Telehealth predicted to transform health
A new study by Intel indicates that the vast majority of healthcare decision makers believe telehealth will transform healthcare in the next 10 years.
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EU funds OLDES e-service
The European Union User Information Society Programme has agreed to co-fund a three year project to provide e-services at home for elderly people. The OLDES project will work to implement an easy to use, low cost technological platform to aid people to live more independently in their home. The programme is being supported by Bologna […]
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Lyn Whitfield visited the Microsoft Research labs in Cambridge to find out how its work may feed into the code and gadgets of the future.
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EU prepares legislation on online drugs
The European Union is preparing new measures to reduce the sale of counterfeit drugs and to warn the public of the risks of buying fake drugs online.
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BT deal means RiO for those who want it
A small number of primary care trusts in the capital will not receive RiO under its reworked local service provider deal because they have chosen not to implement the system, according to NHS London. The strategic health authority has told EHI Primary Care that it would “negotiate a deal” for those PCTs if they changed their minds […]
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Think-tank calls for self-service NHS
A think tank has called for people to be given the option to register with the NHS nationally rather than with a GP in order to speed up the adoption of online services.
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iMDsoft gets first Danish win
Gentofte University Hospital in Hellerup, Denmark, has signed a deal with iMDsoft to deploy its MetaVision software in its newly built, state of the art, intensive care unit. The deal will see the hospital replace Philips CareVue clinical information system with the MetaVision suite of clinical information systems. Dr Thomas Mohr, head of the ICU […]
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Just 752 patients view their SCR online
Just 752 patients out of the more than 1.2m who have a Summary Care Record have opted to view their SCR on HealthSpace.
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ICN and IHTSDO team up
The International Council of Nurses has teamed up with the International Healthcare Terminology Standards Development Organisation to advance the use of standardised terminology and interoperability in healthcare IT. The collaboration will see ICN actively work with the IHTSDO to facilitate involvement of the nursing community through the IHTSDO Nursing Special Interest Group. David Benton, chief […]
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