
eHealth WorldwideHaiti - Mobile EHR pilot in Haiti aims to develop standard (2 June 2010 - MobiHealthNews) Japan: An empirical approach to estimating the effect of e-health on medical expenditure (J Telemed Telecare. 2010;16(4):169-71) US: DrFirst Demonstrates The Nation's First Electronic Prescribing Of Controlled Substances (EPCS) System (3 June 2010 - Medical News Today) Armenian Association of Telemedicine (AATM) Implements Pilot Telemedicine Project (17 May 2010 - eHealthServer) Europe: Business Models for eHealth - Study Report (15 May 2010 - European Information Society) Europe: Digital Agenda: Commission outlines action plan to boost Europe's prosperity and well-being (19 May 2010 - European Information Society) India: Delhi to get HIV/AIDS tele-medicine facility (12 May 2010 - eHealth Online) Kazakhstan: Ocean Informatics in Health Technology Transfer to Kazakhstan (19 May 2010 - eHealthNews.eu) Kenya: In NYC, Blair Touts Cell Phones for Kenyan Women (13 May 2010 - Associated Press) Portugal: Harvard & Portugal's Effort (12 May 2010 - Federal Telemedicine News) Tanzania: SMS for Life Project Saves Tanzania Malaria Patients (4 May 2010 - eHealth Online) UK: Nurses say technology can cut lost time (4 May 2010 - eHealth Insider) Africa: New broadband network for Africa approved (13 April 2010 - SciDev) Botswana: Paperless hospital in Africa offers prototype for new model of care (14 April 2010 - Healthcare IT News) Nepal: Yorkshire company offers Telehealth solution to Nepal (19 March, 2010 - Medilink) Peru: Peru to Create e-Government (5 April 2010 - SciDev) UK: Think-tank calls for self-service NHS (9 April 2010 - eHealth Europe) US: AHA targets health IT as priority for 2010 (16 April 2010 - Healthcare IT News) US: DOL Announces Grant Funding (18 April 2010 - Federal Telemedicine News) Kenya - Kenya's e-health potential remains untapped (24 March 2010 - All Voices) Nigeria - Expert Urges Govt On E-Health Integration (8 March 2010 - All Africa) Rwanda - Rwanda's Laptop Revolution (28 March 2010 - The Guardian) South Africa - ICT applications as e-health solutions in rural healthcare in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa (26 March 2010 - The HIM Journal) UK - 'Rescue plan' to fix NPfIT published (23 March 2010 - eHealth Insider) US - Can Electronic Clinical Documentation Help Prevent Diagnostic Errors? (24 November 2010 - New England Journal of Medicine) US - Feds to rely on technology to make health reform law a reality (23 March 2010 - NextGov) US - Government releases millions to train 'cadre' of health IT professionals (5 April 2010 - Healthcare IT News) US - IT Measures Scattered Through Reform Law (24 March 2010 - Modern Healthcare) US - Your Medical Records Aren't Secure (23 March 2010 - Wall Street Journal) Australia: Report of the Review of Health Technology Assessment in Australia Canada: Maximizing health care with technology (9 March 2010 - New Brunswick Business Journal) Denmark: All primary doctors in Denmark use electronic medical records (13 March 2010 - eHealth Online) Europe: 20 Years of European Commission support to the development of eHealth (15 March 2010 - European Information Society) Europe: EU ministers sign eHealth declaration (15 March 2010 - e-Health Europe) Ghana: Mobile startup takes on drug counterfeiters (17 March 2010 - Reuters) Nigeria: E-Medicine: A pilot success in Nigeria (9 March 2010 - Nigeria Guardian) Saudi Arabia: Supporting the Saudi e-health initiative: the Master of Health Informatics programme at KSAU-HS (East Mediterr Health J. 2010 Jan;16(1):119-24) Sweden: Swedish NPO 'complete by 2012' (17 March 2010 - e-Health Europe) UK: NHS database raises privacy fears, say doctors (7 March 2010 - The Guardian) US: FCC's Mobile Broadband and the Future of Health (16 March 2010 - Mobile Health News) US: Obama Hails Vote on Health Care as Answering 'the Call of History' (22 March 2010 - New York Times) Canada - No More Dithering On e-Health (2 March 2010 - Medical News Today) Europe - COCIR Publishes Telehealth Toolkit (19 February 2010 - eHealth Europe) Germany - First European deal for HealthVault (28 January 2010 - eHealth Insider) Haiti - Communicating During Emergencies (15 February 2010 - Federal Telemedicine News) Canada - Reaching agreement for an Aboriginal e-health research agenda: the Aboriginal telehealth