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The World Health Organisation (WHO) issued its eHealth survey late last year, which describes the current state of the use of ICT for health in the 114 WHO member states and provides information regarding the progress of eHealth applications in these countries.

The report…

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Have you ever considered how debilitating a long-term disease or condition could be? Not only the health aspect, but also because you need to find a way of managing the condition with your healthcare professional in such a way that you can still lead a relatively normal life.

Recent developments in Telehealth, the delivery of health-related services and information via telecommunications technology, promise preventive, promotive and curative solutions to this difficult…

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HealthcareRepublic, the UK’s dedicated primary care resource that encompasses a host of Haymarket publications including GP, Independent Nurse, MIMS and MIMS specialist titles, has rebranded as GPOnline. This means that GPs and primary care teams are now able to find more primary content to keep…

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I have written about the NHS’ plans to introduce online medical records or electronic patient records (EPR) a number of times and it’s still an issue that I find fascinating.



The Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has just announced that in the future patients will be able to keep track of their treatment online. He said: “Patients should have a choice at every stage of the journey, where they register with a GP, where they go for tests, who they see for treatment and what care or… Continue

According to research by the Royal Academy of Engineering in the UK 14-19-year-olds may be happy to share photos online, but they’re very worried that their health information could end up in the wrong hands.

The 3,000 teenagers surveyed…

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