Lord Darzi launches NHS ratings app
Former health minister Professor Lord Ara Darzi has launched an iPhone app that allows users to rate NHS services and create a basic medical record they can share with health professionals.
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Major NHS public websites unheard of
A new study to better understand what prevents people from using information technology to help them manage their health and care has found that few people have heard of three major NHS health information websites.
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Lansley says GPs to choose on 111
GP consortia will be responsible for commissioning the 111 non-emergency number service, health secretary Andrew Lansley has revealed.
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Expert view: Sean Brennan
The managing director of Clinical Matrix asks: supporting the clinician in the community – should there be an app for that?
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DH makes choice an obligation
GPs may be given a contractual obligation to offer choice and hospitals will be required to offer appointments to named consultant-led teams from April 2011 under government proposals set out today.
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Mayo cuts appointments by 40 per cent
Online consultations could reduce the need for face-to-face appointments with GPs by 40%, the largest ever study of online visits in primary care has found.
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Orange launches mobile messaging service
French mobile telecomms giant Orange has launched a mobile messaging service specifically targeted at healthcare. The Health Gateway service is intended to enable hospitals, doctors’ surgeries and pharmacies to use two-way messaging to provide appointment reminders, routine test results, and medication reminders to patients. It will also allow health organisations to send staff incident emergency […]
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Call to add 0345 to NHS Direct-111 mix
NHS Direct has been urged to allow patients to use 0345 as an alternative to the current 0845 number, before 111 is introduced. Telephone campaigner David Hickson says it will be at least three years before the three digit non-emergency number 111 is in use nationwide. In the meantime, he claims that most patients are […]
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Row brews over end of NHS Direct
The government has defended its decision to scrap NHS Direct and replace it with a new 111 number service.
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iNurse moves onto BlackBerry
Advanced Health and Care has announced that iNurse mobile solution can now be used on BlackBerry devices. iNurse enables community nurses to download appointments and patient notes to a handheld device and to update these during visits. Team leaders can use the system to plan team rotas, re-allocate work and collect management information. The system […]
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