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X Prize group sets sights on next challenges
Insight newsmaker Peter Diamandis, who helped get private space flight off the ground, shares where the X Prize Foundation sees the next big technological gains.
Tags: Business applications, Business Strategies & Functions, US$10, X Challenges, Google Inc., cell phone, Business applications, Business Strategies & Functions, Artificial Intelligence, life science
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, General Electric Co., Asia-Pacific, Spokesperson, GE Healthcare, Singapore, E-health, health care company
What happens when the Internet gets physical?
News How tools such as RFID secure real world will force rethink of IT security implementation, as such devices will mean Internet takes on "physical dimension", says expert.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Cloud computing, RFID, Authentication, Security, Mobile, IT Security, Cell Phone, Storage
More time needed for revised Google Books deal
News After a meeting late last week with the Justice Department, the parties realize they need more time. Monday was to be the deadline for a revised settlement.
Tags: Web services, Search, Google Inc., U.S. Department Of Justice, Settlement, New York, copyright law, Judge, patient, Search
No blood test for influenza
Blogs There is no such thing as a blood test for influenza. If you've been searching for one, you can stop. Influenza is a...
Getting tested for H1N1 flu in Singapore
Blogs A colleague of mine returned to Singapore on Wednesday, May 27 from Boston, USA, where he'd spent the week between May 1...
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, Record, medical record, public health, electronic health record, insurance, Washington, health insurance
Attacker reportedly holds US state's patient data hostage
News Virginia Prescription Monitoring Program site remains down after attacker allegedly breaks into the Web site and deletes data, demanding a ransom to get it back.
Tags: Hacking, Data security, Backup, FBI, Washington Post Co., Password, Virginia, Attacker, patient, health care
UK privacy watchdog cracks down on NHS breaches
News The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office is asking the Department of Health to tighten up data protection after a series of breaches.
Tags: Data security, Breach, Spokesperson, Hardware, University of Cambridge, Microsoft Office, data protection, Data Loss, private data, patient
Stimulus packages to boost ICT sector
News IT vendors gain as Asian governments commit US$767 billion worth of initiatives to jumpstart their economies, IDC says.
Tags: Government, Green IT, Investment, IT-spending, International Data Corp., Asia-Pacific, Information And Communication Technology, energy efficiency, job, patient
Restless data: Diffusion via virtualization
Techguide Left on its own, data will find its way to the farthest recesses of your data center. But when helped along by implementation teams, there's no limit to data diffusion.
Tags: Data Management, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Data, Security, Virtualization, Database, Diffusion, HR Database, Server
Wireless industry wants in on US healthcare stimulus money
News Wireless industry is hoping it can reap the rewards of billions of dollars being spent on health care technology as part of the economic stimulus package.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Wireless LANs, Handhelds, Cisco Systems Inc., Wireless, wireless industry, Hospital, electronic health record, electronic record, wireless technology
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, health industry, health care company, electronic health record, network, data management
When IT and healthcare come together
Insight CIO 1-1 SingHealth's Dr. Low Cheng Ooi shares his views on how IT and healthcare are colliding to bring forth the future of medicine for patients and practitioners.
Tags: IT project management, Data Management, Leadership, Technology, Clinician, EMR, analytics, information technology company, chairman, patient
HP licenses inkjet tech for dialysis machines
News The hardware manufacturer's inkjet technology is to be used in a new type of dialysis machine for renal-failure victims.
Tags: Patents, Components, Hewlett-Packard Co., Inkjet Printer, intellectual property, printer, CEO, chemicals, ease of use, licensing deal