knowledge circle consensus method (27 January 2010 - Rural and Remote Health) Dubai - Medical Records to Go Online (27 January 2010 - Khaleej Times) EU - European Journal of ePractice: eHealth and Beyond (27 January 2010 - eHealthnews.eu) India: Technolgy to help medicine reach remote areas (21 January 2010 - SiliconIndia) Ireland: Allergy text service goes live (26 January 2010 - Irish Times) Switzerland - Online medical consulting service at the University Hospital Zürich before and after introduction of a service fee (February 2010 - Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift) UK - Cloudy outlook on government ICT (27 January 2010 - eHealth Insider) US - Government to test ease of use for health IT systems (27 January 2010 - Healthcare and IT News) US - Social Media Use in the United States: Implications for Health Communication (27 November 2010 - JMIR) US - White House CTO officially launches Text4Baby (4 February 2010 - Mobile Health News) Zambia - Zambia has record growth in ICT investments (28 January 2010 - LusakaTimes) Australia: Telehealth on Advanced Networks (11 January 2010 - Telemedicine and e-Health) Paraguay: Mobile phones to aid dengue detection Saudi Arabia: Telemedicine expanded to offshore drillers in Arabian Gulf UK: £1.7m for My Health Online US: 2010 Report on Federal Activities Available US: "Meaningful Use" Criteria Published
Scientific ArticlesAre you ready to exchange e-health information. (Tenn Med. 2010 May;103(5):29-32.) Communicating health promotion and disease prevention information to patients via email: a review. (J Telemed Telecare. 2010;16(4):172-5) Does E-health Adoption Enable Improved Health Outcomes? Encouraging Evidence from Ontario Hospitals. (Healthc Q. 2010;13(3):50-7.) Sharing Medical Data for Health Research: The Early Personal Health Record Experience (J Med Internet Res 2010;12(2):e14) Semantic management of nonfunctional requirements in an e-health system (Telemed J E Health. 2010 May;16(4):461-71) eHealth portals: who uses them and why? (Am J Health Promot. 2010 May-Jun;24(5):TAHP1-7, iii.) Dirt cheap and without prescription: how susceptible are young US consumers to purchasing drugs from rogue internet pharmacies? (J Med Internet Res. 2010 Apr 26;12(2):e11.) An International Comparison of Web-based Reporting About Health Care Quality: Content Analysis (J Med Internet Res 2010;12(2):e8) Text Messaging as a Tool for Behavior Change in Disease Prevention and Management (30 March 2010 - Epidemiologic Reviews) Can Electronic Clinical Documentation Help Prevent Diagnostic Errors? (25 March 2010 - New England Journal of Medicine) Untangling the Web - Patients, Doctors, and the Internet (25 March 2010 - New England Journal of Medicine) The Impact of Telemedicine on Quality of Life in Rural Areas: The Extremadura Model of Specialized Care Delivery (19 March 2010 - Telemedicine and eHealth) Innovation in Healthcare Delivery Systems: A Conceptual Framework (March 2010 - The Innovation Journal) E-health is booming in developing world (22 February 2010 - BMJ) An Effective Way For Residents/fellows In Rural Areas To Attend Essential Courses - Videoconferencing (2 February 2010 - Medical News Today) E-Health in the Developing World (Health Affairs - Vol. 29 - No. 2 -February 2010) Participatory medicine: A high-tech alliance with patients (18 January 2010 - AMA) The value of theory for enhancing and understanding e-health interventions (January 2010 - American Journal of Preventative Medicine) Web Usage Data as a Means of Evaluating Public Health Messaging and Outreach (21 December 2009 - JMIR) An overview of recent health care support systems for eEmergency and mHealth applications. (December 2009 - IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society) Use of Live Interactive Webcasting for an International Postgraduate Module in eHealth: Case Study Evaluation (13 November 2009 - JMIR) Developing Next-Generation Telehealth Tools and Technologies: Patients, Systems, and Data Perspectives (21 October 2009, Telemedicine and eHealth) Telehealth Tools for Public Health, Emergency, or Disaster Preparedness and Response: A Summary Report (21 October 2009, Telemedicine and eHealth) Handheld computers for survey and trial data collection in resource-poor settings: development and evaluation of PDACT, a Palm Pilot interviewing system. (Int J Med Inform. 2009 Nov;78(11):721-31) The OpenMRS Implementers Network. (Int J Med Inform. 2009 Nov;78(11):711-20) The use of mobile phones as a data collection tool: A report from a household survey in South Africa (23 December 2009 - BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making)
