According to MSPs, patients are losing out on better care and treatment due to problems in NHS computing systems.

A report by the committee condemns the “slow and inconsistent” provision of clinical portals and telehealth and says that if Scotland wants to become the world head in electronic health then improved safeguards are required in patient privacy.

A clinical portal is a computer software system that permits clinicians and GPs to access medical records of a patient anywhere in Scotland.

Doctors' leaders have requested the Government to suspend some sections of the NHS IT programme.

The British Medical Association (BMA) said that it has "serious concerns" that patient medical records are being uploaded promptly to a national database.

Security fears and lack of interest among doctors for the technology has fetched constant disapproval for the multibillion-pound upgrade of NHS IT programme.

The comprehensive electronic health records (EHR) is to be submitted by the hospitals and physicians in the U. S. Though, some health care experts are of the view that quality of e-health systems might be at risk as it has to cater to deadlines that are unrealistic, and a chaos still prevails about what is the primary thing to do.

At Thursday's summit in Washington, President Barack Obama initiated an attempt to get Democrats and Republicans, seeking common ground, but one void couldn't be bridged: How to deal with the uninsured?

This is crucial as 25% Texans is not shielded with a health insurance, the highest rate in the country -- and our 6 million uninsured will climb without reforms. That will hurts hospitals, doctors and everybody else, apart from hampering their well-being because they have to absorb the costs.

In an attempt to ensure the safety of cosmetic treatments like Botox, the Shared Regulation Group at the Independent Healthcare Advisory Service (IHAS) will run a new government-backed initiative that will help people check the credibility of the clinic in which they wish to undergo the treatment.

The scheme, for which the government has provided an initial £200,000 funds, will essentially be a joint effort of the government, medical regulators and the cosmetic industry, whereby clinics will be listed on the basis of facilities provided and qualified staff.

The charity of the Fakenham supermarket is looking for as many volunteers as they can manage for their annual fundraiser for their cancer charity. The Marie Curie Cancer Care is actually trying its best to raise the necessary cash which is vital for the people suffering from these terminal illnesses and to provide quality care for them.

There are reports about a Scottish health authority concealing details of a fatal infection deliberately. The infection reportedly took five lives last year and the details did not get public until four days after the last death in the outbreak.

Reports also state that patients were however informed that they were suffering from Clostridium difficile but the fact that they were having a strain of potentially fatal and virulent 027 strain of the bug was hidden.

An investigation has been launched by a Windsor, Ont., hospital, after one of its renowned surgeons mistakenly performed a mastectomy on a patient who did not have cancer.

The pathology report of a patient, admitted in the hospital was misread by Barbara Heartwell, a surgeon at Hotel-Dieu Grace Hospital, who performed the prescheduled mastectomy.

The patient learned of the mistake, in a follow-up appointment as the diagnosis did not match the pre-surgery pathology report which said that the tumor was benign.

A wide range of drugs including cancer medicines, treatments for high blood pressure, lung disease, depression, schizophrenia, epilepsy, Parkinson's and asthma are facing shortage in supply as the low price of these medicines in Britain urges the dealers to buy them at cheap rates and sell abroad.

The pharmacists have to spend significant time to chase the medicine rather than treating patients.

Mike O'Brien, Health Minster will host a summit in March to address the problem of involvement of all the organizations in the supply of medicines.

A latest study has revealed that about a third of Canadians live too far away from a medical facility or hospital which is specialized and provides the best available treatment for cardiovascular attacks.

The authors of the study, however, have argued that the number is pretty good when keeping in view the large and sparsely populated country where many people anyways live away from major urban regions.

The first Cancer Research UK centre launched in Dundee's Ninewells Hospital joins the others in Newcastle, Cardiff, Liverpool, Belfast and London. The focus of research centre is to unite different world-class research and medical expertise such as leading biomedical researchers at Dundee University, Cancer Research UK and clinicians in NHS Tayside to increase the pace of research leading to the development of new treatments.

Official figures have revealed that more and more elderly population of the East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire areas is now suffering from dementia. Also, numbers have reflected that dementia now costs the British economy twice as much as cancer does.

As of now, there is no cure for dementia and the Alzheimer's Research Trust has shared that going by the current situation, it would be safe to say that one in three elderly people will have dementia when they die.

A distressing report by the National Audit Office has recently revealed that road accidents, stabbing and shooting causalities end up receiving "unacceptable" variations in care, depending upon the hospital the injured are taken to.

NAO shared that between 450 to 600 lives could be saved every year merely by improving the management of trauma cases at different medical facilitates. The group said that a network of centers should be set up across the country to effectively avoid delays that are faced by patients in terms of treatment and to focus expertise.

National Audit Office shockingly reported that hundreds of patients have to lose their lives because of deprived concerns from trauma unit at the Royal London Hospital, England. The patients suffering severe injuries are not being provided with enough care resulting in 20% higher rate of deaths as compared to that in United States.

A report called 'Wake up Call' concluded that Dementia costs the country £23 billion, per year, which comes out to be more that the combined cost involved in the treatment of cancer and heart disease.

The £23 billion is made up of £9 billion being spent on social care costs, £12 billion on unpaid care and £1.2 billion on health care.

The report calculated that for every pound spent on Dementia studies, £12 is spent on investigating cancer and £3 on heart disease.