electronic health records
Both the private and public sector in many countries are pushing for the adoption of electronic health record systems (EHRs), in an attempt to rationalize healthcare delivery in their respective nations.
The Australian Government has announced that it intends to upgrade key hospital infrastructure across Australia. One of the main areas where we will see greater integration of advanced technologies to achieve this is in creating more “digital” hospitals, especially in the development of electronic health records.
AUD$466.7 million over two years is provided to fund the creation of a personally controlled “national e-Health records system”, which will enable Australians to check their medical history and provide electronic access to others if they wish.
Dr. Ngai Tseung Cheung, chief medical informatics officer with the Hospital Authority in Hong Kong, discusses the Hong Kong Government's vision for health informatics in the SAR, including some of the early achievements and innovations that Hospital Authority spearheaded during the early process of introducing digital health records into the SAR.
Striving for medical excellence and easier access to patients’ medical records, Hong Kong Union Hospital recently deployed a mobile point of care product through Motorola’s MC55 Mobile Computer and Ewell Hong Kong Limited’s Mobile Clinical Solution.
The year 2010 will be a pivotal year for EHR (electronic health records) adoption, signaling the need for HER vendors to ramp up their offerings or completely fade into oblivion, a report from consulting firm Ovum said.
The Philippine Medical Association of Southern California has endorsed AssistMed's electronic health records platform for use by the organization's physician members
The Santiago Military Hospital in Chile has deployed an Intersystems TrakCare Hospital Information System to create an electronic registry of all military personnel.
More than 80% of private doctors support the introduction of an Electronic Health Record System, according to a survey on private clinic computerization conducted by eHealth Consortium in June this year.
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Both the private and public sector in many countries are pushing for the adoption of electronic health record systems (EHRs), in an attempt to rationalize healthcare delivery in their respective nations.
The Australian Government has announced that it intends to upgrade key hospital infrastructure across Australia. One of the main areas where we will see greater integration of advanced technologies to achieve this is in creating more “digital” hospitals, especially in the development of electronic health records.
According to Wikipedia, speech analytics describes automated methods of
analyzing speech to extract useful information about the speech content or the speaker. In the context of a call center, speech analytics gives companies insight into what customers really think about their company allowing them to react in a timely manner. This eGuide offers straight forward insight into why your company may need to use speech analytics.
Cloud computing offers organizations new options for scalable, cost-effective, and flexible IT, but to gain the full benefits of cloud-based services, enterprises have to trust the security, policies, and processes of those new services. To extend their IT security beyond their own perimeters, enterprises must first establish a trusted front door to the cloud: one that provides security assurance, governance, control, and reliable performance.
The boundaries of learning are shifting as schools adopt technology to reach out beyond the confines of the classroom. Global Learning Exchange bridges the oceans to connect students in Bakersfield, California to their counterparts in Singapore. This case study highlights how the two classrooms use Skype and the Internet to enhance the learning experience.
Far East Flora was an early pioneer of online commerce in Asia. Its continuing success hinges on its ability to understand its customers interests and to act on those. This case study looks at how Far East Flora engaged Experian QAS to update its customer database, resulting in a 60% decrease in failed deliveries that were a direct result of incorrect recipient address.
