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7 February 2008

Microsoft gets serious about health

Dr Bill Crounse, MD, Microsoft’s senior worldwide director of health, tells E-Health Insider’s Jon Hoeksma, that health is Microsoft’s fastest
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22 August 2007

Patients need assurance on online health records

Patients need to be convinced that electronic personal health records (ePHRs) are safe and will benefit them, a group of
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26 October 2006

Border control

Neil Versel finds out what barriers still need to be overcome before electronic health record sharing becomes common between European
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15 August 2006

Talking pill bottles read out their own labels

Pharmacies in Northern California have started to stock talking prescription bottles which aim to help elderly or partially sighted patients
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7 November 2005

Lessons for NPfIT from ‘wild ride’ to US failure

A study of the ‘wild ride’ towards a failed implementation of a new electronic medical record system found a ‘transient
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27 June 2005

Patients need reminders for online depression self-help

  Websites that only offer self-help for people suffering from depression can be effective as those that also offer external clinical
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21 April 2005

Kaiser to end ‘wobbly’ medicine

Doctors working without computerised systems are working in the “operational dark ages”, according to George Halvorson, chief executive officer of
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14 March 2005

EMRs reduce visits for primary and specialist care

The introduction of electronic medical records (EMRs) reduced visits to primary and specialist outpatient care in two regions covered by the
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13 January 2004

NHS deals just the start, say Forrester

The NHS’s deals on clinical applications are just a prelude to a much wider adoption these technologies according to US
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13 August 2003

Major Study of Healthcare IT Benefits Announced

A leading US policy think tank is to conduct a study to determine how much patient care could improve and
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