4 January 2010

Tech vital to medication adherence

Information technology has a vital role to lay in cutting medication-related errors and improving medication adherence among older people, suggests
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4 January 2010

Pedometer use cuts diabetes risk

Using a pedometer as part of a structured education programme could reduce the chances of developing Type 2 diabetes by
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31 December 2009

Nuance buys UK’s Spinvox

UK technology firm Spinvox, which converts voicemails into texts, has been bought by US speech recognition firm Nuance for a
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22 December 2009

Konica Minolta joins COCIR

Konica Minolta has become the latest health technology vendor to join European industry body COCIR.
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21 December 2009

IHTSDO Workbench code made open source

The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation is to making source code for the IHTSDO Workbench, including tools to develop,
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18 December 2009

111 becomes number for NHS services

UK Telecoms watchdog OFCOM has given the go-ahead for 111 to become the new three digit number for accessing non-emergency
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17 December 2009

St George’s delays Millennium until 2010

St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust has told E-health Insider that it will delay its implementation of Cerner Millennium until March
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16 December 2009

NHS needs better trained prescribers

Doctors are to be formally tested on their knowledge of medicines before they graduate, it has been announced. The British
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16 December 2009

Orion begins Northern Ireland ECR pilot

Orion Health has begun a one year pilot of a new proof of concept Electronic Care Record (ECR) in Northern
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15 December 2009

iSoft launches community care solution

Australian software company, iSoft has launched an integrated management solution specifically for aged and community care organisations. The new iSoft
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