Safety Archives

8 July 2008

NHS Lothian declares ‘data amnesty’

A Scottish health board has declared a data amnesty after a community health worker lost a USB stick containing personal

8 July 2008

Online pharmacies a ‘counterfeiting superhighway’

Over 60% of medicines purchased online are fake and could potentially be lethal for vulnerable patients according to EAASM.

7 July 2008

Belgium hospitals use dbMotion for interoperability

IRIS, a network of five public hospitals in Brussels, is to implement a project to provide an interoperability platform for medical

7 July 2008

CfH technology boss says paper not fit for purpose

Connecting for Health’s chief technology officer, Paul Jones has stressed the importance of integrating standards to achieve interoperability in healthcare,

3 July 2008

AOK Plus to use ICW telemedicine system

German health insurers AOK Plus has commissioned InterComponentWare to implement a telemedicine system to care for patients with serious chronic

1 July 2008

RFID risk to hospital equipment claims study

Radio frequency identification could seriously affect life-saving equipment leading to hazardous situations for hospitals, Dutch scientists have claimed. A report

1 July 2008

Scotland commits to incremental e-health

The Scottish government has pledged consolidate its SCI Gateway and Store, and enhance its Emergency Care Summary Service.

30 June 2008

Darzi review stresses choice and information

Greater choice, better information and a legal duty for strategic health authorities to promote innovation are key themes of the

30 June 2008

Dutch research highlights hospital RFID risks

Radio frequency identification could seriously affect life-saving equipment leading to hazardous situations for hospitals, Dutch scientists have claimed. A report

27 June 2008