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2007

Healing Australia via broadband
Australian IT, December 17, 2007
Yes the personal electronic health record is finally coming to Australia. The concept is relatively simple. It means individual medical details will be easily and always accessible on computer to both doctors and patients, should patients wish.

Hot Tomali Launches EMR Comparison Website CanadianEMR.ca
PRWeb, November 1, 2007
BC-based company CanadianEMR (www.canadianemr.ca) has launched an online portal that gives physicians the tools to select and compare Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems. Hot Tomali has been developing a campaign to make the comparison website available to physicians and assist their decision on which system to purchase. Both organizations believe that expert guidance should be available when choosing this revolutionizing, though costly, software.

Mapping out german prospects
Recruiter, October 31, 2007
However, "the big advantage" comes from having a local presence, he says. "What's important is that you are local. It's much better than operating from the UK. Employers like you to go out and meet them," he adds.

UK Biobank begins recruiting using NHS data
eHealth Insider, September 21, 2007
UK Biobank, the medical research charity-backed DNA database, has begun using demographic data supplied by the NHS to begin recruiting half a million individuals to participate in the long-term research project.

Newspaper hands over copy of Manto's records
Cape Times, August 17, 2007
The Cape Town Medi-Clinic is once again in possession of Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang's health records, albeit only a copy.

Electronic Medical Recording Kicks-off in Korea
Military Embedded Systems, July 17, 2007
“MC4 will afford us a unique opportunity to record patient encounters – both in garrison and in the field – and permanently capture that data for bio-statistical analysis,” said MAJ Andrew Fletcher, Brigade Surgeon, 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team (HBCT), 2nd ID. “It will make our daily workload immediately available for review and help justify our continuously changing needs for personnel, supplies, equipment and pharmaceuticals.”

10 Ways to Improve India's Healthcare System
Rediff News, July 23, 2007
The lack of an Electronic Health Record (EHR) prevents the development of transparency throughout the healthcare system. And compounding all this is the widespread use of spurious drugs that interfere with proper treatment.

Connecting for Health Briefing Claims Much of NHS NPflT Complete
Computer Weekly, June 11, 2007
A confidential Connecting for Health briefing paper for the prime minister has claimed that much of the NHS's £12.4bn National Programme for IT (NPfIT) is complete - although an integrated national care record system has yet to materialise, and software delivered under the scheme has been criticised by some trusts as not yet fit for purpose.

The ideal cellphone interface for surfing the web: your voice
New Zealand PC World, May 2007
In terms of PC World reviews, we know Nuance primarily for its Dragon Naturally Speaking programme, which lets you use natural speech to input text into or control your PC. It struggles a little with the Kiwi accent, but these days it works pretty well (check out our latest review here).

Nigeria: Medical Fitness And Presidential Aspiration
All Africa, April 2007
To buttress my argument that medical condition is not an election issue and that Nigerians should ignore those who are raising this matter to discredit the candidacy of those assumed to be lacking in good health, I will give three examples in recent history of aspirants who were reported to have bad medical condition but yet won the Presidency of their nation and performed creditable in office.

Agfa HealthCare presents its vision of the Electronic Patient Record to enhance cardiac patient care
Presszoom, March 2007
Agfa HealthCare's mission of becoming a total solution provider in the healthcare IT space was recently recognized by global growth consulting firm, Frost & Sullivan. The 2007 Frost & Sullivan Award for North American Medical Informatics Competitive Strategy Leadership of the Year was awarded to Agfa HealthCare earlier this year.

Philips expands integration of SpeechMagic with electronic medical record systems
HealthTech Wire, February 16, 2007
The system is fully flexible, allowing physicians to individually choose their preferred dictation workflow and easily switch between the various transcription methods at any time. SpeechMagic will also allow physicians to navigate and control the EMR through voice commands, eliminating the distractions of keyboard or mouse.

Health in the news: 18 million illegal use of the SSIO's health insurance plan in one year
Healthy Iran, January 27, 2007
Mr. Madadi believes that electronic medical record is an effective measure to prevent from the illegal utlization of health insurances.

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