EHE Interview: Jeremy Bonfini
No action against doc who accessed ECS
A hospital doctor accused of accessing the Emergency Care Summary records of high profile politicians, footballers and BBC journalists will not be prosecuted, Scotland’s Crown Office has decided. Dr Andrew Jamieson, who worked at Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline, was accused of contravening the Data Protection Act by misusing access to the Emergency Care Summary […]
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Italians develop fall prevention system
Italian researchers have developed a new wearable wireless sensor to monitor, detect and help prevent whether a person has suffered a fall.
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US publishes ‘meaningful use’ criteria
The first draft criteria for the federal funding of electronic health records as part of the US’ recovery plans have been published. The eagerly awaited initial eligibility criteria were published at the end of December by The Centres for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator. They are set out in a 700-page plan […]
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It’s the quiz of the year 2009!
Do you know who left NHS Connecting for Health to go cloud busting at the Cabinet Office in 2009? Or which GOAT left the Department of Health for a more clinical field? Can you recall who warned of unprecedented times ahead and who said they would require unprecedented efficiency savings? If you can, and if you […]
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Dell completes acquisition of Perot
Dell has completed its acquisition Perot Systems and said that it expects the move to have most impact on its healthcare services. In September, E-Health Europe reported that Dell would buy Perot for €2.7 billion -the biggest deal in the company’s history. The company closed the deal at the beginning of November. Dell’s new services […]
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IHTSDO Workbench code made open source
The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation is to making source code for the IHTSDO Workbench, including tools to develop, maintain, and facilitate the use of SNOMED CT, freely available.
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Cloud in the Windy City
Bordeaux to host IHE Connectathon
The tenth annual IHE European Connectathon will be take place in Bordeaux, France, 2-16 April 2010. The Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) interoperability testing event will bring together around 300 information technology engineers from 90 companies to enable them to assess the interoperability of applications used in health information systems. At the IHE Connectathon all companies implementing […]
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Alert grows in Portugal
Alert Life Sciences has announced several successful implementations in its home country of Portugal. Earlier this month, the Basic Emergency Services (BES) at the Lisboa Norte Hospital Complex, in Santo António dos Cavaleiros in Loures, went live with Alert’s UBU solution. The implementation at the hospital complex, which sees around 300 patients a day, enables […]
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