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Editorial
Mike Fairey introduces this issue.
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In the news this issue
View summaries of these news
stories on the news pages
2 John Badham interviewed
ENGLISH NATIONAL SYSTEM
10 InPractice users insist on
choice
11 Microsoft to deliver
standard user-interface
11 IT-projects’ secrecy annoys
MPs
11 Lib Dems want more
openness
INFORMATION DISCLOSURES
6 Proposal for ID and
healthcare cards’ integration
6 DPA principles could be
neutralised by Children Act
powers
7 Terrorists, DNA databases and
bioweapons
NEW WAYS
7 The Biopattern Network
of Excellence
8 First wireless telesurgery
8 Telecardiology prospects
10 Telecare body proposed
10 Leicestershire therapists
go wireless
10 Local authorities’ epriorities
10 Older people like electronic
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NATIONAL SYSTEMS
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Ehealth: a dilemma for Europe
David Lloyd-Williams considers the
problem and how ‘Brussels’ could help.
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Healthcare informatics in Finland:
current status and future prospects
Dr Persephone Doupi and Dr Pekka Ruotsalainen
outline their country’s strategy for healthcare and welfare information
sharing and achievements to date. view
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Krasnoyarsk’s regional information system
for healthcare management The design of a very large, complex system
explained by its lead architects: Dr Konstatin Vinogradov, Egor
Korchagin, Dr Ludmila Nozhenkova and Dr Marie Nikitina.
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Evolution of New Zealand’s health knowledge management system
Dr Martin Orr describes his country’s approach to
computerising healthcare. view abstract
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PRODUCT FEATURES
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Product directories |
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— telemedicine and telecare systems |
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— geographic information systems
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Transforming care for the elderly
Paul Garner summarises how ‘next wave’ technologies are
being used to monitor the wellbeing of older people living at home.
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Improving access to healthcare services
Ralph Smith, Diane Edwards and Guy Picton-Phillips
outline how geographic information systems are helping make primary
healthcare services more accessible. |
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REGULARS
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ASSIST
David Brunt, Heather Gardner, Alison Sherratt and
Angela Clifford describe the development of a new online
information resource, the Trent Primary Care Current Awareness Service. |
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re:fractions
Peter Murray and Rod Ward suggest new ways of
keeping healthcare informaticians informed on material presented at
conferences they cannot attend.
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EPR arms
Sean Brennan wishes for a little help for his friends for
Xmas. |
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Periscope
William Payne looks at how the next-generation Internet
technology and software developments will allow the building of DIY
clinical imaging applications.
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Knowledgebases
Book reviews and new information sources |
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Product news
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Services news
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Contracts news
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Tenders
Selected tender notices from the Official Journal of the European
Community. |
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Conferences & courses
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Wanted |
