NHS CfH joins open source health collaboration
Open Health Tools has announced a collaborative effort between national health agencies, major healthcare providers, international standards organizations and companies from Australia, Canada, the UK and the US to develop common healthcare IT products and services. NHS IT agency NHS Connecting for Health is one of the members of the international collaboration. Other members of […]
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New CEO of SNOMED CT appointed
The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO), owners of the SNOMED CT terminology, has announced that Jennifer Zelmer will take over as chief executive officer (CEO) as of February 2008. Daniel Forslund, board member from Sweden and chair of the selection committee of the management board, said that the committee unanimously selected Zelmer based […]
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Use IT more to promote safety, says WHO
The World Health Organisation has called on health bodies to use IT more for data collection in healthcare settings to promote safety and reduce adverse events. The call for action is one of ten points raised at the recent Patient Safety Research conference in Porto, Portugal – organised by the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s World […]
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SNOMED sold to new standards organisation
The intellectual property rights of SNOMED Clinical Terms have been sold for $7.8m (£3.6m) to a newly-formed board called the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation, based in Denmark. The IHSTDO is made up of nine nations – Australia, Canada, Denmark, Lithuania, The Netherlands, New Zealand, the United States and the United Kingdom with Connecting […]
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