Healthcare at your fingertips - a Choose &amp; Book roadtest
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NHS IT - money, well, spent... The NHS's new Choose and Book system, it says here, is a "national electronic referral service which gives patients a choice of place, date, and time for their first outpatient appointment in a hospital or clinic." Ever wondered why they're called "patients"? Well, in recent weeks The Register's Mystery Croaker has had the opportunity to road test Choose and Book, and to find out.â¦
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Thanks to such free mapping sites as MapQuest and Yahoo Maps, it's been a while since road warriors have had to sketch out a route with a yellow highlighter, guessing which shortcuts to take or avoid. Instead, they can just type in start and destination addresses and print out crisply labeled, turn-by-turn directions, with the only cost being some printer ink.
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IBM and the Army make plans to replace bureaucratic papers with electronic forms Also: Microsoft gives out free anti-spyware, for now & hellip;.  Pfizer's Celebrex fizzes your heart like Vioxx & hellip;. and more.
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A humorous look at what  should be on product warranty questionnaires.
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Consumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports, launched a Web site this week that helps doctors and their patients compare medicine based not only on price but also effectiveness - and in plain English.
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By Mrinalini Reddy Medill News Service  Planning a road trip online has never been easier, largely due to free routing and reservation services offered by several organizations.
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A collection of sites with first-person accounts and photos
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Blog: Is Google gearing up to offer online personal health records? One consultant and author in the electronic healthcare industry says the tea leaves point that way.
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Books have been a bit of the orphan in the digital world. Music has the iPod. Video has YouTube. Books have, well, Amazon.com, where you can buy them printed on paper.
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Anywhere Books sets up digital bookmobiles in developing countries like Uganda, Ghana and Macedonia. The souped-up vans can print and bind books on the spot, and children get the fresh-made publications for free. By Katie Dean.
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You think you've got this being-a-patient thing down pat: You put on your paper gown (opening in the back), flip through a dog-eared People magazine, have your blood pressure taken, see the doctor for five minutes, answer his or her questions, pay your co-pay and get back to work.
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Sound advice on choosing the right carrier for your needs. Plus: Why no cell phones on planes? By Robert Strohmeyer and Clive Thompson from Wired Test.
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Online tools can help workers assess their planâs health.
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St. Francis Heart Hospital in Tulsa, Okla., was built to be digital from the ground up. By Marianne Kolbasuk McGee. While many existing hospitals across the country are attempting to transform from paper-burdened
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Changes at The Journal: movable deadlines and a new taste for models.
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What you can learn about the health-care system in 10 not-so-easy hours.
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An airfare predictor and subway guide, restaurant reviews and car sharing