iPod access to health records launched in US
New software called HealthFrame 2.1 has been launched in the US allowing patients to access their personal health records using an iPod. HealthFrame is described as a software system designed to permanently record, organise and help users, and those to whom they permit access, to understand their personal health more easily and completely. Suppliers, Records for Living […]
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Survey shows US appetite for personal electronic records
A US survey has revealed strong support for the concept of personal electronic health records, with those polled seeing them as a way to improve quality and reduce healthcare costs. However, the report also showed that the Americans surveyed have serious concerns over the privacy and confidentiality of their medical records and rely on the […]
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DH rejects patient opt-out requests
The Department of Health has rejected patients’ requests to stop their information being uploaded to the NHS data spine. On Friday the DH wrote to patients who had sent in a coupon from the Guardian newspaper requesting to opt-out telling them that would not be able to do. The eight page letter from the DH […]
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After Katrina
An unprecedented mobilisation of information technology could be just what the doctor ordered to prevent a major public health crisis for more than one million people.
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National US personal health record launched
Medem, a not-for-profit company created by leading US medical societies including the American Medical Association, announced this week the national launch of an internet-based ‘personal health record’, that is intended to become the "ATM service for healthcare". The new freely available internet-based personal health record, iHealthRecord, will allow patients to easily access and organise their […]
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This time it’s personal
Why do we need electronic health records, anyway? Gerry Yantis and Manuel Lowenhaupt of CapGemini argue that the challenges faced in implementing them shouldn’t detract from their importance.
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