16 June 2005

Better information and IT in view for kidney care

IT to support primary care staff whose work includes prevention of and treatment for kidney disease is a key component
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16 June 2005

Welsh health IT prepares for delivery

The Welsh NHS IT reform programme, Informing Healthcare (IHC), has just released its National Case document and formally set up
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15 June 2005

Nurses happier using telecare, says international survey

Many nurses who specialise in telecare are experiencing greater job satisfaction than those who do not, according to the results
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15 June 2005

Telecare specialist Tunstall bought in £225m deal

Tunstall, the specialist in personal and home telecare, has been acquired by private equity firm Bridgepoint from Hg Capital in
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14 June 2005

Choose and Book set to miss 2005 targets

The government’s targets for the implementation of Choose and Book this year look almost certain to be missed, despite being
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14 June 2005

Solving the maze

Gerry Yantis and Nikolai Segora from Capgemini argue for greater integration between IT programmes in primary care.
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14 June 2005

Commons to debate practice manager’s opt-out case

Medical records and the case of Helen Wilkinson, who tried unsuccessfully to opt out of centrally-stored NHS electronic recording, will
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13 June 2005

‘Medical Grade Networks’ launched by Cisco

Cisco Systems has launched Medical Grade Networks, its blueprint of the future networking requirements for healthcare organisations to deliver e-health
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13 June 2005

Software to calculate cardiovascular risk for diabetics

The University of Oxford is planning to release software that calculates cardiovascular risk for patients with Type 2 diabetes based
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13 June 2005

Software piloted for better cancer data collection

Pilot IT systems have been implemented in two local cancer registries with the intention of improving the quality of the
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