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Convergence of communications and e-governance; a strong combination for health consumer empowerment in developing countries

Koleth, Amith; Chhanabhai, Prajesh; Holt, Alec (Journal Article, Journal of Health Informatics in Developing Countries, 2007)

The aim of this paper is to highlight the importance of converging communications and e-Governance in the field of healthcare. This paper will examine how these two powerful drivers need to be utilised effectively to make ...
Consumers, security and electronic health records

Chhanabhai, Prajesh Narendra; Holt, Alec; Hunter, Inga (Discussion Paper, 2006)

Health care has entered the electronic domain. This domain has improved data collection and storage abilities while allowing almost instantaneous access and results to data queries. Furthermore it allows direct communication ...
Teaching a diploma in medical informatics using the World Wide Web

Pascoe, Richard; Abernethy, David (Discussion Paper, 1996)

In this paper is discussed the preliminary development of a Diploma in Medical Informatics which will comprise courses offered entirely through the Internet in the form of World Wide Web documents and electronic mail. ...
The development of an electronic distance learning course in health informatics

Parry, David; Cockcroft, Sophie; Breton, Alice; Abernethy, David; Gillies, John (Discussion Paper, 1999)

Since 1997 the authors have been involved in the development of a distance learning course in health informatics. The course is delivered via CD-ROM and the Internet. During this process we have learned valuable lessons ...
Using the Internet to teach health informatics

Parry, David; Breton, Alice; Abernethy, David; Cockcroft, Sophie; Gillies, John (Discussion Paper, 1999)

Since July 1998 we have been teaching an Internet-based distance learning course in health informatics. The development of this course and the experiences we have had running it are described in this paper. The course was ...