NHS Web-based Email Due for Summer Launch
A national email service designed to meet the needs of the NHS is now due to be launched this summer, the NHS Information Authority (NHSIA) announced at HC2002. Development of a national email system for the NHS is linked to the NHSIA’s work to provide a national directory service, holding contact details for one million […]
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Supanet Selects Medicdirect Content
Supanet, the UK’s largest privately owned Internet Service Provider (ISP) has selected Medicdirect.co.uk, the health website hosted by NHS consultants, to launch its new-look Health Channel www.supanet.com/health/. With the additional content from Medicdirect, Supanet will now offer its million strong subscriber base specific information on everything from minor ailments to major operations. New features include […]
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Atuline to Launch Europe’s First Virtual Hospital
Finish Novo Group will present its Atuline Virtual Hospital project at the Medica 2001 international medical device trade fair in Düsseldorf. The service is the first virtual hospital to be registered in the European Union. The Atuline Virtual Hospital offers online medical consultation and electronic prescriptions for both individuals’ health care providers. In addition, the […]
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e-Detailing Moves into Mainstream
Faced with spiralling marketing costs, reduced product lifecycles, and an increasing reliance on "blockbuster" drug launches, pharmaceutical companies are turning to Internet technologies to help them more effectively market and sell their products and develop new channels to an increasingly complex customer base. The challenge faced by pharmaceutical executives attending eyeforpharma’s e-sales and marketing in […]
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Scottish Universities Explore Virtual Medical School
Scotland’s five medical schools will collaborate over the next six months in a feasibility study on the shared concept of an International Virtual Medical School (IVIMEDS). The medical schools at the Universities of Dundee, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and St Andrews will receive support from leading medical schools in the US, Australasia and other parts of […]
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Novo Nordisk Names Internet Diabetes Innovators
Three innovative approaches to using the Internet to improve the lives of people with diabetes have been recognised by Danish pharmaceutical firm Novo Nordisk in its NovoRapid Internet Inspiration Initiative. The three winners – an Israeli graphic designer, an Australian nurse, and a Danish physician – will each receive a prize of $20,000. Each has […]
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