Written by Kate McDonald on
21 February 2021.
Germany’s elektronische Patientenakte, year of the QR code, Bahrain vaccine passport, no-cost ransomware service, IBM’s blockchain passport, Apple’s passport plans, AI for anonymised data, Microsoft’s vaccine booking software, COVID risk prediction, EMRs track ED presentations, Cerner’s mass vaccination solution, India’s ‘glitchy’ biometrics
BMJ ~ Marion Grote-Westrick ~ 18/02/2021
On 1 January 2021, the largest digitization project in the German healthcare system the electronic patient health record (elektronische Patientenakte – ePA) was launched after sixteen years of preparation.
InfoSecurity Magazine ~ Adam Palmer ~ 18/02/2021
First created in 1994 by the Japanese car company Toyota, Quick Response (QR) codes are commonly used to represent data in a pictorial form and contain a lot more data than barcodes.
Allscripts enables native view of My Health Record in SA’s Sunrise EMR Written by Kate McDonald on
17 February 2021.
Electronic medical record (EMR) vendor Allscripts has worked with the Australian Digital Health Agency to embed a native viewer of the My Health Record in its Sunrise EMR used in a number of South Australian public hospitals.
SA Health previously rolled out a viewer for discharge summaries, pathology reports and diagnostic imaging reports and has been linked to the national system since 2013 using the locally developed Healthcare Identifiers and PCEHR Services (HIPS) technology.
Barwon Health to roll out new community electronic medical record Written by Kate McDonald on
17 February 2021.
Victoria’s Barwon Health is on the market for a new community electronic medical record to replace its existing The Care Manager (TCM) system and handle mental health, drug and alcohol services, community nursing and support for the Hospital Admission Risk Program (HARP).
The Community EMR is a key element of Barwon Health’s electronic health record platform, which is envisaged as an interoperable and integrated solution model with legacy systems consolidated into a suite of applications for a comprehensive single view of the patient.