ITAC Online - ICT in Healthcare

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ICT, a Growing Force in Healthcare

The first applications of ICT in healthcare were hospital information systems (HIS) and medical diagnostics such as computer tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). These days ICT is enabling patients and doctors to connect via simple text 24/7 using devices such as smartphones and tablets.

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Connecting People & Information to Save Lives

Bill Tatham, Chief Executive Officer, NexJ

Today, thanks to Information Technology (IT), we can do our banking online; chat with friends and family in real-time by text or video; and post updates about ourselves using social media. Ordinary people are more empowered than ever before thanks to the information that is available on the Internet and their ability to connect to it through smartphones and tablets.

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Interview with David Mosher, Chair of the ITAC Health Board

David Mosher, Board Chair at ITAC Health and Director of RelayHealth at McKesson Canada

What's interesting about McKesson is that I sometimes get people who haven't heard of the company. This surprises me as McKesson is the largest healthcare company in the world. It's been around for 180 years and, in Canada, alone it has about 2,500 employees.

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Go Anywhere Health Information!

Dr. Wendy Graham, Founder, Mihealth Global Systems

Transparency Market Research recently reported that the global mobile health (mHealth) market is expected to reach USD 10.2 billion (from USD 1.3 billion in 2012) by 2018.This growth is driven chiefly by factors such as the growing adoption of smartphones and the increasing incidences of chronic diseases.

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