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UK Patients Accessing Records with E-cards
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“Westover Medical, a chain of primary healthcare clinics based in the United Kingdom, is launching an electronic card that patients can use to access their medical history.
Members of Westover can access their personal data by connecting the card to any computer and going through the provider’s secure website. Records will be password protected, and no […]
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Scan elektronisch patientendossier ontwikkelt tegen grabbelton effect
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In The Netherlands a scan has been developed for GPs to check quality of EHRs.
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Huisarts Vandaag, 2 June 2008
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What Will Stop Data Breaches?
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“A series of incidents in April called attention to the serious issue of data security.”
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Joseph Goedert, Health Data Management, 1 June 2008
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Electronic Documentation Calls for Standardized Nursing Language
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“Electronic documentation has called attention to the need for standardization of nursing terminology and ways to capture nursing interventions.”
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Debra Wood, Nurse Zone, 30 May 2008
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Fixing Health Care: What Women Want
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“Overall, six in 10 U.S. adult women who are the primary health care decision makers for themselves and/or their family indicated they find navigating the health care system for themselves and/or their family at least somewhat difficult (59%). Younger women (aged 18-34) were more likely to indicate they find it at least somewhat difficult (74%), […]
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IT critical to women surveyed on healthcare
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“Information technology is top of mind among women polled about the state of healthcare today. Sixty percent said technology that enables doctors to send medical records and patient histories electronically to other doctors is extremely/very important.”
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Bernie Monegain, Healthcare IT News, 2 June 2008
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Healthcare spending on telecom to jump 8.4 percent over next five years
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“The U.S. healthcare industry is expected to spend $55 billion on telecommunications over the next five years, according to a study released Friday by Insight Research Corporation.
The use of telecommunications by healthcare providers will grow at a compounded rate of 8.4 percent, from $7.5 billion this year to $11.3 billion in 2013.”
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Diana Manos, Healthcare IT […]
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Award for Open Source Application for Analysing Health Data
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“Health Atlas Ireland, an Open Source application to analyse health related datasets using geographical information systems (GIS) and statistical software, was one of twenty projects that were given the ‘Prime Minister Public Service Excellence Award’. The awards were handed out last month by Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern.”
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eHealthNews.eu, 2 June 2008
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Medicine 2.0 Carnival: Web 2.0 technologies and the practice of medicine
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“This month’s edition of Medicine 2.0 focuses on connections. You’ll learn how new technologies are empowering patients by connecting them with their own health records, connecting patients and paramedics with doctors, and connecting doctors with each other.”
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Sandra Porter, Discovering Biology in a Digital World, 1 June 2009
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The power of e-patients
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“There is a whole blogosphere around the idea of transforming medicine into e-health. There are plenty of bloggers who often write about the IT opportunities of medicine and healthcare. But! What about patients? The consumers? Even if we have a Jay Parkinson, what can he do without patients who are ready to use his service?”
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Bertalan […]
