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The British Journal of Healthcare Computing and Information Management

Contents

November 2006
Volume 23 Number 9
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2 News. See the online News page for summaries of these news articles
35 Industry news. View product, services and contracts news on the industry news pages >>
15 Editorial
Mike Fairey
introduces the lead article. view editorial
 TOPIC
16 Ehealth, the USA Patriot Act and other hurdles: the black lining on the silver cloud.
Professor Eike-Henner Kluge considers the growing conflict between ethics and pragmatism in the deployment of ehealth. view abstract
 TRAINING AND ELEARNING
 25 Combating infection with online learning. How an elearning programme is raising awareness of effective decontamination processes on a grand scale.
By Lee-Anne Smith.
28 Simulation and elearning: the ideal partnership? Chelsea & Westminster Hospital’s Dr Kevin Haire explains how simulation and elearning are working hand in hand in medical training.
32
LMS simplifies training administration: Oldham PCT, Greater Manchester.

 DEVICE NETWORKING

30 Intelligent device management for the healthcare sector.
With thousands of medical devices already networked in hospitals around the world, there is a device-networking solution for every healthcare application, says Mark Prowten.
 REGULARS
14 ASSIST. For the profession to be formally recognised, we need a clearer idea of what constitutes healthcare informatics, say Brian Derry, Andrew Haw and Pam Hughes. Bring on the debate!
24
Knowledgebases. Book reviews and new information resources.
34 Periscope. William Payne introduces ‘robot scientist’, a system with the power to create — and test — its own hypotheses.
40 Last Bytes

Cover picture: Red sky in the morning... ©Walter Koscielniak.
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