Opinion Article: Embracing the Digital Library
When I joined the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) in 2006, a year before the Kindle was invented and four years before the iPad dominated the tablet market, the RSM's library was a very different place.
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When I joined the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) in 2006, a year before the Kindle was invented and four years before the iPad dominated the tablet market, the RSM's library was a very different place.
Opinion Article: Are SME Tech Companies Revolutionising the Care Industry?
Home carers and independent care homes are often criticised for providing inadequate standards of care to the elderly and vulnerable. This is a clear cause of concern for those who are planning to use care services for a relative or friend.
Opinion Article: Being Open to Open Source
A new and frenzied debate has opened up in the world of healthcare technology- should NHS technology be open source? A move to open source would potentially mean vast reductions in licence fees for the NHS, the ability for the NHS to develop systems to their bespoke needs, no more supplier lock-in - which results in NHS organisations struggling to get the IT products they use to work with another supplier's - and of course, no need for "one size fits" all contracts such as we saw with the National Programme for IT.
(Opinion Article) Paperless NHS: Not without Caldicott2
By Tim Dunn, General Manager, FairWarning.A few weeks after the publication of the Caldicott2 recommendations and having had time to review them in detail, I can only applaud the outcome of the huge task undertaken by Dame Fiona and her team. Not only does the report mark a decisive step forward for patient privacy, it lays the foundation for building a secure and trusted digital healthcare system and the achievement of a paperless NHS by 2018.
(Opinion Article) NHS' Technology Strategy Needs to Go that Extra Mile for Frontline Staff
By Colin Reid, Chief Executive of TotalMobile.We are on a journey. The Department of Health's (DH) first mandate told the then NHS Commissioning Board where we needed to get to in order to deliver an improved national health service. The DH's 'Power of Information' strategy plotted the routes of healthcare providers, commissioners and technology suppliers to drive better heath, care and support.
Opinion Article: An NHS Doctor's Top 10 Tips to Meet the Digital Challenge
Following heath secretary Jeremy Hunt's recent challenge to the NHS to 'go paperless' by 2018, doctors and hospitals are going to need IT tools to coordinate care electronically. Care coordination is essential to avoid duplicate treatment and to prevent medical errors.
Opinion Article: Building an Innovative & Cost Effective Health System in Europe
By Elena Bonfiglioli, Senior Director for Health, Public Sector EMEA.Health modernization empowers citizens to take greater control over the management of their health. Citizens are increasingly demanding personalized health information and quality care. Adopting information communication technology (ICT) in healthcare, therefore, is critical for its transformative nature that provides citizens access to personalized data which can increase levels of transparency and allow patients to make more informed decisions.
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