e-health
RSS e-healthCommonwealth of Kentucky Sets Out to Create a Statewide e-Health System
White Paper With the help of Microsoft technology, the many health-related government agencies in the Commonwealth of Kentucky are creating a statewide e-Health network that will provide caregivers... [19 Dec 2007]
Euro e-health getting the right attention
News The report - entitled Benchmarking ICT use among General Practitioners in Europe - said e-health applications have a growing role in GPs' surgeries, where they are helping to improve administrators'... [28 Apr 2008]
Durham health consortium outsources e-procurement
News A consortium of health trusts and HM Prisons within County Durham has outsourced its shared procurement hub, which it uses to source around £350m of supplies and equipment a year. The service will be hosted by the... [22 May 2008]
Why Good Reporting is Vital to the Health of Your E-Mail System
White Paper In the Quest white paper, "Why Good Reporting is Vital to the Health of Your E-Mail System," learn how a solid e-mail reporting system strengthens your messaging across the enterprise.... [05 Oct 2009]
Sutter Health Gains HIPAA Compliant E-mail Without Adding to IT Support Costs
White Paper Sutter Health is one of the nation's leading not-for-profit networks of community healthcare services, serving more than 100 communities in Northern California. Sutter Health needed to ensure the... [01 May 2009]
E-health records drawing closer for UK doctors
News Electronic health records became a reality last week, as scientists presented their research to NHS officials. Professor Kitney, head of biological and medical systems at Imperial College, demonstrated his Patient... [09 Aug 1999]
Sutter Health Gains HIPAA-Compliant E-Mail Without Adding to IT Support Costs
White Paper Sutter Health, one of the nation's largest healthcare provider networks, must occasionally share private healthcare information with doctors, insurers, government agencies and others outside of its enterprise network. [01 Apr 2007]
Keeping the Promise of Privacy: Protecting Sensitive Data in Healthcare Organizations
White Paper The e-Health initiative is well on its way and currently there is a need for better security controls that limit the ability for this data to fall into the wrong hands. Hospitals and healthcare groups... [05 Oct 2009]
Tech key to vital healthcare savings
News Technology will be key to tackling Europe's burgeoning health service spending. EU countries need to look to IT systems to deliver "tools for health authorities" and "personalised health... [09 Jan 2008]
Flagship £64.5m NHS e-booking system under fire
News Under the £6bn National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the NHS the Department of Health awarded the e-booking contract to Atos Origin in October 2003 with the aim of 100 per cent e-booking... [19 Jan 2005]
Less Paper and Greater Efficiency Allows CentraState More Focus on Delivering Top-Notch Patient Care
White Paper CentraState Healthcare System is a private, not-for-profit health organization dedicated to excellence, with a focus on a full circle of health and wellness for its community. With Halogen... [08 Mar 2009]
Kids risk "e-discrimination" warns think tank
News One area of concern FIPR highlighted is "e-discrimination", where the system that attempts to predict which children will become delinquent, by totting up negative indicators from health, school and... [22 Nov 2006]
Meet the politicians in charge of government IT
Comment Prior to his appointment as a parliamentary under secretary in the Department of Health, Norman Warner was the chair of the Youth Justice Board for England and Wales. Hutton joined the Department of... [13 May 2005]
Tomorrow's wireless world: Healthcare to wear
News According to the report, in-body networks could be implanted in patients to monitor their movements and/or vital health signs, such as blood sugar level, and to send data wirelessly via a home hub or portable monitor to... [08 May 2008]
NHS gets £500m technology booster
News The Department of Health has published its strategy document, Building the Information Core - Implementing the NHS Plan, in which it pledges to have an electronic health record for every NHS patient as... [15 Jan 2001]
