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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
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
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, Diffusion, Database, HR Database, business continuity
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...
Valleywag: Steve Jobs undergoing surgery Monday
News Apple's CEO has reportedly checked into Stanford Hospital, near his home in Palo Alto, Calif., for an unspecified surgical procedure.
Tags: Components, Consumer Technology, Handhelds, Personal Computers, Apple Inc., Surgery, Bloomberg L.P., Valleywag, CEO, News.com
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, Record, Privacy, medical record, public health, electronic health record, insurance, Washington, health insurance
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
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., Virginia, Password, Attacker, patient, health care
London hospitals still battling computer virus
News After 11 days, engineers at three London Hospitals are still trying to restore full network access for staff and clean the virus from remaining PCs.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Spam and phishing, Data security, Database management, Hospital, Computer, W32/Mytob.gen@mm, London, virus, Silicon.com
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, Hospital, electronic health record, Broadband, electronic record
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
Video surveillance: Four ways to protect privacy
Techguide More employers are exploring implementation of inexpensive video systems to protect employees and the business. Before writing the check, however, there are several regulatory and employee relation safeguards to consider.
Tags: Video, Security Management, Security applications/tools, Business security, Employee, Video Surveillance, Privacy, long-term care, monitoring, job
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
