Healthcare

Telemedicine and the future of healthcare

Thousands of children have benefitted from the telepaediatric service carried out by the University of Queensland’s Centre for Online Health in Brisbane. Dr Anthony Smith, Deputy Director of the Centre, talked to FutureGov about the expanding scope of telemedicine and what it means to the future of healthcare.

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Smart phones for smart healthcare

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China’s Health Ministry to invest in RFID

China’s Ministry of Health has announced plans to ramp ...

25 June 2010 | News

Singapore awards US$144m EHR contract

A consortium made up by Accenture, Oracle, and Orion Health has won Singapore’s National Electronic Health Record project, a credible source has told FutureGov. The source said that the consortia bidding for the multi-million dollar project had been notified of the result; an official announcement is expected this week.

21 June 2010 | News

Are cancer maps a good idea?

The New York State Department of Health recently launched a series of ‘cancer maps’ which allow users to view incidences of cancer in a given geographical area. These maps, which are freely available online, are not without controversy. Could the idea work in Asia?

10 June 2010 | News

Singapore’s healthcare IT journey: lessons learned

The head of IT for Singapore’s healthcare institutions has revealed the lessons she has learned in implementing new projects. Speaking at the FutureHealth Forum yesterday (9th May 2010), Dr Chong Yoke Sin, CEO of Integrated Health Information Systems, said that patient safety is the most powerful argument to get buy-in from clinicians.

3 June 2010 | Interview

Medical imaging's capacity building shortfall

To tackle the challenges when different medical imaging disciplines go digital, the region’s healthcare industry need to do more, according to an industry expert.

31 May 2010 | News

Public sector network management - improving?

Some good news and some bad news. Education and healthcare institutions in Asia are managing the lifecycle of their IT assets more efficiently, and are getting better at making their systems more secure. But configuration errors, such as faulty encryption settings or incompatible device drivers, are an area the public sector did not improve on over the past year, according to a survey by Datacraft.

19 May 2010 | News

Optional EHR for every Australian by 2012

The Australian Government plans to spend US$400 million over the next two years to create an electronic health record for every Australian who opts to have one.

14 April 2010 | Interview

Revamped info system revives Delhi hospital

Dr Karanvir Singh, Head of Medical Informatics at Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, shares the key success factors for him to realise such benefits.

30 March 2010 | Spotlight

Australian healthcare provider migrates clinical system online

St Vincent’s & Mater Health Sydney implemented a web-based clinical support system which reduced cost without compromising user experience. Chief Information Officer David Roffe tells FutureGov the benefits of migrating its clinical system online.

29 March 2010 | News

Singapore Health Ministry on social media

With its Minister blogging personally about topical healthcare issues and sharing policy issues on Facebook, the Singapore Health Ministry is now seen as an example of how to engage citizens using social media. Karen Tan, the Ministry’s Director of Communications, shares the journey as well as the learning points.

9 February 2010 | News

How top US care network stays ahead

“Vigorously promoted” clinical guidelines combined with computerised decision support systems make Intermountain Healthcare a resounding success

4 February 2010 | News

Medicine ‘much more complicated’ than aviation

People often compare safety of medical practice with that of flying an airplane. Dr David Bates, Chief of General Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a leading researcher in Health IT, told FutureGov that while medicine as a whole could never reach the safety level of civil aviation, there are areas which IT can help bring medical safety to comparable levels of civil aviation.

1 February 2010 | News

Healthcare group consolidates HR management

Parkway Health, a regional healthcare group originated out of Singapore, has announced that it will implement consolidated human resource management throughout its operations in Singapore.

19 January 2010 | Interview

Acute care, astute IT

Going by its location in central Kuala Lumpur and state-of-the-art design, people tend to perceive Prince Court Medical Centre as a very expensive facility. But Harald Feiel, PCMC’s Chief Information Officer, says this is a myth. “Although we aspire to become the best acute care hospital in Asia with unique, top-notch facilities, we are no more expensive than other private hospitals here in Malaysia,” he explains. “We have done market analysis and in most areas our fees are comparable with those of other hospitals.”

