(6/2/2006) Amber Alerts, issued to notify the public of an abducted child in danger of death or serious bodily harm, can now deliver relevant details right to your purse, pants pocket or holster. | (6/2/2006) Health Canada has reformed its health warning system, so less urgent information about drugs and other health products can be announced to Canadians without causing unnecessary panic. | (5/31/2006) When the Quebec Ministry of Health and Social Services wanted to increase efficiency and better service its remote communities, they tapped Agfa HealthCare. | (5/30/2006) More than 11,000 adverse drug events were reported to Health Canada in 2005, but the actual unreported numbers are much higher, according to IBM Canada research. Many of these incidents could be prevented if doctors had the right information at their fingertips.
| (5/30/2006) More than 11,000 adverse drug events were reported to Health Canada in 2005, but the actual unreported numbers are much higher, according to IBM Canada research. Many of these incidents could be prevented if doctors had the right information at their fingertips.
| (5/30/2006) The first awareness program into standards development for Australia's EHR initiative has called for more vendor involvement into developing standards. | (5/29/2006) World Bank Group head Paul Wolfowitz Monday called for increased investment and involvement in development projects targeting poverty in Africa with more bucks for Internet and telco infrastructure. | (5/19/2006) Technology in health care is nothing new, but a suite of tools that match mental health and addictions clients with the appropriate resources is proving to be an e-health revelation. | (5/19/2006) Scientists, doctors and technology companies are developing portable robotic units that can perform complex surgical procedures remotely from any location. | (5/16/2006) SAINT-SAUVEUR, QUE. - A 30-year career dedicated to citizen-centred service, and public service delivery has been a labour of love for Brian Marson. |
  | |  | | Blog Spotlight: Sandford Borins |  | As Professor of Strategic Management at the University of Toronto, Sandford Borins brings InterGovWorld.com readers exclusive insights into how and why the public sector is changing. You'll find new perspectives and questions, observations and objectives, lessons and answers. Cover to Cover, the blog by Prof. Sandford Borins, appears every Thursday. Inside Cover to Cover | |
| | | Unified Communications |  | Unity is a word often heard in the public sector, with myriad agencies and departments looking to foster collective thinking around some of today's most pressing issues. The word, however, doesn't usually get mentioned in the same breath as technology. That's a situation, though, that might soon be changing, thanks to a new software platform known as unified communications.
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