Dr Sean Callan writes that at the latest HIMSS meeting in Chicago, the pros and cons of electronic health records versus patient health records were discussed. An Irish company OneView was among the vast array of exhibitors, which ran the gamut from established Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, at the Health. Information and Management Systems [...]
The Australian Government has said that every citizen should have their own electronic health record by 2012, but there are some issues to be resolved Every Australian should have their own electronic health record (EHR) by 2012, the federal Government’s main health reform advisory body has said. The National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission (NHHRC) [...]
Dara Gantly considers the ongoing debate regarding the addition of lithium to drinking water to help lower suicide rates. Water fluoridation is viewed by many as one of the top 10 public-health innovations of the 20th century. Its opponents, however, believe this most high profile of involuntary mass medication policies to be of questionable benefit, [...]
Dr Tom Nolan writes that many of the conclusions we are being asked to accept in the HIQA report on Ennis Hospital are not based on the facts. During the sermon at a recent Easter Sunday Mass, I was reminded of the Health Information and Quality Authority report on Ennis General Hospital (EGH). The priest [...]
Prof Pierce A. Grace writes about the artificial boom and the inevitable crash that took place in 18th-century Britain — a foreshadowing of today’s financial crisis, perhaps? “Ye wise philosophers, explain What magic makes our money rise, When dropt into the Southern main; Or do these jugglers cheat our eyes?” — The South Sea Project, [...]
Dara Gantly reports on a new pilot project in asthma management, which could free up 12,000 bed-days a year and save 50 lives annually if fully implemented A new demonstration project in asthma management plans to recruit 25 GPs in five primary care teams across the country by the autumn, says the Asthma Society of [...]
A pilot cancer care programme in the Toronto area is expanding thanks to a generous donation from a former patient, which sees patients tested, diagnosed and receiving a treatment plan in the same day. Canada’s biggest cancer hospital announced last week a dramatic change for some potential breast-cancer patients: same-day diagnosis, effectively eradicating long wait-times [...]
Aisling Gannon of Beauchamps Solicitors gives us an update on the terms of the Medical Practitioners Act 2007, which will reform the regulation of the medical profession. The Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (the Act) radically reforms the regulation of the medical profession in Ireland. It provides for the registration and control of medical practitioners; amends [...]
Gary Culliton reports on a new study examining the use of oral rehydration therapy in the paediatric emergency department. Waiting-room oral rehydration is a simple and successful intervention that can be successfully integrated into emergency department (ED) management of acute gastroenteritis, a new study has found. Acute gastroenteritis is a leading cause of morbidity and [...]
Greg Baxter discovers what the treatment options are for rheumatoid arthritis patients who are unresponsive to anti-TNF therapies. Rheumatoid arthritis screening may be the best chance for a cure of the condition, according to one of the world’s leading rheumatologists. Prof Michael Weinblatt, of Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, spoke at [...]
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