7 January 2010 | Feature

Building a healthy Malaysia

Like many of its neighbours, Malaysia has been experiencing changing disease patterns. The era of acute infectious diseases and malnutrition has been succeeded by one of chronic diseases and lifestyle related illnesses. So the country’s healthcare strategy has had to shift from making traditional health and hygiene improvements to promoting healthier lifestyles and managing chronic diseases.

24 December 2009 | News

New York to deploy health information exchange platform

The Healthcare Information Xchange New York will deploy a software platform for information exchange, as part of the effort to connect healthcare organisations across the regional served by the organisation: 17 counties in northern New York State.

22 December 2009 | News

Singapore to tender out e-system for GPs

The Singapore government is inviting vendors to submit proposals to ‘design, develop, supply, deliver, install, test, commission and support’ a clinical management system cum electronic medical record system for general practitioners.

7 December 2009 | News

Aussie hospital group consolidates clinical systems

Mater Health Services, based out of the Australian State of Queensland, has integrated its disparate clinical information systems to form a single Electronic Patient Record across its seven hospitals.

30 November 2009 | Interview

New Singapore hospital to deploy “mini-EHR”

A new private medical facility in Singapore is poised to consolidate its information systems across its tertiary hospital and almost 200 consultation suites.

29 November 2009 | News

Malaysian hospital revamps data centre architecture

A practical approach to address the issues of down time and insufficient cooling which had been troubling Sunway Medical Centre’s IT department for a number of years

25 November 2009 | News

US government launches new Health IT blog

Dr David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health IT, has launched Health IT Buzz, to give readers more information about health information technology (HIT) and provide a forum for public engagement.

13 November 2009 | Interview

Making telemedicine effective in rural India

Simple ways telemedicine was used in the rich world more than a decade ago still have its future in rural India

30 October 2009 | Interview

A new order in an old hospital

Dr Chan Wai Sin, Deputy Director of Macau’s Health Bureau and Director of Hospital Conde S. Januário, actively promotes e-health based on international standards, amid strong resistance in a 135 year old hospital.

26 October 2009 | News

Hong Kong invites private care providers to join EHR

The Hong Kong Government has invited private healthcare providers to join the Electronic Health Record Engagement Initiative.

15 October 2009 | Feature

Doing the rounds

Mobility solutions for healthcare professionals have been advancing rapidly. Here is FutureGov’s annual review of the key issues facing the fast-growing sector

28 September 2009 | News

US Congress pressed on the importance of healthcare IT

Health IT advocates and stakeholders congregated in the Capitol Hill last week, in an effort to “raise national attention on the importance of health IT in healthcare reform”.

15 September 2009 | News

HK hospital rolls out bedside terminals

Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital has installed Patient Infotainment Terminals in every inpatient area, as part of the extension programme to offer a ‘brand new hospital experience’ for patients.

8 September 2009 | News

Singapore's one patient one record plans on track

Singapore’s vision to be among the first in the world to implement an electronic health record scheme is on track for its November 2010 rollout and aims to revolutionise the way healthcare is offered and how providers work within the system, according to Dr Sarah Muttitt, CIO of Ministry of Health Holdings (MOHH), the holding company of the city-state’s public healthcare assets.

1 September 2009 | Feature

How will technology change the future of healthcare?

The future does not bear thinking about for many healthcare practitioners in Asia, which is faced with the world’s fastest ageing population. FutureGov asked a group of experts for their views on how technology could clear a safer path for the sector.

25 August 2009 | News

The great debate: is e-learning effective?

Is e-learning really effective or is it a buzzword that promises much but deliver less? Trying to learn a language online has been likened to learning how to swim without entering the water. But more learning is likely to be delivered electronically in the future. Two key factors are speed and scale, says Dr Tay Chor Ter, CEO of regional e-learning company Inchone.

