A returned exile
Peter Ellis, former CEO and IT pioneer at one of Canada’s largest hospitals, explains why he is alarmed at the direction of Connecting for Health.
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Danish GPs enjoy the best IT systems, says study
Denmark is the most advanced country in the world for clinical information technology systems in primary care, health informatics luminary Professor Denis Protti has stated. Danish GPs are used to sending one another clinical information over their secure network; over 90% of clinical communications are exchanged in this way. The study estimated only 41 GPs […]
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Natural progression
Neil Cowles, CEO of Tolven Health, makes the case for widespread adoption of open source software in healthcare.
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Cameraphones help dieters keep track of meals
Dieters in the US and Canada are photographing their food with camera phones and sending them to dieticians, thanks to a new service that takes advantage of mobile technology to create online meal diaries. MyFoodPhone, which is based in Quebec City, allows the weight-conscious to upload images of each meal to a web-based food journal […]
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Universities and WHO aiming for e-health for poor
The World Health Organisation is to start work with 17 universities across the world to bring e-health to developing countries, it has been announced. Universitas 21 (U21), a group of universities that include Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Nottingham as well as institutions in Sweden, Australia, Canada and South Korea, has set up a working party with […]
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Looking abroad
Sinead Quinn, healthcare programme manager at Intellect outlines some international opportunities for UK healthcare businesses in English-speaking countries.
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Course offers fast track to health fundamentals
A short course offering a rapid induction into the world of healthcare and the NHS has been designed by the University of Central Lancashire for IM&T workers taking jobs in the sector. The university hopes to run the five day Fast-Track Fundamentals programme in the autumn when the first cohort of participants has been recruited. […]
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UK doctors could sign off American online drug orders
A Canadian online pharmacies’ lobby has announced that many of its members plan on moving their business to the UK if tough legislation planned by the federal Canadian government outlaws co-signing of medication by doctors without the patients being present. David MacKay, head of the Canadian International Pharmacy Association (CIPA), told the Financial Times that […]
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Log on for a late night librarian
A project that gives health professionals late-night access to librarians’expertise by using an instant messaging (IM) link between the UK and Australia has won a prestigious International Information Industry Award. ‘Chasing the Sun’, a partnership between South West Information for Clinican Effectiveness (SWICE) and South Australian Health Services Libraries’ Consortium (SAHSLC), allows clinicians in one country […]
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Patients offered selective consent still mistrust EHR
Patients who have given consent for parts of their electronic health record to be shared among healthcare providers remain confused and worried about who has access to their personal information, with many calling the perceived lack of privacy “scary” and “horrifying", a study in Canada has found. The study references a recent British Medical Journal […]
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