Obama e registos electrónicos de saúde nos EUA

Citando uma notícia, «President-elect wants to computerize the nation’s health care records in five years. But the plan comes with a hefty price tag, and specialized labor is scarce…»

Confidencialidade de Sistemas de Informação da Saúde

Citando: «An editorial “Patient confidentiality and central databases” appeared in February 2008 in the British Journal of General Practice, calling on GPs to encourage patients to opt out of the NHS care records service…»
URL: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/Papers/bjgp.pdf
O artigo aborda a questão de muitos cidadãos do Reino Unido quererem sair (opt-out) do sistema de informação central do NHS. [...]

Livro “Medical Infobahn for Europe”

Em nome do colega Pedro Fonseca, divulgo a seguinte mensagem:
Não sei se conhecem o livro, mas ao navegar pelo Google deparei-me com o livro “Medical Infobahn for Europe“. Do que tenho estado a ler parece-me bastante interessante. Porém, no Google Books existem algumas páginas que não estão disponíveis.

OpenMRS!

Segue notícia interessante sobre um sistema de registos médicos de código livre, aberto e em uso:
«OpenMRS® is a community-developed, open-source, enterprise electronic medical record system framework. We’ve come together to specifically respond to those actively building and managing health systems in the developing world, where AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria afflict the lives of millions. Our [...]

Google Health aberto ao público

Viva.
Citando uma notícia do Slashdot.org:
«Several readers noted that the limited pilot test of Google Health has ended, and Google is now offering the service to the public at large. Google Health allows patients to enter health information, such as conditions and prescriptions, find related medical information, and share information with their health care providers (at [...]

Eventos na área da Saúde

Segue lista de eventos com interesse ou futuro impacto na área da Saúde:

Semana da Biotecnologia
Technology Open Day: Health & Food Technologies

Parecem vir a ser interessantes…

Colaboração entre Quest Diagnostics e Google Health permitirá novos serviços de saúde online

Patients nationwide may soon have easy and secure access to their own medical diagnostic laboratory records as a result of a new collaboration between Quest Diagnostics Incorporated , the nation’s leading provider of diagnostic testing, information and services, and Google, the world’s leading Internet search company.
The collaboration will facilitate and enhance communications between physicians and [...]

Portuguese software provider offers wireless RFID for hospitals

Nonius Software, a small Portuguese IT vendor, showcased its new radio frequency identification (RFID) solution for hospitals at this week’s CeBIT trade show. The solution combines existing wireless networks to track patients and devices.
Fonte: InfoWorld

HealthVault Be Well Fund

Notícia sobre uma iniciativa interessante (em 2008 limitada aos EUA):
«On Monday, February 25th, at the health IT industry’s largest conference, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) 2008 Annual Conference & Exhibition, the Microsoft Health Solutions Group (HSG) announced the HealthVault Be Well Fund and RFP.The $3 million Fund is a an initiative aimed at [...]

Google pretende armazenar PHRs

A empresa Google vai começar brevemente a armazenar registos médicos de algumas clínicas para efeitos de teste, sendo de antever que quererá depois passar para a escala mundial:
«Google Inc. will begin storing the medical records of a few thousand people as it tests a long-awaited health service that’s likely to raise more concerns about the [...]