Keeping an eye on ID
Identifying patients to access their records can be a big problem for A&E staff and paramedics. So why not use biometric scanning, wonders Michael Casey?
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Identifying patients to access their records can be a big problem for A&E staff and paramedics. So why not use biometric scanning, wonders Michael Casey?
After a week of headlines about implementation costs for the NHS IT modernisation programme E-Health Insider takes a rain check on understanding of this key
In the first part of a series, E-Health Insider looks at the developments in healthcare IT in Wales, under the Informing Healthcare programme.
Medical scanners hit by viruses and worms can be put out of action for weeks while manufacturers decide how the problem can be fixed and
Health IT leaders from England, Australia, Canada and the US met at the recent MedInfo 2004 conference to compare notes on health connectivity. Neil Versel
Shared care records are increasingly valued and developed but the obstacles in the way of
The NHS needs to prioritise the delivery of agile, intuitive systems that enable clinicians to
As healthcare evolves, so too must the electronic patient records at its heart. This means
The NHS Long Term Plan seeks to mainstream digitally-enabled care across all areas of the
Evidence-based decisions on spending require a system that can handle data from multiple sites and