Tom’s digital health disruptors: Press start
Gamers love getting high scores and being rewarded for them. So why not apply these rewards to wellness and treatment activities? Tom Meek looks at some pioneering projects to bring gamification to healthcare.
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Barts cancer patients use Skype
Cancer doctors at Saint Bartholomew’s Hospital are monitoring patients from home via Skype video link.
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Public backs but doesn’t use digi health
People are keen to use digital health services, but have little knowledge of those already on offer and are keener for them to support than replace traditional services, a YouGov survey for Trustmarque has suggested.
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Tom’s digital health disruptors: rating apps
Services that allow users to rate NHS care have been around for longer than you might think; and there are new apps coming onto the market. Digital Health News reporter Thomas Meek charts their development in his latest column.
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Leeds trials wireless monitoring patch
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is trialling a patch that measures the vital signs of patients and transfers them wirelessly to the clinical IT system.
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Another view: of appointment slots
GP Neil Paul has been giving more thought to the idea of dynamic appointments; or slots that flex to give more time to patients who need it.
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Patient access to coded GP info by April
GP practices must offer patients online access to detailed coded information from their medical record by April next year.
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What’s ‘appening
Digital Health News introduces a round-up of what’s happening in the world of apps, wearables and other mobile health technology.
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Lane Fox to focus on digital health
Internet entrepreneur Martha Lane Fox will develop proposals to improve take-up of digital innovations in health, the health secretary has said.
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10,000 patients using Emis PHR
More than 10,000 people are recording personal health data using Emis Health’s personal health record, which runs on Apple’s HealthKit platform.
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