This new animation from ehi2 at Swansea University in Wales is a great introduction to eHealth for patients:

I couldn't make the Health Informatics conference in November due to lecturing commitments but I had a look through the powerpoint slides for the conference presentations which can be accessed online here. There is a lot of very exciting Health Informatics research taking place in Ireland at the moment, despite the recession and the difficulties getting funding. Take a look for yourself …

Dundalk IT has announced 20 FREE places on the higher diploma in Science in Computing (Healthcare Software stream). This course is part of the Irish Government's ICT Skills scheme. It offers a one year conversion program for graduates of non-computing disciplines and focuses on specialist modules in…

Hi all, I'm trying to find information to do a presentation for my nursing informatics class. The assigment is to create a futuristic system interface. Before I do this it will be of great importance to know what are the different system interface in use now.

What are the hardware, software programs, interface and connectivity, point of care technology, telehealth, business continuity systems in clinical and administrative systems?

Statistical Analysis of Students' Neuroscience Performance in a Caribbean Medical School

In the March issue of the Mayo Clinic Proceedings I noted an article about 33 cases of Anaplasmosis being reported in a Massachusetts suburban hospital over a six month period. Not only does that mean we now have three tick borne diseases on the East Coast we need to know/worry about,  they changed the name from Ehrlichiosis to Anaplasmosis without me knowing. While many of these…

The University of Warwick are launching a new masters degree in "digital healthcare" which looks very interesting:

Healthcare in a digital age

The Institute of Digital Healthcare, at the University of Warwick is launching a new Masters programme in October 2012 in Digital Healthcare.  The digital revolution has presented significant challenges in the delivery of healthcare for everyone in today’s society. With the aging world population, our approach to…