‘Virtual tea room’ pilot announced
The TRIL Centre is to operate a social networking pilot to encourage older people who are house bound or socially isolated to engage in social activity.
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Flu Pandemic Service launches
The National Pandemic Flu Service has been launched in England offering the public the chance to check their symptoms online or over the telephone and get access to anti-viral medicines.
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NHS IOW cuts costs with ScriptSwitch
NHS Isle of Wight says it has cut its prescribing costs to more than 9% below the national average through the use of the ScriptSwitch prescribing advice tool. ScriptSwitch was installed in all the practices on the island in 2007. The primary care trust estimates annual prescribing spend is now £3m-£5m lower than if no action […]
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Epsom and St Helier rejects Cerner
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust has decided to remain one of the ‘iSoft7’, rejecting the option of switching to Cerner Millennium.
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Nanotechnology gets big in Portugal
The leaders of Spain and Portugal have opened a joint research centre for nanotechnology that they believe will become one of the world’s leading laboratories. The centre will carry out research into nanomedicine, environment monitoring, nanoelectrics and molecular manipulation. The two Iberian countries have invested €98.5m in the centre and are expected to pay annual […]
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Vein crawling mini robot developed
The Israeli Institute of Technology has created a miniature crawling robot small enough to crawl through human veins.
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Hong Kong chooses Digital Healthcare
The University of Hong Kong, China, has selected Digital Healthcare’s OptoMize product for its diabetic retinal screening research programme. The Optimize software has been installed at the Eye Institute at the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine at the University of Hong Kong. The contract award followed a tendering process carried out in April 2009. […]
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Scotland awards device security contract
NHS National Services Scotland has awarded a £1m contract to Lumension to nationally enforce security policies governing the storage of data across the NHS.
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Rotterdam hospital buys LabCentre
The Ikazia Hospital in Rotterdam has become the first Dutch hospital to purchase LabCentre, iSoft’s laboratory software application. LabCentre, was launched in the Netherlands last year to provide a modern, scalable and full graphic laboratory information system for clinical chemical, bacteriological disciplines and blood banks. The system was designed to support flexible workflows and improve […]
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Nintendo DS to offer diabetes care
A pharmaceutical company has unveiled a blood glucose meter for children with diabetes that connects to the Nintendo DS and DS Lite games consoles.
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