Mercy for tsunami victims?
A high tech US navy 1000 bed hospital ship (USNS Mercy) with advanced telehealth & communication systems may be deployed to help tsunami victoms.
This report from Federal Computer Week suggests how the technology on board could be used to treat the victims of the disaster.
Web-based Referral System Links European Doctors
This report from the NHS Health Informatics Community Web site describes work on the European Skeletal Dysplasia Network which illustrates some of the ways in which technology can provide real benefits for patient care.
The network enables international referrals and the coordination of expertise in the diagnosis and management of rare conditions. It is being led by the University of Manchester (with 8 European partners and seems to illustrate the potential highlighted by GRID computing and advocated by Healthgrid and others.
SocietyGuardian.co.uk | Society | Patients at risk amid data protection fears
This article in today's Guardian considers the removal of patient name boards on wards could be putting patients at risk. It appears to be based on a paper in the BMJ Data protection gone too far: questionnaire survey of patients' and visitors' views about having their names displayed in hospital which explored the views of patients and visitors to having their names etc displayed on a board on their hospital ward and bedhead - which managers had insisted were removed as it may be in contravention of the data protection act. Most felt it would be perfectly acceptable to use name boards.
Some random updates on my life & work, with a focus on health informatics and elearning in the UK. I'm sort of planning to use this for my PhD. It may also include updates about family & social stuff. If you want to join the membership so that you can post comments - just let me know rod@rodspace.co.uk
