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4 December 2008

Patient pictures improve radiologist’s care

A patient’s picture may help improve the performance of radiologists, new Israeli research has found. The picture in question is
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3 December 2008

Wikipedia can omit key drug information

New research warns that consumers who relay on the online encyclopedia Wikipedia for drug information may be putting themselves at
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3 December 2008

Better search: a cure for cyberchondria?

Search engines may need to be redesigned to stop people turning into “cyberchondriacs”, a study by Microsoft Research has suggested.
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28 November 2008

Hungary signs e-health deal with GE Healthcare

The Hungarian government has awarded GE Healthcare a €3.3m deal to lead a project on developing telecare services for elderly
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21 November 2008

Intel personal health management system

A home medical device, designed to be part of a remote personal home care management system has been launched by
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19 November 2008

Interoperable PHRs could save US $21bn a year

A US study has projected that personal health records have the potential to save the US healthcare system €16.3 billion
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12 November 2008

The secrets of e-health success

Jon Hoeksma reports on a symposium given by Dr Karl Stroetman at the World of Health IT conference.
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3 November 2008

Call for common e-health standards

A new study advocates the development of a common strategy and roadmap for e-health standards development, to support interoperability and
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28 October 2008

Europe urges protection of critical infrastructure

The European Commission has published proposed legislation to strengthen information-sharing on critical infrastructure protection between EU Member States.
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28 October 2008

Philips and King’s College to collaborate

Philips and King's College London have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on research into heart disease over the
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