17 March 2009
eHealth Worldwide
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Bulgaria: Bulgarian Ministry of Health selects Agfa to integrate diagnostic imaging (10 March 2009 - HealthcareITnews)
The University Hospitals of Alexandrowska, Sveta Anna and Stara Zagora and the Hospital of Blagoevgrad cumulatively serve a population of more than 3.25 million and employ more than 4000 staff members. Agfa HealthCare's solutions will support the country in meeting the existing and future demand for diagnostic imaging and supporting the increasing demand for the service. -
Hong Kong plans e-health records (4 March 2009 - eHealthEurope)
The shared electronic health record system would enable different public and private healthcare providers to enter, transfer and access patient data. The system would include mechanisms for obtaining patients' consent, and for authenticating and controlling data access, based on Smart ID Cards. -
Kenya: Health projects go mobile as IT gains acceptance locally (12 March 2009 - BusinessDaily Nairobi)
Patients at Kijabe Hospital will notice that their doctors carry an extra piece of equipment apart from the obligatory stethoscope. For the last three years, doctors at the health institution have been participating in a project that has seen them carry small portable devices — side-kicks that are also suppositories of vital, life-saving information.
Scientific Articles
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ICT in Education: A Study of Public Health Education (5 March 2009 - MPRA Paper)
Modern technologies such as Information Communication Technologies have helped many of the development sectors. One of the sectors it has lot of scope to develop is the Education. It is also evident from the experience that the benefits of these technologies have contributed much in the area of healthcare. However, these benefits come with few limitations. A technology is useful only if (a) the systems are designed keeping the user perspective mind, (b) if the users are trained on those systems, (c) users recognize the need for a system and (d) users feel there is a need for such system -
Future Development of Medical Informatics from the Viewpoint of Health Telematics (Methods of Information in Medicine 2009 48 1: 55-61)
Conclusion: Research in medical informatics has to focus on strategic concepts and how to transform the demands of a modern integrated health and social care system into user-friendly, secure and efficient ICT solutions and to support the citizen’s responsibility for her/his own healthcare. But there is also a high demand for research to improve the technology of ICT systems in health and social care.
Articles
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Wal-Mart Plans to Market Digital Health Records System (10 March 2009 - New York Times)
Wal-Mart’s move comes as the Obama administration is trying to jump-start the adoption of digital medical records with $19 billion of incentives in the economic stimulus package. -
Mobile health saving lives in the developing world (4 March 2009 - MediaGlobal)
Cell phones are now a common part of our everyday lives. But not only is the technology taken for granted, its wide-reaching potential is largely unrecognized. The technology that is found in cell phones and PDAs is currently being applied to improve health services in developing countries. The United Nations Foundation (UNF) and Vodafone Foundation (VF) Technology Partnership is using mobile health (mHealth) technology to support UN programs in developing countries. Innovative mHealth projects are powering the collection of health data, supporting diagnosis and treatment, and advancing education and research in even the most remote and poverty stricken environments.