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Automated COPD warnings cut hospital admissions

An automated telephone alert system to warn people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) about forthcoming bad weather has cut
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Walsall begins in-house e-discharge project

Walsall Manor Hospital has begun the first stage of an in-house electronic discharge summary project, designed to increase communication between
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Scotland superbug alert system delayed

The Electronic Communication of Surveillance in Scotland system, which will be used to alert doctors to superbug outbreaks, will not
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Shropshire PCT implements electronic safety alerts

Shropshire County PCT has implemented the Datix Safety Alerts system to notify staff when any clinical incident happens. The Datix
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Servicio Extremeno de Salud selects Autonomy

Spanish public healthcare service provider Servicio Extremeno de Salud has selected Autonomy to provide it with an enterprise-wide search platform
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CSC markets Alert to the NHS

Computer Sciences Corporation has stepped up its marketing of a Portuguese electronic patient record (EPR) system called Alert to NHS
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Israeli medical centre to roll out active RFID

European RFID specialist Wavetrend Technologies has signed a deal with the newly built Ashdod Medical Centre in Southern Israel, to
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CfH boss says NHS IT programme an ‘expedition’

The NHS IT programme is not a ā€œprogramme of paint by numbersā€ but more of an ā€œexpeditionā€ according to Gordon
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Evaware launches new telehealth platform

  Software developer, Evaware has launched a new telehealth device, which wirelessly connects with its Project E-vita web-based electronic patient
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Ofcom forecasts growth in healthcare IT

Media regulator Ofcom has picked healthcare as a key sector for the widespread deployment of information technology in its latest
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