Value of apps and wearables questioned
The potential for smartphone apps and wearable devices to have an effect on health outcomes has come under question in an article published by the BMJ.
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Tweets measuring quality of care
Healthcare bosses should be careful when using “unstructured” Twitter feedback to measure the quality of a hospital’s care, according to a study done by researchers from Imperial College and Oxford University.
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Prescribing+ pulled from market
BMJ Informatica has pulled its medicines optimisation tool Prescribing+ from the market and suspended the Safety+ product on Emis systems.
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Telehealth to save Worcestershire £4m
Worcestershire County Council believes it can save more than £4m with the proven benefits of telehealth, according to its business case.
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Telehealth not cost effective
Telehealth is not cost effective, according to a new report on a massive UK trial of the technology.
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Online decision aids launched
The national Shared Decision Making Programme has today launched five online patient decision aids.
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BMJ Informatica launches Prescribing+
BMJ Informatica has launched a software tool to help GPs and commissioners improve the safety and quality of their prescribing.
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No evidence for 3millionlives roll-out
The 3millionlives campaign is not justified by the results of the whole systems demonstrator trials, experts say.
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Informatica updates QoF software
Informatica Systems has released an updated version of its Contract+ software to cover the latest changes to the Quality and Outcomes Framework.
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SUS anonymisation described as trivial
Fresh questions have been raised over the anonymity of de-identified patient data provided through the NHS secondary uses service for use in research trials.
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