ArticlesEHRs Lack Standards, Best Practices (28 May 2010 - InformationWeek) The Doctor Will See You Now. Please Log On. (28 May 2010 - The New York Times) When Patients Meet Online, Are There Side Effects? (28 May 2010 - The New York Times) Using Web to Curb Waiting-Room Times (25 May 2010 - Wall Street Journal) Mission Critical: Telemedicine in the ICU (24 May 2010 - For the Record) High-Tech Alternatives to High-Cost Care (21 May 2010 - The New York Times) Health IT hottest career trend for college graduates (19 May 2010 - Healthcare IT News) Health IT consultants in demand (18 May 2010 - Healthcare IT News) Breaking Down the Barriers (13 April 2010 - The Wall Street Journal) EMR Data Theft Booming (26 March 2010 - InformationWeek) My Data, Your Data, Our Data: A bold project hopes that getting scientists to share information can deepen their understanding of diseases (13 April 2010 - The Wall Street Journal) PwC predicts IT will be 'key factor' for healthcare transformation (9 April 2010 - HealthcareITnews) Savings From Computerizing Medical Records Are Hard To Measure (7 April 2010 - KaiserHealthNews) Twitter study highlights need for monitoring health info dissemination (31 March 2010 - HealthcareIT) When your carpet calls your doctor: The coming convergence of wireless communications, social networking and medicine will transform health care (8 Apr 2010 - The Economist) WHO pandemic probe focuses on media, Internet role (13 April 2010 - AFP) With the iPad, Apple may just revolutionize medicine (11 April 2010 - The Washington Post) Ministers promise decade for African science (19 March 2010 - SciDev) NIST, partners developing tools to support health IT testing (19 March 2010 - Healthcare IT News) EC urges bigger thinking in eHealth (17 March 2010 - eHealth Europe) Cloud Connect: U.S. IT In Forefront (16 March 2010 - Information Week) FCC's National Broadband Plan: 'The Second Wave of Electricity' (15 March 2010 - Government Technology) Transatlantic Observatory for Meeting Global Health Policy Challenges through ICT-Enabled Solutions (11 March 2010 - Healthcare IT News) How to stop women dying - hand out some mobile phones? (3 March 2010 - The Guardian) Internet-based medical education: a realist review of what works, for whom and in what circumstances (2 February 2010 - BMC Medical Education) Medical Paper Trail Takes Electronic Turn (22 February 2010 - New York Times) Mobile MedlinePlus Launched (4 February 2010 - Federal Telemedicine News) Are Doctors Ready for Virtual Visits? (7 January 2010 - New York Times)
StudiesCanada: Evaluating the Value and Impact of an Electronic Health Record in a Complex Health System (April 2010 - ElectronicHealthcare) Latin America: Tarifas y brecha de asequibilidad de los servicios de telefonía móvil en América Latina y el Caribe
OpinionHealth IT Lacks Innovation, Integration (1 June 2010 - InformationWeek) YouTube - Don Detmer Don Detmer discusses the aims of the AMIA Global Partnership Program (AMIA GPP). Health IT: The next big (and I mean really big) thing (5 May 2010 - examiner.com) Interview: Secretary of Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, Dr. T Ramasami The Department of Science and Technology has constituted a committee to develop a biomedical devices and technology vision for this country through a national consultation mechanism. Our first meet has already taken place and we are likely to have a few more meetings in the near future. We hope to mount a technology led vision for biomedical devices for the promotion of this industry.
ReportsMobile Health Solutions for Developing Countries (June 2010 - ITU) HITECH Revisited (June 2010 - Manatt Health Solutions) mHealth had $1.5B in 2009 revenues (19 March 2010 - MobiHealthNews) New report offers insight into fragmented mHealth market (19 March 2010 - Healthcare IT News) Interoperable eHealth is Worth it - Securing Benefits from Electronic Health Records and ePrescribing (10 March 2010 - European Information Society)
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