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The British Journal of Healthcare Computing and Information Management

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December 2006
Volume 23 Number 10
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2 News. See the News page for summaries of these news articles
35 Industry news. Read product, services and contracts news on the industry news pages ... 
12 Editorial
Mike Fairey
introduces the lead articles. view editorial
  HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS IN RUSSIA
13 Telemedicine in Russia
Professor Boris A Kobrinskiy explains the role of telemedicine in his country. view abstract
16 The Interin technologies
The history of this toolkit’s development is told by
Dr Yadulla Guliev
. view abstract
19 Development of the hospital information intranet-system DOCA+
Dr Efim Shulman and Dr Gennadij Rot tell how an HIS was made more flexible and clinician-friendly. view abstract
22 Use of a multiserver architecture for enabling access to a complex medical information system at any time and from anywhere
Dr Alexander Gusev describes how a community-wide primary healthcare service is being linked electronically. view abstract
 ENABLING FLEXIBLE & MOBILE WORKING
26 Opinion: Wireless benefits
Mike McDaid
thinks wireless technology holds the key to many of the problems facing today’s hospitals. Read article ...
28 Technology in action: St George’s Hospital, UK
Wireless printing revolutionises pharmacy services.
Read article ...
33 Technology in action: St Bernhard Hospital, Germany.
Innovative use of wireless technology at a German Hospital.
Read article ...
 BUSINESS CONTINUITY
 29 Opinion: The changing face of business continuity.
By Ian Bond, Cisco Systems. Read article ...
 REGULARS
11 ASSIST. Adrian Purcell reports on a recent meeting about disaster recovery and the Civil Contingencies Act.
25

Knowledgebases. Book reviews and new information resources.

32
Periscope. William Payne discovers what ubiquitous, or pervasive computing can do for EPRs.
40 Last Bytes

Cover picture: Church of the Transfiguration on Kizhi island, Lake Onega in Karelia.
The Church is built entirely of wood; the lightning conductor alone is metal. Kizhi is a World Heritage site. Photo: © Amanda Gerttula, violinist, Florida; reproduced by her very kind permission.

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