19 August 2009 | Spotlight

Medical services: case studies from Thailand and China

Jianggan Li, FutureGov’s healthcare specialist, recently wrote about the role that enterprise mobility is playing in hospitals (FutureGov issue 5.4 p 8). Jianggan spoke to heads of hospitals at the forefront of providing best tools to clinicians at the bedside, and found that mobile data computing devices are increasingly becoming a mode of operation within hospitals.

12 August 2009 | News

Speculation builds on cost of NZ e-health system

Vendors in New Zealand are rushing to estimate the cost of the country’s national Electronic Health Record system and how it should be built. A request for information was issued last year, to which 30 suppliers have responded.

11 August 2009 | News

User resistance to German e-health cards

Germany’s electronic health card rollout, aimed at improving communications and data exchange within the country’s healthcare sector, has been delayed due to physician resistance.

3 August 2009 | News

Chinese cities to integrate medical insurance systems

Residents of Guangzhou & Foshan, two mega municipalities in China’s Pearl Delta region, will be able to seek medical treatment in other cities with the same social security coverage. This was announced by Zheng Yuhua, Deputy Director of the Labour and Social Security Bureau of Guangzhou Municipality, who said the seamless consolidation of the two cities’ medical insurance systems will be achieved by next year.

2 August 2009 | News

China’s hospital reaches out through mobile platform

The 181st Hospital of the People’s Liberation Army will provide health information via a mobile platform.

28 July 2009 | News

Calls for e-health to better serve rural Australia

The Australian government must focus on e-health initiatives to better serve rural areas, the Australian Medical Association has urged.

23 July 2009 | News

Debate swirls over medical records language in Taiwan

A debate about the language used for medical records has heated up in Taiwanese society. Ninety-eight per cent of Taiwan’s population is of Han Chinese ethnicity. However, most western medicine doctors in Taiwan keep medical records in…

13 July 2009 | News

Indian city govt provides vaccination text alerts

The Chennai Corporation, a civic body that governs the city of Chennai, will send text messages to women who have registered to use healthcare facilities, informing them of the vaccination schedule for their babies.

11 July 2009 | News

Hong Kong approves budget for first phase of EHR

The Legislative Council, Hong Kong’s parliament, has approved the funding of HK$720 million (US$ 93 million) for the first phase of the EHR project.

10 July 2009 | Interview

Managing hospital IT in China

Niu Qirun, CIO of China’s Sun Yat-sen Hospital shares how a large scale modern western medicine hospital in China navigates through its challenges and contributes to the nation’s healthcare reform

7 July 2009 | News

Vietnam hospital phone lines open, walk-ins preferred

The Huu Nghi hospitals in Ha Noi and Cho Ray, and Thong Nhat hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City are now allowing insured patients to make appointments by telephone, under a programme launched by the Ministry of Health to improve service for patients covered by health insurance.

30 June 2009 | News

Singapore hospitals to replace legacy archiving systems

Singapore’s largest healthcare group has entered into a 10-year partnership with Microsoft to establish an integrated radiology management system. The long term goal is to develop an enterprise-wide clinical imaging solution.

30 June 2009 | Interview

Hospital COO on medicine as a service industry

Brian de Francesca, who runs one of the biggest public hospitals in the United Arab Emirates, believes there is no magic in medicine. He thinks like any other service provider, hospitals should improve performance and guarantee service levels.

23 June 2009 | News

Tele-medicine application launches in rural India

The Indian government has launched a tele-medicine tool it hopes will enhance healthcare outreach to rural parts of India.

16 June 2009 | Feature

Oncology on-air in India

Using the satellite-linked telemedicine network, expert oncologists at Tata Memorial Hospital in India are able to deliver quality cancer care to patients all over India.

15 June 2009 | News

Western Australia upgrades patient management system

The Western Australian Department of Health is looking to upgrade its patient management system as part of the state’s eHealth reform program.

