to information and services designed enhance the delivery of patient care. The new system, called MyDocOnline, provides patients, physicians and their […]
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