Two new pilots are underway to offer pharmacy personal health records (PHRs) in Germany. Both are based on a PHR including details of current medication and offer patients the potential to offer prescription ordering online.
After launching the first batch ‘Hospitals on Wheels’ in Guwahati, Kokrajhar programme has received its share of mobile healthcare facilities. Introduced under the National Rural Health Mission, the mobile medical units are equipped with X-Ray machines, a microscope, ECG machine, ultrasound, autoclaves, auto-analyser, stretchers and a pharmacy.
To enhance the standards of millions of pharmacists in the country, the Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) has urged the Health Ministry to amend the Pharmacy Act to make CEP (continuing education programme) mandatory for registration and subsequent renewal under the Pharmacy Act.
The Bulgarian Health Ministry has officially launched the first electronic prescription in the new EU member state of Bulgaria. The Ministry has officially launched the pilot system for the Bulgarian electronic health card (eCard).
Clinician eHealth Support Network, a peer-to-peer initiative launched recently allows Physicians, nurses and pharmacists from across Canada to benefit from the expertise of a network of colleagues, experienced in e-health.
[This article was published in the July 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
RFID has the potential to become a atalyst for new efficiencies and enhanced ervices for healthcare service providers.
[This article was published in the May 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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[This article was published in the February 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
�The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have mu ch; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.”
[This article was published in the November 2006 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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[This article was published in the November 2006 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
e-Prescribing is the process of medication prescribing in an outpatient setting, using an ambulatory Computerised Physician Order Entry systems application linked with clinical decision support that can in addition electronically send prescriptions or prescription-related information directly with the pharmacies or pharmacy benefit managers