11 June 2009 | News

CIO of world’s biggest hospital to blog for FutureGov

Jialin Liu, Director, Centre of Medical Informatics at the 5000-bed West China Hospital, will share his insights with readers of FutureGov.

9 June 2009 | News

CIO moots cloud for health records storage

Cloud computing could be a solution for the electronic storage and exchange of trillions of patient health records, the Chief Information Officer of the American Indian Health Service (IHS) has suggested.

9 June 2009 | News

Taiwan President proposes WiMAX ambulance project

Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou has said that he looks forward to the introduction of WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) technology in ambulance service systems to upgrade the quality and efficiency of first aid operations in the country.

4 June 2009 | News

First stage of Sweden’s e-health scheme deployed

‘National Patient Overview’ gives 500 care providers in the region of Örebro authorised access to consolidated patient information

4 June 2009 | News

Tasmania plots single patient record system

The Australian state of Tasmania has issued a tender for a single patient imaging record system that will enable hospital staff across the state to access imaging services regardless of what hospital they were recorded in.

2 June 2009 | News

Healthcare IT budgets will continue to grow: analyst

Despite the economic downturn, healthcare organisations are increasing the amount they spend on information technology (IT) solutions and services, according to figures from Frost & Sullivan.

27 May 2009 | Interview

Hong Kong hospital keeps standards high on a low budget

Lily Cho of Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital explains how the IT department uses limited resources to support the high quality care the hospital thrives to provide.

26 May 2009 | News

US hospital webcasts brain surgery to promote services

A hospital in the United States has webcast an operation to remove a brain cancer as part of a promotional campaign to educate patients, entice donors, and recruit top doctors.

14 May 2009 | Interview

Hong Kong's DIY hospital CIO

Melvin Choi, CIO of Adventist Health Hong Kong, believes that health IT is not complicated. And he is proving that. Melvin Choi’s office is like a museum – he kept all the important documents since 1975, when he started his decade long career in health IT. If you want to know…

14 May 2009 | News

Thailand: successful e-health system lauded

Thailand’s Bumrungrad International Hospital has digitised as many aspects of hospital work as it can—enabling it to more than double the number of patients it can handle each day, increase safety and cut its patients’ bills.

12 May 2009 | News

Obama: healthcare cost-cuts can amount to US$3 tril

US President Barack Obama has won a big victory in his battle to reform the American healthcare system. Some former opponents of reform are now offering their support.

11 May 2009 | News

The Philippines in dire need of telemedicine

To create a national teleheath system, Congressman Joseph Emilio A. Abaya stressed the need for the country to have a law pushing for a telemedicine bill that will facilitate collaboration between public and private institutions, and government and non-government offices.

11 May 2009 | News

Sydney power outage kills e-health systems

Doctors in hospitals within Sydney’s west had to temporarily turn back to pen and paper on 2 May when their electronic health record systems went offline. Around 90 hospitals in the greater western, greater southern and Sydney west areas were affected by the outage, losing services such as email and intranet.

10 May 2009 | Feature

Making everyone ‘Stand Tall’

A group of extraordinary medical professionals from Hong Kong have been helping rehabilitate young amputees who survived the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake. Now, communications technology is helping them achieve their vision even more effectively.

8 May 2009 | News

New privacy push for HK’s public hospitals

Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority and the Office of Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (PCPD) have jointly launched a campaign to enhance the awareness of patient data privacy among all the staff members of the territory’s public hospitals and clinics.

6 May 2009 | News

South Korean govt to open 24-hour swine flu crisis centre

Following the World Health Organisation’s upgrade of the pandemic alert for swine flu by one level to Phase 5—the second-highest on its threat scale—South Korea is taking further steps to combat the virus by opening a 24-hour swine flu crisis centre.

28 April 2009 | News

India and Africa’s satellite links set to expand

An ambitious project to link up African Union countries with Indian hospitals and universities via satellite will accelerate this year after a pilot project in Ethiopia proved successful.

