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Stuart Mackintosh explains the key components of open source software, the government’s attitude towards it and how it can be effectively used within the health industry
Talk around mobile health applications has developed momentum over recent months. The Mobile Data Association’s Nick Hunn explores pressing issues of who and how mHealth applications will be prescribed
Dan Goldstein of InfoComm International outlines the reasons for the growing use of AV technology in modern medical facilities
50 per cent more patients can now be examined by the cardiac MRI system at The Royal Bournemouth Hospital due to a new technology upgrade
The NHS has reached a fork in the road that could determine its future as a publicly funded, comprehensive service, says Professor Matthew Swindells, Chair of the Health Informatics Forum at BCS
Predictions of the death of NHS IT are wrong. The industry is alive and ready to grow, argues Victor Almeida, senior health analyst for Kable
Many healthcare professionals are using mobile digital equipment to help them deliver better patient care. But the potential of wireless technologies goes a whole lot further, argues Melissa Frewin, head of healthcare at Intellect
What are the types of wireless communications used in hospitals and what benefits do they bring to clinicians and patients?
Hot topics surrounding healthcare informatics were debated at this year’s HC2009 which took place on 28-30 April
What does ‘accessible’ mean in the context of a website, why does it matter and how can you find out how well your site checks out?
With the recent collapse of National Programme contracts in the south there is no doubt that there are now serious challenges facing the NHS and its IT
What national initiatives are available to assist the NHS during the rollout of the National Programme for IT?
This year not only marks the 60th anniversary of the NHS, but also the 5th anniversary of the National Programme for IT, thought to be the largest civil IT programme in the world
More than one million patients are treated every day in the NHS, but – as in all fields of human endeavour – sometimes things will go wrong
The importance of health informatics on the future success of the NHS was explored at this year’s BCS Healthcare Computing conference
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