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Geisinger study: Use of digital health records improve health of the elderly
Use of medications that are linked to increased risk of falls in the elderly can be reduced through careful review of patient files in the Electronic Health Record, new Geisinger research shows. view more (2008-04-08)
Electronic medical record boosts quality, efficiency
Ten years ago, Douglass A. Morrison, MD, PhD, FSCAI, was none too enthusiastic about the electronic medical record (EMR) being developed by the Department of Veterans Affairs for use throughout its health system. view more (2006-05-15)
Electronic health record triples rate of osteoporosis screenings
Use of the Electronic Health Record tripled the rate of osteoporosis screenings in women who are at risk for the disease, according to a study conducted recently by a team of Geisinger Health System researchers. view more (2006-12-08)
Beating the thieves with location tracking
Police aim to 'design out' crime by equipping valuable items with tracking devices that sound an alert or record their movement. They are being helped by electronic engineers at the University of Leeds who are devising a way of locating objects using widely-available technology. view more (2004-07-05)
Researchers pilot new electronic system for infectious illness
Researchers at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Harvard Medical School, Atrius Health, and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health have created and tested a set of computer programs that use electronic medical records to help clinicians detect contagious illness and automatically report them to... view more (2008-04-10)
Impact of electronic personal health record on hypertension under study
Whether patients with an electronic handle on their health are more successful at beating one of the nation's leading chronic diseases is under study. view more (2008-02-07)
New technology could improve clinical trial recruitment
Electronic medical records are touted as a great way to prevent medical errors, but researchers are reporting that this new technology may also be just what the doctor ordered for clinical trial recruitment. view more (2005-10-25)
Hypertension appears to be frequently undiagnosed in children and adolescents
In a study of children and adolescents with hypertension, only about one in four had been previously diagnosed with the condition, according to a study in the August 22/29 issue of JAMA. view more (2007-08-22)
Study finds patients overestimate cancer screening history
A new American Cancer Society study finds female African American patients tend to overestimate their level of cancer screening, indicating that current estimates of screening based on self-reported data may be lower than reported. view more (2008-04-18)
Tachographs for diving animals
Seals, sea lions and penguins have two things in common with whales and dolphins: They are all ocean swimmers and evoke human sympathy - not only from children. Especially when whales become stranded or seals fall victim to an epidemic, some of us ask: How did this happen? Could this be prevented... view more (2002-12-20)
Keeping Electronic Patient Records Whilst Maintaining Privacy Is Feasible With Appropriate Systems In Place
The electronic patient record threatens to make private health information open to violation, either by illegitimate users or by inappropriate access by legitimate users, say researchers in this week's BMJ. However, controlled access to confidential patient information is possible so long as the... view more (1999-05-11)
On-line language resource will help preserve minority languages in Scotland.
An electronic archive is being compiled that will introduce new ways of studying languages using the internet. Information technologists and linguists have teamed up to build a comprehensive electronic record of written and spoken texts for the languages of Scotland. The project has two principal... view more (2002-05-14)
Kaiser Permanente study shows electronic medical records and outreach improve osteoporosis care
Electronic medical records and outreach programs of e-mail messages, letters and phone calls to patients and their primary care providers after a bone fracture can dramatically improve the diagnosis and management of the patients' osteoporosis. view more (2007-10-23)
ELSEVIER SCIENCE ANNOUNCES A FOUR MILLION PAGE EXTENSION TO ITS ELECTRONIC ARCHIVE
Elsevier Science announced today that it was enlarging its electronic archive of science and medical journals, which currently extends back to 1995. It will provide its full text online customers with a permanent electronic archive back to (in most cases) volume 1, issue 1. Elsevier Science will... view more (2000-09-20)
Electronic Handbrake
The adjudication panel of the IV Accenture Prize for the Best Graduate Thesis at the Bilbao School of Technical Engineering has been awarded to Grzegorz Breczewski, a 24-year-old graduate student who has developed a project known as "electronic brake for stationary mode" and which is a... view more (2004-06-16)
Voice-controlled electronics
Not only older and disabled people have trouble coping with the blessings of modern information technology. A lot of users have at some point ultimately faced exasperation in trying to understand printed user instructions for computers or answering machines, although the situation has meanwhile... view more (2002-09-20)
Electronic tongue detects mold
Not only can an electronic tongue monitor the prevalence and growth of microorganisms, it can also sense the difference between various forms of fungi and bacteria. This is shown in a dissertation by Charlotte Söderström submitted at Linköping University. An objective of the project... view more (2003-05-20)
Electronic Materials Foresight
The electronic materials industry must be actively supported if the UK is to continue as a strong technology-based nation in the future. Two new reports published by the Institute of Materials today suggest that an UK electronics advisory board should be established in order to develop a robust,... view more (1998-09-04)
Patient `apathy` could cost NHS £300m a year
New research published in the June Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine suggests that up to 62% of missed outpatient appointments are due to `apathy`, with nearly a third of non-attendees simply forgetting to turn up. The survey, carried out by Dr Tony Tham and colleagues at the Ulster Hospital... view more (2002-05-27)
And The Winner Is...
Bristol Enterprise Centre Business Plan Competition - Prize Winner Dr Michael Cowin, researcher in the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, has won over £15,000 in Bristol University`s Bristol Enterprise Centre (BEC) Business Plan Competition. Dr Neil Bradshaw, Director of... view more (2002-07-02)
Wireless data transfer to aid newspaper carriers
Every night 2.1 million newspapers are delivered to mailboxes in Finland. In order to make the delivery even more effortless, wireless data transfer will be harnessed to aid newspaper carriers. In the three-year TLX technology programme recently completed by Tekes, the Technical Research Centre of... view more (2002-04-10)
SUNY researcher issued patent for virtual telemicroscope
After nearly ten years of research and development, scientists at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn and Peking University in Beijing were awarded a United States patent for their virtual telemicroscope. This patented software permits off-site pathologists to diagnose cancer or other... view more (2008-03-28)
New challenge for producers of refrigerators
The European Union has introduced a directive on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). The directive makes producers responsible for the recycling of the electrical and electronic equipment that they put on the market. The results from a study of refrigerators made by CIT Elektronik,... view more (2003-11-26)
Attractive Future for Microchips
Embargoed until 20:00 GMT 24 February 2000 Attractive Future for Microchips view more (2000-02-24)
Stand Up And Walk
Results of a new electronic treatment for seriously paralysed people will be demonstrated at a press facility, at 13.00 local time on 20th March, in the Charlemagne Building, Rue de la Loi, Brussels. view more (2000-03-17)
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