Cisco joins HIMSS to provide Community for Connected Health
Cisco has joined with Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) to provide a forum for education and best practice sharing to HIMSS members.
London hospital uses Wi-Fi tracking system
An independent hospital of London, UK has deployed an asset-tracking system, which will allow its staff to quickly locate valuable equipment.
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[This article was published in the February 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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India to get mobile phone based health monitoring system
UK-based Loughborough University’s engineers have entered upon a partnership with experts of India to develop a unique mobile phone health monitoring system.
Changing Face of Health Informatics : G. Kalyan Kumar
[This article was published in the February 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
The book �Consumer Health Informatics� explores the multifarious aspects of this fast evolving branch in medical science.
Mobile phones monitor the health data of Indian patients
Loughborough University engineers of UK have partnership with experts of India to develop unique mobile phone health monitoring system in India.
MultiPlan wins the 2006 Rural Health Outreach Grant Program.
UK’s oldest and largest independent PPO network provider, MultiPlan announced that the company has won the 2006 Rural Health Outreach Grant Program.
A MEET OF GREAT BELIEF
[This article was published in the January 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
The aim of this first of its kind event was to exchange information and views on how eInfrastructures are currently deployed in both Europe and India, with the objective of analysing how their increasing role is viewed in a business, educational, socio-political and scientific context.
Online website
A new online website is launched on November 7, 2006 to provide online support for mental health problems to patients. The website www.mhchoice.org.uk is designed to support patients for their mental related health problems.
ICT use for securing patient data in UK
The South London and Maudsley National Health Service Trust, which provides mental health and substance misuse services for people in South London, as well as specialist mental health services nationally, has awarded an IT security contract to CRYPTOCard to ensure patient data is only accessed by qualified people.
E-HEALTH AND THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM : Denise Silber
[This article was published in the November 2006 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
eHealth is a work in progress. Many countries have named a national coordinator or taskforce, or at a minimum assigned the subject to the tasks of the national health ministry. But no national system provides all of the e-Health services at the present time
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[This article was published in the November 2006 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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MOVING BEYOND HOSPITALS: E-PRESCRIPTIONS : Pushwaz Virk and David W. Bates
[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
