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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HealthNexis Merges with Global Health Exchange
Online health e-business firms Global Healthcare Exchange(GHX) and HealthNexis have announced plans to combine their operations into a single, comprehensive Internet-based exchange. Supplier members of both organisations will be connected to GHX’s growing membership of 70 integrated delivery networks (IDNs), representing nearly 600 hospitals. The combined exchange will operate under the name Global Healthcare Exchange, […]
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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 Completes Alpha Tests of SNOMED Clinical Terms
SNOMED International, a division of the College of American Pathologists, and the NHS Information Authority have announced they have successfully completed testing of SNOMED (SNOMED CT). This next generation work of terminology combines the expertise of SNOMED RT and the NHS’ Clinical Terms Version 3 (Read Codes) to create the most comprehensive clinical terminology available […]
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First UK E-Health and Telemedicine Demonstration Sites Established
The first approved e-health and telemedicine demonstration sites have been set up in the UK by the European Health Telematics Association (EHTEL), an EC funded body. Motion Media, a founding member of the UK Telemedicine Association, and Nestor Healthcare Group plc have been chosen by EHTEL to provide the demonstration centres for eHealth and telemedicine […]
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Healthcare at Home Chooses Ascent Relationship Management
UK high-tech homecare provider, Healthcare at Home Ltd, has chosen Ascent relationship management (RM), supplied by Ascent Technology, to provide it with an integrated customer relationship management system. Ascent will be used to provide an enterprise-wide patient relationship management system which will truly put the patient at the heart of Healthcare at Home’s business. The […]
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Biggest Benefits Yet to Come for e-Pharma
Conservatism has served the pharmaceutical industry well in the early stages of the Internet revolution, but it now needs to furiously innovate and even sometimes "fail" to harness the potential of new technology. While many other industries were swept along by the hype and early promise of e-commerce the pharmaceutical industry largely took a more […]
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Motion Media Launches Video Phone for Health Sector
Bristol-based Motion Media has launched the first video phone specifically designed for the healthcare sector and remote delivery of patient care into the home that operates over a standard phone line. The company claims its new CareStation 125 video phone will help health organisations deliver the Government goal of redesigning health services around the patient […]
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WebMD and Quintiles Plan Further Legal Action on Data Dispute
Settlement talks on a disputed health data rights agreement between Quintiles Transnational Corp., the international healthcare informatics firm, and e-health pioneer WebMD have broken down, with both companies announcing they plan further legal action. WebMD claims that the data rights agreement raises vital constitutional and legal issues about the collection and use of sensitive patient […]
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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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