He@lth Information on the Internet current issue

Editorial: We've come a long way?

Childs, S. — 2008-12-01

So what about the future? Tim Berners-Lee has recently announced the setting up of the World Wide Web Foundation http://www.webfoundation.org/ which ‘seeks to advance One Web that is free and open, to expand the Web's capability and robustness, and to extend the Web's benefits to all people on the planet’.

Inbox health check

Lomas, E. — 2008-12-01

Email is now the main communication tool for all business sectors despite the fact that there are significant issues surrounding its management, confidentiality, security, legal compliance and long-term accessibility. Within the health sector, it has tended to be utilised as a tool for organisational communications separate from patient management. However, public expectations are changing and already the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) has indicated that the provision of some level of patient email service is desirable.

Managing a pathology IT system project: a case study

Wainwright, D., Shaw, C. — 2008-12-01

Critical success factors for analysing the management of complex IT projects within the NHS.

Game-informed learning and teaching in healthcare education

Begg, M. — 2008-12-01

Virtual patient activities are emerging as flexible, compelling tools for healthcare education.

Bookmarks: Physiotherapy

Blenkinsopp, J. — 2008-12-01

Physiotherapists felt that there were very few good resources on the web to help them.

Current literature

Waddingtonm, M. — 2008-12-01

An annotated bibliography of books and articles relevant to the study and use of the internet in the healthcare environment.

What's new?

Williamson, L. — 2008-12-01

Newly announced websites, documents, mailing lists and other resources, selected by Intute: Health and Life Sciences. Visit http://www.intute.ac.uk/healthandlifesciences/ for more details.