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Junior doctor loses confidential patient data
Blog Apparently junior doctors are toting unencrypted confidential data around on USB sticks, according to an article in E-Health Insider. Says E-Health Insider: These should be stored on secure sticks which use at least 129-bit encryption protection...
[July 25, 2007, 18:10]
Burn: NPfIT has 'failed so far'
Blog At last month's Government UK IT Summit, Andy Burn, head of information management and technology planning for Connecting for Health, made an astonishing statement: There have been plenty of successes right across the board in the health sector...
[June 1, 2007, 17:13]
Hospital Deploys Mobile Vaccination Solution to Reach Employees Where They Work
White Papers Washington Hospital Center (WHC), the largest teaching hospital in Washington, D.C.is at the vanguard of a major public health effort to raise influenza immunization rates among healthcare workers nationwide.
[August 30, 2007, 1:00]
UK Care Agencies Integrate, Improve Services With Information-Gathering Solution
White Papers Cambridgeshire County Council (CCC) provides community care services to Cambridgeshire residents, often working with health care providers. To improve coordination between the two jurisdictions, it wanted to find a way for health and social workers...
[August 30, 2007, 1:00]
Office Business Applications (OBA) in Healthcare
White Papers Health care industry is facing many challenges ranging from increasing costs to inflexible and brittle applications. Industry is looking for ways to control costs and improve care and overall patient health.
[August 31, 2007, 1:00]
SafeDog
Downloads The health of your Dog can be tracked with SafeDog and/or used as Kennel management software, but at its heart, it's a guide to help you collect important information about your dog in order to keep him safe.
[July 1, 2008, 8:00]
Accenture 'pulling out of NHS IT project'
News NHS Connecting for Health has refused to confirm press reports on Thursday morning which have suggested that Accenture — the largest contractor in the massive NHS IT overhaul — is pulling out of the project.
[September 28, 2006, 10:15]
NHS IT failures 'left babies unvaccinated'
News The NHS has defended Connecting for Health, its multi-billion pound IT upgrade, amid reports of problems that left thousands of babies at risk of infection. Over the weekend, two national newspapers claimed that a system introduced last year to...
[February 27, 2006, 12:45]
Healthcare Provider Increases Preventive Care, Boosts Efficiency With Speech Solution
White Papers Based in Monterey Park, California, Care1st Health Plan is a growing healthcare network of physicians and hospitals. Care1st has had to meet state regulations that require new network members to schedule health evaluations with their primary care...
[September 19, 2008, 1:01]
Multinational Healthcare Provider Simplifies Platforms and Networking With HP ProLiant Servers and HP NC7170 Network Adapters
White Papers Founded in 1971 in Columbus, Ohio, Cardinal Health has grown into a multinational healthcare provider for customers ranging from healthcare manufacturers to patient care providers. Cardinal Health has evolved beyond drug distribution and acquired...
[August 25, 2009, 10:14]
Addressing Healthcare Providers' HIPAA Compliance Issues
White Papers With U.S.enforcement of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) now in full force, IT professionals responsible for helping to ensure compliance need access to cost-effective, end-to-end solutions for managing electronic...
[August 27, 2009, 1:24]
Ohio University suffers massive security breach
News Data thieves may have plundered Social Security numbers and other private information — including health records — belonging to students and faculty at Ohio University, following three separate computer intrusions at the school.
[May 12, 2006, 9:00]
Outstanding Care From the First Contact
White Papers BUPA International is one of the largest international health companies in the world. When it came to upgrading its customer contact centre, BUPA International's first priority, as you'd expect from one of the world's largest international health...
[April 27, 2007, 1:00]
HealthFile Plus (Pocket PC)
Downloads HealthFile Plus is your complete health and personal medical records and information organization software for Windows Mobile or Pocket PCs, and it includes PC companion software! Great for people on diets, with diabetes, high blood pressure, high...
[December 22, 2003, 7:00]
SonicWALL Case Study: HealthLink Ltd
White Papers Established in 1996, HealthLink Ltd is a specialist provider of Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) services for the health sector in Australasia which is quickly becoming one of the largest and fastest growing health sector networks in the world.
[July 11, 2008, 1:02]
Companies warned after RSI payout over mouse use
News Regulations require employers to assess all workstations for health and safety risks," said Simon Joyston-Bechal, a partner and health and safety expert at Pinsent Masons. The Guardian newspaper has paid out £37,500 to settle a repetitive strain...
[June 8, 2006, 11:10]
NHS computer systems take a sickie
News NHS Connecting for Health (CFH), the agency responsible for health service IT, said services provided by CSC Alliance for the NHS in the North West and West Midlands had been affected since 10:00 (BST) on 30 July.
[August 1, 2006, 9:55]
The Detox Bible for iPhone
Downloads With The Detox Bible for iPhone not only will you be improving your health from the inside and allowing your body to function more efficiently, you will also lose weight, have more energy, look better, and improve the appearance of your skin.
[October 14, 2009, 5:44]
NHS appoints another IT overseer
News A new NHS IT 'czar' has been appointed by the government to work with frontline health service staff to ensure the smooth rollout of the £2.3bn NHS IT modernisation programme. The Department of Health's director of delivery John Bacon has also been...
[March 23, 2004, 11:15]
BodyTechnic: Web-based medical info set to become the norm
News A recent study by Jupiter Research predicts health and medical advertising could soon generate an income of $265m (£161.6m) by the year 2002 with over half the revenue from direct advertising from pharmaceutical companies.
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