22 April 2009 | News

Bhutan moves towards hi-tech healthcare

To address the shortage of medical specialists in the country with a population of 700,000, Bhutan’s Ministry of Health has launched two telemedicine projects, where an expert from India can diagnose and advise on a case of a critically ill Bhutanese patient—all via the internet and through videoconferencing.

7 April 2009 | News

China to phase-in unified healthcare network

Part of its vision to provide ‘safe, effective, convenient and affordable’ health services to every Chinese citizen by 2020

7 April 2009 | News

Microsoft updates e-health platform

Microsoft is set to unveil a new version of its software for aggregating health records which it claims makes it easier for patients and doctors to share information electronically.

31 March 2009 | News

US healthcare centre slashes heart attack death risk

‘Integration approach’ with engaged clinical team and advanced technology help US care giver deliver dramatic results

26 March 2009 | News

USB drive with patient data goes missing in Hong Kong

Sensitive data of 47 patients are on the lost personal USB flash drive of a Hong Kong public hospital doctor

24 March 2009 | News

Indonesia's Health Minister rejects foreign funding

Indonesian Health Minister Siti Fadillah Supari has called on the country’s medical institutions to carry out their own virus and DNA research free of foreign funding - to avoid “exploitation” from developed countries and the possibility of a future biological attack against the world’s largest Muslim nation.

24 March 2009 | News

Broadband brings medical specialists to Australian bush

The Australia federal government has endorsed a telemedicine trial by Victorian health authorities, using videoconferencing technology that has already been used successfully in New South Wales (NSW).

18 March 2009 | News

Qatar adopts mobile health messages

E-government services are going mobile and Qatar is the latest to jump on the bandwagon. Qatar’s Sidar Medical and Research Centre will be making public health information available via mobile phones, says David Kerr, the country’s Chief Research Adviser.

12 March 2009 | Spotlight

Go Wireless. Go Paperless. Be Automated. Be Efficient.

Since day one, the CADI SmartSense Wireless Sensing System has been specifically designed for use in the stringent healthcare environment. CADI SmartSense empowers hospitals with clear visibility of real-time patient status and resources, helping caregivers improve patient care while optimizing hospital efficiency.

12 March 2009 | Spotlight

Consolidating clinical data

Higher quality, faster service, better outcomes, and increased patient satisfaction may sound like buzzwords, but they do represent the challenges faced by any medical facility, anywhere in the world, says Christian Reinaudo, who joined Agfa HealthCare as President in January 2008.

12 March 2009 | Spotlight

Leading the way for Continuity of Care in Singapore

A pressing need. Singapore’s population is ageing rapidly, accounting for the increased prevalence of chronic diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure. The healthcare costs attributed to care for patients with chronic conditions are massive and are projected to rise in the years ahead.

5 March 2009 | News

Hong Kong: how to make clinical computing a reality

Asia’s hospitals still have a long way to go before clinical computing is a reality, Dr N. T. Cheung, Chief Medical Officer at the Hong Kong Hospital Authority told delegates at the Government Information Forum last week (Wednesday 4 March).

25 February 2009 | News

SaaS healthcare solution for Singapore

Singapore General Hospital (SGH) will introduce an e-health record and management system by the end of 2009. The Community Care Management Solution (CCMS) will be accessible to all wards and polyclinics.

24 February 2009 | News

The region’s healthcare sector sees strong SAP adoption

Despite the current economic downturn, the company continues to witness strong momentum in the healthcare sector.

18 February 2009 | Feature

Healthcare on wheels

Sometimes handheld devices are deemed unsuitable for the needs of clinicians – in this situation the answer may be to add wheels.

17 February 2009 | News

ADB to probe health spending in Asia

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is planning a study on how spending on maternal, newborn and child healthcare is hurting the poor in the Asia Pacific region.

