Australian IT reports : AUSTRALIAN Medical Association president Andrew Pesce has signalled concerns about plans for patient-controlled e-health records. Dr Pesce believes provider-controlled input is needed to improve quality of care and reduce adverse..
Topics: ama, e-health, e-health records, ehr, patient

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For all you BlackBerry users out there that also have an equal passion for your Mac's, you will be pleased to hear that there is now software available to make syncing a little easier. I know from experience that in the hospital setting, BlackBerrys..
Topics: Blackberry, hospital, iphone, telecommunications

{"title":"Blackberry finally comes to Mac","post_url":"http:\/\/technhealth.blogspot.com\/2009\/08\/blackberry-finally-comes-to-mac.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/technhealth.blogspot.com\/feeds\/posts\/default","author":"ihealth","date":"2009-08-19 18:45:48","summary":"For all you BlackBerry users out there that also have an equal passion for your Mac's, you will be pleased to hear that there is now software available to make syncing a little easier. I know from experience that in the hospital setting, BlackBerrys.."}

I've just read an interesting article on how mobile phones are proving to be an important tool in preparing developing nations of potential disease threats. What struck me was the initiative shown by officials to quickly find a solution to a problem..
Topics: health 2.0, health technology, mobile health

{"title":"The Benefits of Mobile Health During Epidemics","post_url":"http:\/\/technhealth.blogspot.com\/2009\/06\/benefits-of-mobile-health-during.html","feed_url":"http:\/\/technhealth.blogspot.com\/feeds\/posts\/default","author":"ihealth","date":"2009-06-16 07:32:56","summary":"I've just read an interesting article on how mobile phones are proving to be an important tool in preparing developing nations of potential disease threats. What struck me was the initiative shown by officials to quickly find a solution to a problem.."}

I have just finished reading an article that discusses Australia's lack of connected health IT infrastructure and how it may hamper containment of current and future disease outbreaks. iSoft chief operating officer Andrea Fiumicelli says it best...
Topics: e-health, pandemics, swine flu

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It has been quite interesting to follow the spread of the recent swine flu outbreak that started in Mexico in terms of media and information coverage. Our world is now so connected by air, road and sea that outbreaks cross borders quickly, proving a real.
Topics: Health, mhealth, pandemics, social networks, twitter

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