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S'pore e-health records roadmap 'pragmatic'
News Singapore and other Asian countries have ingredients for successful implementation of e-healthcare services, say executives from GE Healthcare.
Tags: Data Management, Local Government, Regulations, GE Healthcare, General Electric Co., E-health, Asia-Pacific, Spokesperson, Singapore, electronic health record
Paperless government not yet a S'pore reality
News Singapore's public sector makes strides in pushing online transactions, but consumer comfort with hardcopy documents impedes paper-free vision, says analyst.
Tags: Web sites, Web services, Government, Transaction, PKI, IRAS Staff, Web sites, International Data Corp., E-health, e-Service
All data breaches must be made public
Insight perspective European legislators seem to be about to pass a directive that could make it obligatory to disclose data breaches--but not in every case. That selectivity is a mistake, says EU data tzar.
Tags: Security Management, Privacy, Data security, E-business, Security, Data Breach, European Parliament, e-commerce company, phone, electronic communication
New privacy guidelines for US e-health records
News As U.S. president-elect Barack Obama calls for widespread adoption of e-medical records, the Department of Health and Human Services is offering more privacy guidelines for them.
Tags: Privacy, Data security, Security Management, Service level management, U.S. Department Of Health And Human Services, E-health, electronic health record, personal health information, accountability, Mike Leavitt
NSW health IT gets US$460M injection
News New South Wales special commissioner Peter Garling has prescribed a "one-off injection" to remedy a system bogged down by, among other things, paper and technical inadequacies.
Tags: Web sites, Business broadband, Database management, Privacy, Clinician, E-health, electronic health record, Broadband, electronic record, investment strategy
Tech giants line up for e-health dollars
News Allscripts, Cisco, Citrix, Dell, Intel, Intuit, Microsoft and Nuance Communications are banding together in an effort to make doctors aware of the benefits of electronic health records.
Tags: Digital media, E-health, Tool, electronic health record, Cerner Corp., Nuance, Digital media, U.S. President Barack Obama, speech recognition, alliance
US healthcare experts warn of IT adoption challenges
News Health care providers and other experts challenge U.S. President Barack Obama's assertion that implementing the use of electronic medical records will be easily implemented.
Tags: Business applications, Data Management, Data security, Security Management, healthcare reform, electronic health record, health industry, health care company, network, data management
Patient privacy in peril?
News New U.S. legislation urging doctors and hospitals to keep electronic, rather than paper, health records may not go far enough in shielding sensitive information.
Tags: Privacy, Insurance Company, Privacy, medical record, public health, Record, electronic health record, insurance, Washington, health insurance
Tech helps improve Thai healthcare monitoring
News Thanks to the "Smart Health" project, initiated by the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (Nectec), Thailand will be a healthier land of smiles.
Tags: Network infrastructure, Database management, Databases, Data centers, Risk Management, Thailand, Tool, Service, expert system, collective intelligence
Tech is key to tackling EU health costs
News Technology will be key to tackling Europe's burgeoning health service spending.
Tags: HIPAA, Directory services, Web services, Business structures
U.K. experts tip six technologies to watch
News The United Kingdom should focus on six key technologies over the next five years, according to an independent government advisory group.
Tags: Business models, Business Strategies & Functions
Outsourcing to heal e-health woes
News The National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA) of Australia will be stepping up recruitment by outsourcing, offshore recruitment and creative contractual arrangements.
Tags: IT outsourcing, Cost control, IT budgeting
Coming soon: Asia's premier e-health service portal
News Local telemedicine application developer WorldCare Health Malaysia is gearing up to become Asia's first e-health service provider.
BT looks toward Asian SMB market
News BT has completed its acquisition of Singapore-based IT systems integrator, Frontline, and says this will bring it closer to the smaller clients in the region.
Tags: Acquisitions, Communications
An inconvenient healthcare reality
Blogs In the Philippines, healthcare is almost an alien concept to half of the local population, especially to those living in...
