‘Meaningful Use’ the first definition

HIT Policy committee released its initial recommendations for defining ‘meaningful use’ of electronic health records.

dbMotion selected for Unified and Interoperable Patient Record

dbMotion, a provider of health interoperability and intelligence solutions, has been chosen by UMass Memorial Health Care in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA, to deliver its interoperability and intelligence system to create a single electronic, interoperable patient record across numerous information technology environments and care areas.

Maharashtra’s govt hospitals to be connected

Government-run hospitals in the state of Maharashtra will soon be electronically inter-connected and every patient visiting the hospital will be given a unique health identity number and will have access to his medical history at any hospital across the state.

Europe aims for interoperable EHRs by 2015

The European Commission has published new draft of interoperability guidelines setting out a roadmap to achieve interoperable electronic health records across the continent by the middle of the next decade.

GE with Global eHealth Leader to enhance its Information Exchange Services

Global eHealth specialist InterComponentWare, Inc. (ICW) have signed an agreement with GE Healthcare, a division of General Electric Company.

Google Health launched

Internet search giant Google yesterday unveiled Google Health, its online personal health record service, which enables consumers to manage their health records, use online health tools and get health advice online.

Reinventing Wellness – Manipal Cure & Care

[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

Manipal Cure and Care was presented the prestigious Golden Peacock Award for Innovative Product/Services this year

NEWS REVIEW – BUSINESS

[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

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Northern Ireland launches emergency care record

Northern Ireland health minister, Michael McGimpsey, has launched the Northern Ireland Emergency Care Record – a new emergency care project for patients attending A&E and out-of-hours services.

NEWS REVIEW – WORLD

[This article was published in the March 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

News Review

Google, Cleveland Clinic team up on medical data

Web search company Google Inc is collaborating with Cleveland Clinic, one of the premier U.S. health institutions, to pilot an exchange of data that puts patients in charge of their own medical records.

Exchanging health information – eHealth Initiatives in the USA : Susan Thomas, eHEALTH

[This article was published in the February 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

The multi-stakeholder, non-profit eHealth Initiative (eHI) recently released the results of its Fourth Annual Survey (2007)of Health Information Exchange at the State, Regional and Community Levels in the United States of America, taking stock of 130 community-based health information exchange initiatives. We seek to take stock of the situation as it now appears in the US, and what kind of learning it proposes to the rest of the world.

Pocket Electronic Health Diary (PeHD) : Dr Shabbir Syed Abdul

[This article was published in the September 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

PeHD is a pocket electronic health diary system created on patients� own interest and managed by hospitals who offer it.