Intel and GE develop Health House
Researchers from Intel and GE Healthcare are working to develop a ‘Health House’ that will track a person’s everyday habits, check vital signs and predict whether they are at risk of a fall. The system will use sensors to track a person’s behaviour and send alerts when unexpected reactions or data are picked up. The […]
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McKesson sees shared services growth
McKesson has announced a 200% growth in its Shared Services over the past 12 months. The Healthcare and IT solutions and services provider has won ten out of 11 contracts in open tender and is now providing HR and payroll services to more than 107,000 staff across the NHS. Almost 40 trusts are now using […]
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Plain on self-assessment Odyssey
Clinical decision support specialist Plain Healthcare is piloting a system that enables patients to self-assess their symptoms online before seeing a GP. Odyssey SelfAssess is based on the same software as the company’s Odyssey TeleAssess triaging system, which is already widely used by clinicians in out-of-hours services. The SelfAssess software is written in lay language and […]
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EMIS Web links to secondary care
Leading GP IT system supplier EMIS has unveiled its next generation IT system EMIS Web, promising interoperability with primary and secondary care providers. EMIS claims the system will set a new standard for the NHS, by enabling clinicians outside general practice to access a patient’s GP medical record, view other patient information recorded on the […]
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EMIS unveils EMIS Web
Leading GP IT system supplier EMIS has unveiled its next generation IT system EMIS Web, ahead of an official launch in the autumn.
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E-therapy website to be launched in UK
A new website based on e-therapy methods developed in Holland is to be launched next month in the UK. A wholly owned subsidiary of one of Holland’s largest treatment centre providers, Tactus, will provide a 16 week, online, structured clinical treatment programme for those that are concerned about their drinking habits. The idea is based […]
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Stockport rolls out in-house EDM
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust has begun rolling-out an in-house document management system to the 57 primary care trusts in its area. The system, known as Advantis, is already generating more than 1,700 documents per day, which can be delivered in real-time or on a scheduled basis directly to GPs. The service allows all discharge summaries, […]
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Declaration of Rights for health data launched
A high profile coalition of patient advocates, US doctors, software vendors and bloggers have launched a Declaration of Rights for health data, HealthDataRights.org. The new site aims to use social media to build support for increasing patient access to electronic health records. Although launched in the US, HealthDataRights appears universal in its aspirations. The main […]
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Diabetes diagnostics set to grow
The European diabetes diagnostics market is on the verge of a huge expansion with segments such as self monitoring tests offering room for extreme growth, analysts have found. However, a Frost and Sullivan report says that companies will need to push the benefits of testing to patients and clinicians and be prepared to offer exceptional […]
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Morecambe Bay completes Furness pilot
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust has completed the roll out of iSoft’s Lorenzo electronic patient record at its pilot site at Furness General Hospital. It’s next move will be to pilot Lorenzo on medical wards in Lancaster.
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