Health Informatics Forum

New Zealand’s Orion Health growing rapidly: Orion Health believes it has become New Zealand’s largest export-oriented software developer after growing revenues 40 per cent to $42 million in the year to March, over- hauling Christchurch’s Jade Software. Chief executive and majority- owner Ian McCrae says the 270-strong firm, most of

Information week is running a story about voice recognition in e-health records: The emergency room (EMR) software has drop-down templates from which physicians can enter information about patients, such as during exams and in providing data about medical history. However, the voice recognition software provides the e-records an added boost

Andy Kofke talks about his ICU Telemedicine system: From this vantage point I can control a video camera to “go into” a room with two way audio communications, see a page summarizing all the patient’s main points, follow the bedside monitor continuously, read progress notes, view chest x rays, and

I’ve just ordered some new Health Informatics books:     I’ll post up some reviews here once they arrive. Any more recommendations for Health Informatics books or textbooks? Post them in the comments.