Just over a year after the Modi government came to power it released a concept note announcing its plans for a National eHealth Authority (NeHA) under the ‘Digital India’ campaign. The promotional and regulatory body, it said, would guide and support India’s journey in eHealth and leverage the benefits of information and communication technology (ICT) …
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May 15
USA- ONC ‘making progress’ on interoperability roadmap
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is on its way – as best it can tell – to hitting its three-year goals laid out in the January 2015 draft interoperability roadmap. Karen DeSalvo said, “The linear trajectory shows they are making progress.” ONC had ambitiously stated that by the end …
Apr 07
Ireland – €875m on EHR
Ireland is to spend up to €875m rolling out a national electronic health record system (EHR) that will enable patient information to be instantly accessed by approved medical personnel as reported by the irishexaminer last month. The EHR’s capital costs will be between €345m and €467m over five years, with operating costs of between €302m …
Mar 24
Apple® makes a big move in healthcare
This week Apple® launched CareKit™, a new developer tool that will make it easier to build healthcare apps for iOS devices. The open-source platform will be available in April and should work similarly to ResearchKit, but will focus on patient care. Apple introduced ResearchKit last year and are very happy with their success. “We’re …
Feb 15
Dawn of a new Australian Dynasty
The “new” Australian Digital Health Agency is coming soon, will it be a new dawn for eHealth in Australia? The Australian Government is committed to having it fully operational by 1 July 2016 and will be funded jointly by the Commonwealth and the States and Territories. Once operational, the National E-Health Transition Authority Limited …
Feb 06
European Institute for Innovation Thr~ugh Health Data
A new not for profit Institute is being launched next month in Europe which is definitely worth keeping your eye. It will be guiding and catalysing the best, most efficient and trustworthy uses of health data and interoperability, for optimising health and knowledge discovery. 3 things they do Provide independent governance …
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