11 February 2009 | News

Investment in HK Clinical Management System paying off

Over the past decade, Hong Kong Hospital Authority (HKHA) has dedicated itself to bringing world-class healthcare systems to its citizens. The growing popularity of the web has opened up various windows of opportunities…

6 February 2009 | News

Queensland trials telehealth project

The Australian state of Queensland has launched a telehealth project in the local government district of Ipswich to improve the efficiency of treatment for patients with chronic disease.

6 February 2009 | News

Indian state rolls out telemedicine centres

The Orissa Trust of Technical Education and Training has announced plans to roll out telemedicine centres in villages across the state—the ninth largest in India.

3 February 2009 | News

China passes new medical reform plan

China’s State Council passed a long awaited medical reform plan which promised to spend 850 billion yuan (US$123 billion) by 2011 to provide universal medical service to the country’s 1.3 billion population.

28 January 2009 | News

Australia e-health system in the mill

The standards and foundations for nation-wide e-health solutions in Australia have now mainly been completed, according to Peter Fleming, Chief Executive Officer of National E-Health Transition Authority, leaving implementation on the agenda for 2009.

24 January 2009 | News

German hospital group to adopt LORENZO

German hospital group, Krankenhaus Buchholz and Winsen, becomes IBA Health Group Limited (ASX: IBA)’s latest iSOFT customer for LORENZO. IBA specialises in building software applications for healthcare and it’s the largest health information technology company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.

19 January 2009 | News

Bangladesh introduces telehealth services

From February onwards, the Bangladesh government will have in place “Telehealth Care Services” at every public hospital in the country. The aim of this project is to make healthcare available to everyone in the country.

14 January 2009 | News

India state hospitals to be inter-connected

Government-run hospitals in the state will soon be electronically inter-connected and every patient visiting the hospital will be given a unique health identity number and will have access to his medical history at any hospital across the state.

9 January 2009 | News

China to reform public healthcare

Responding to growing public criticism of soaring medical fees, lack of access to medical services and poor doctor-patient relations, the Chinese government will launch a pilot programme to reform its public hospitals.

6 January 2009 | News

Health smart cards for India's poor

The Indian government will bear the treatment costs of the poor under a new health insurance scheme. Using a smart card embedded with 11 types of software, patients can now afford the services of private or government hospitals through cashless and paperless transactions.

10 December 2008 | News

Australian govt approves sharing of patients' e-records

At a recent meeting in Brisbane, health ministers in Australia have finally agreed on a national plan to share patients’ electronic records, on the same day a new study slammed scattergun spending of almost AUD$1.3 billion (US$856 million) on state-based e-health schemes.

2 December 2008 | News

Health card launched for Indian expatriates

In India, a prepaid healthcare card has been launched to provide access to health services for Non-resident Indians’ families, through a network of healthcare providers.

28 November 2008 | News

SingHealth activates integrated EHR

The successful implementation at Singapore’s largest healthcare group improves quality of care across its three hospitals with more than 3000 beds in total.

27 November 2008 | News

Virtual doctor in your bedroom

A new care management tool designed for health care professionals who manage patients with chronic conditions has been launched.

24 November 2008 | News

Personal health records to save US$21 billion a year?

A US study has projected that personal health records could potentially save the country US$21 billion a year.

18 November 2008 | News

Better healthcare for rural Vietnam

Vietnam’s south central coast region, home to nine million people, including half a million people from ethnic minorities, will have the financing of Asian Development Bank for a project to improve healthcare services.

17 November 2008 | News

Indian doctors get remote access to patient records

The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing in Mohali, has developed an internet-based software solution, e-Sanjeevani, to provide an interface between doctors and patients.

14 November 2008 | News

Health Informatics user community launched

The Committee of Healthcare Informatics Users for Asia was officially launched in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.

12 November 2008 | News

SMS for the nearest healthcare facility in India

If you happen to be anywhere in Kerala’s Kozhikode district, emergency relief is just an SMS away.

30 October 2008 | Feature

One step closer to the omniscient clinician

Clinical intelligence solutions, followed by patient-centric and diagnosis-related ones, are expected to be the next major trend in clinical decision support tools. Analysis: Christine Chang, healthcare technology analyst with Datamonitor.

