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New eHealth Strategy for Scotland
The second eHealth Strategy for NHSScotland (3) was published in September 2011. Covering the period 2011–2017, this new strategy seeks to build on the perceived successes of the last three years' work under Scotland's first...[more]
Health IT and Patient Safety: Latest Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report
The latest Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, “Health IT and Patient Safety: Building Safer Systems for Better Care,” (1) recommends several measures, including the possibility of increased government oversight, to help protect...[more]
Informatics Leadership Courses for Senior English Nurses
A new informatics leadership course in the NHS in England is expected to provide 500 nurses, midwives and other allied health professionals, many of whom are at senior, deputy director of nursing, level with the knowledge and...[more]
Healthcare Information Management without Borders – through Interoperability
Enabling the exchange of information in healthcare, based on standards – this is the aim of TianiSPIRIT. The User Group of the Austrian-based software specialist organizes the exchange of expertise and experiences in this field...[more]
Broad Portfolio of Healthcare IT at Medica 2011
Every November, Dusseldorf/Germany turns into a hub for the medical industry. Medica, the world’s largest event of the sector, will again provide the platform for technology presentations from the areas of medtech including...[more]
Key Trends in Medical Imaging and Healthcare IT in/from China
A major upgrade of the healthcare system was a key ingredient of the five-year plan ending 2011; and this goal has been revived in the People’s Republic of China for the next five years. The goal is to improve the situation with...[more]
2nd ACM SIGHIT International Health Informatics Symposium (IHI 2012) – Call for Participation
IHI 2012 January 28–30, 2012 Miami, Florida, USA, is the flagship symposium on health informatics promoted by the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Health Informatics (ACM SIGHIT). IHI is designed to...[more]
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