Patient information: how ICTs can help
Fiona Barr looks at the role information technology can play in providing greater information for patients.
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Google CEO unveils Google Health
The veil came off the world’s worst-kept secret in healthcare IT Thursday, as Google chairman and chief executive Eric Schmidt announced the beta release of Google Health at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference in Orlando, Florida. For now, the product is limited to the US market, though Alfred Spector, Google […]
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The bigger picture at HIMSS
Jon Hoeksma visits the ever-expanding US healthcare IT show, HIMSS, where business intelligence and consumer-led e-health were big themes.
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The frustrations of GP e-mail
In the first of a new series of columns from a grassroots GP, Dr Neil Paul describes his experiences with e-mail.
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Google Health unveils electronic record pilot
Google is piloting a system which lets patients transfer their existing medical information to its new online Personal Health Record.
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Health informatics one of the ‘grand challenges’
Advancing health informatics has been listed as one of the 21st century’s greatest challenges by a panel of leading engineers and scientists. The 14 ‘Grand Challenges in Engineering’ were unveiled at the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s annual meeting last week, by the panel from the US National Academy of Engineering. Supporting the […]
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Cameron says NHS IT must be local
Conservative party leader David Cameron has attacked the NHS IT programme and called for local ownership and innovation. In a keynote speech at Trafford General Hospital to mark the 60th anniversary of the NHS, the opposition leader called for local NHS organisations to be allowed to innovate. He singled out the IT team at Trafford […]
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iPhone service locates open pharmacies
Apotheken.de has introduced a new Web 2.0 iPhone service in Germany, locating open pharmacies and providing directions to them.
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Dear NPfIT…
Respondents to the recent Medix survey added comments to their answers. Linda Davidson sifted their views.
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