UK: Minister Jim Fitzpatrick outlines plans for National e-Government Projects
USA: Probleme mit E-Voting
Kuwait serious in executing e-government
Minister of Communications and Minister of Health Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah underlined Thursday that State of Kuwait is making serious and well studied strides for putting the e-government in action.In a speech delivered during a Ramadan celebration organized by the Microsoft Company, he said the e-government is the first step for the "Electronic Kuwait" that could completely rule out paper work and traditional procedures.He said that during his latest visit to the American Microsoft headquarters he briefed officials on the experience of the Ministry of Health in the e-applications sphere.Kuwait, he said, has most elements required for success in the e-field foremost being the wide use of computers and communication infrastructures.He stressed that optic fiber networks would be installed in 36 areas with second phase to be completed in the remaining Kuwaiti areas.
USA: NIST develops health IT standards repository
The Health Care Standards Landscape will provide a comprehensive source of information on health care standards, standards development organizations and organizations that use or implement health care standards
RFID in der Pillendose
Mit RFID-Chips ausgerüstete Medikamente sollen Fälschern ihr Handwerk erschweren. Außerdem könnten Pharma-Unternehmen von einer Effizienzsteigerung profitieren.