North Tees emergency unit opens with wireless
Emergency staff at the University Hospital of North Tees are using wireless technology to treat patients at their bedside and monitor bed occupancy in the hospital’s new emergency assessment unit. The new unit uses the trust’s wireless network to allow staff to use a mobile workstation at the patient’s bedside. An electronic whiteboard has also […]
News
Turkish doctors pilot new decision support system
European and Turkish doctors and technicians have developed a medical support system, Saphire, which can track patients’ real-time vital signs, link them to patient medical history, and provide the latest clinical guidelines for patient care. The Intelligent Clinical Decision Support System (ICDSS) can also alert doctors when necessary and offers a range of services that […]
News
3G Doctor launches videophone consultations
Patients in the UK and Ireland can now access a self-created medical record on their mobile phone, and also have a video consultation with a doctor using a 3G smartphone. The service, launched by 3G Doctor, allows registered individuals to create a web-based health record and video consult with a doctor using a 3G video […]
News
Smartphone patient monitoring showcased
Finland’s, eHIT, a specialist in healthcare software, has developed a new patient sensor and smartphone-based monitoring system, to deliver round-the-clock vital signs measurement. The technology – which uses Bluetooth to connect patient sensors to a smartphone – has been backed by Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia and has been praised on the Forum Nokia […]
News
East and North Herts installs A&E waits system
The East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust has implemented a new A&E traffic-light based monitoring system, to help ensure that no patient is kept waiting for longer than four hours. Screenshot of Klok The system, named Klok and implemented by Blueberry consultants, is a web-based system linked to the trust’s patient […]
News
North Yorks chooses Liquidlogic for children’s system
Social care staff at North Yorkshire County Council, one of the biggest local authorities in the country, are to install a new electronic Integrated Children’s System to track the care of vulnerable children. Liquidlogic’s integrated children’s system (ICS), called Protocol, will provide full electronic visibility of case loads, replacing the paper-based case management currently used. […]
News
Practices told to update own NHS Choices details
The Department of Health says it is trying to improve the accuracy of primary care information on its flagship NHS Choices website to more than 90% but plans to get GP practices to update their own details in future. The multi-million pound website, developed by healthcare information firm Dr Foster Intelligence together with LBi and […]
News
EC creates Internet health threat surveillance
The European Commisssion has launched MediSys, a web-based news outlet providing information on public health threats in European health authorities. MediSys, has been created to provide EC health providers with real time information about disease outbreaks, industrial accidents, and major incidents that could pose a national health threat. It is also available to the public. The […]
News
CMO flags up issues with computerised radiotherapy
Unsafe transfer of data and a lack of training in new computerised radiotherapy systems have been highlighted as potential hidden dangers by the chief medical officer (CMO), Sir Liam Donaldson. The issue is one of many featured in the CMO’s annual report ‘06 which also looks at hospital-based infections, organ transplants, intrapartum-related deaths and women […]
News
DH details 100 assistive technology projects it has funded
Nearly 100 research projects on assistive technology including telecare and telehealth schemes were funded by the government or the European Union in 2006/7, according to a report from the Department of Health (DH). The DH annual report on research and development in assistive technology notes an increase in the importance attached to telecare to support […]
News