USA: CDC tracking possible disease outbreaks in Katrina’s wake
In recent years, the departments of Health and Human Services and Homeland Security have launched standards and systems to coordinate exchange of public health data and provide early warning of major disease outbreaks.
UAE: Dubai Municipality Clinic's e-service for Medical Certificates has become the most popular
The total number of e-transactions of the Municipality had recently crossed the most important milestone since its inception in October 2001, the millionth online transaction. Now the total number has reached 1,357,066.
UK: Somerset social workers to share patient data using mobile PCs
The council plans to issue social workers with tablet PCs that will allow them to record information on each patient on an electronic form, which can be shared securely with the local primary care trust, occupational therapists and district nurses.
UK: New Socitm initiative to support public service transformation via ICT-change
Socitm will be running the initiative under the e2Government banner which it launched earlier this year to promote a more radical and ambitious version of ‘e-government’ than the Society says has been seen so far in the UK.
UK: National ID Fraud Week: Suggests planning to protect your e-payment services...
With the growth of chip and pin, fraudsters are turning from personal to corporate ID theft and FLA members are seeing alarming increases in the growth of company hi-jacking – currently costing businesses & other organisations an estimated £50million a year.