30 October 2008 | News

Singapore adopts standard terminology for EMR

Singapore is adopting a systemically organised collection of medical terminology for Electronic Medical Records to improve quality, safety of care and enhanced care coordination.

23 October 2008 | Feature

Medics on the move: enterprise mobility in Asia's hospitals

Jianggan Li speaks to those who are on the forefront of providing best tools to clinicians at the bedside

16 October 2008 | News

Standards & interoperability priority for Health IT execs

A new survey on using HIT systems to support care management interventions highlights the need for many HIT applications to offer more functionality, standardisation and interoperability to optimise clinical and financial outcomes for patients.

15 October 2008 | News

Shenzhen hospitals to implement medical information systems

Three hospitals in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen have signed a US$2.2 million contract to build digital hospital and medical information systems.

13 October 2008 | News

New Australian hospital acquires SOA-based IT system

Macquarie University Private Hospital, a new modern hospital due to be open in the latter half of 2009, has inked a deal worth up to A$7.6 million (US$ five million) for a range of advanced healthcare IT applications.

10 October 2008 | News

Indian hospital network’s EMR to be ready this month

The initial Rs50 million (US$ one million) EMR system by Apollo Hospitals Group (AHG) will accomplish its dry run in October, revealed Sangita Reddy, AHG’s Executive Director.

25 September 2008 | News

Healthcare IT ‘specialised’

Small and far away from major markets, New Zealand has traditionally been ‘underserved’ by international healthcare IT vendors, according to Grant McPherson, Regional Director South/South East Asia at New Zealand Trade & Enterprise (NZTE).

5 September 2008 | Interview

An Australian quest for e-health

Rather than focusing solely on technology, Philip Davies, Deputy Secretary, Department of Health and Ageing addresses some important issues concerning change management in health and the role of governments in driving e-health development.

3 February 2008 | Interview

Leading the way in healthcare IT

Alan Payne, Chief Information Officer of health solutions provider Healthe, explains how IT is transforming Australia’s largest private hospital network.

24 September 2007 | News

Best broadband in the world

Japan has the world’s fastest broadband connection

21 August 2007 | News

Australians' medicare records to go online

Abbott told a health conference in Sydney that electronic records help to streamline care for patients, from a range of health professionals.

20 August 2007 | News

Web access guidelines to aid disabled in Thailand

NECTEC in Thailand has implemented Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) as an official guide to web content developers.

10 August 2007 | News

UK’s MoD to give soldiers electronic health records

£80 million programme to make medical records available on the battlefield.

30 July 2007 | News

E-patient records in the United Kingdom

A long term contract was issued to improve health and social care services in Guernsey, the British crown dependency.

25 July 2007 | Feature

Putting a doctor in every Indian village

Krishnan Ganapathy reveals how videoconferencing proved to be a cost-effective bridge between urban healthcare resources and rural patients in India. Professor Krishnan Ganapathy is the Head of Telemedicine for Apollo Hospitals and Honorary Advisor to the Armed Forces Medical Services of India.

12 June 2007 | Interview

Accessing Chinese patient records on the move

Qiao Kai, Chief Technical Officer of Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, shares his experience in building and managing workflow using mobile devices.

1 May 2007 | Interview

Delivering the largest healthcare IT service

Richard Granger, Director General of IT for the National Health Service in England, talks about recent developments in Britain’s healthcare technology.

9 February 2006 | News

Developing an emergency ambulance communications network in Penang

No one in the Malaysian state imagined that the first test of its ambulance communications network would be last year’s Indian Ocean Tsunami, says Dr Teo Aik Howe, Head of the Emergency Department, Penang Hospital.

24 June 2005 | News

Wireless healthcare in Australia

Monash Medical Centre (MMC) in Melbourne is in the middle of a wireless trial that aims to plug the gap between bedside care and the hospital’s centralised information systems. Report: James Smith.

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