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The view from the top of IT with TechWorld Editor Rohan Pearce
It was a bad idea from the start, but even as bad ideas go, this one went horribly wrong.
By Robert McMillan | 18 September, 2009 06:29
The IT director of a nonprofit organ procurement center for more than 200 hospitals in Texas was sentenced last week to two years in prison for intentionally deleting numerous organ donation records and other data after being fired from her job.
By Jaikumar Vijayan | 21 July, 2009 09:55
After many promises and trials, NSW Health has committed $100 million over the next two years to replace existing paper-based health records in public hospitals with a state-wide electronic system aimed at improving patient care.
By Rodney Gedda | 04 May, 2009 14:32
The Mayo Clinic medical practice has launched the first widely available e-health information service for patients on Microsoft's HealthVault service, the result of a partnership the companies launched last year.
By Elizabeth Montalbano | 22 April, 2009 05:56
In a study that is unlikely to find favor among privacy advocates, researchers from two academic institutions warned that increased privacy protections around health data will hamper the adoption of electronic medical records systems.
By Jaikumar Vijayan | 15 April, 2009 05:18
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