Call for e-health to ‘permeate’ rural Scotland
E-health should permeate thinking about every aspect of remote and rural healthcare, according to a newly-published report on healthcare in remote areas of Scotland.
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EMIS enables digital TV repeat prescriptions
Patients at around 1,400 surgeries using EMIS Access software across England will soon be able to request repeat prescriptions using digital TV, following an extension of the firm’s partnership with DigiTV. The primary care IT supplier has extended its digital TV service so that as well as being able to book GP surgery appointments via […]
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Eighty per cent of European GPs using e-records
A new Europe-wide survey on e-health has found that 87% of European GPs now use a computer, 80% of whom are using electronic patient records. The survey, which involved almost 7,000 General Practitioners, was carried out in late 2007. It examines issues including how European GPs store and send patients’ data such as lab reports […]
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Hi-tech bed sheets to monitor heart rate
Patient’s heart being monitored via bed sheet. Philips Research is to pilot a new bed with built-in sensors and the ability to measure heart rate, breathing rate and body movement of a patient whilst they sleep. It is hoped the bed could help with the treatment of heart conditions. The four-year pilot will be part of […]
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North Lincs community nurses get mobile
Community nurses in North Lincolnshire are to get wireless rugged laptops in one of the largest deployments yet of mobile technology to staff working outside hospitals. BT Health will supply the laptops with built in remote access technology under a five-year managed service deal. It will supply up to 400 community staff with wireless-connected, semi-rugged […]
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Nurses use laptops for home visits in Alston
Community nurses in the small town of Alston, Cumbria will be able to visit housebound patients and keep track of their treatments after they were given broadband-enabled laptops as part of a Department of Health social enterprise pathfinder project. Alston Healthcare, was one of the DH’s 26 social enterprise pathfinder projects set up last year, […]
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Staffordshire PCTs hit retinopathy target
Malcolm Gray screens patient Three Staffordshire primary care trusts have managed to meet national targets and screen over 28,000 patients in a year for diabetic retinopathy, a complication of diabetes that can lead to blindness if left untreated. The Staffordshire Diabetic Retinopathy Screening Service, run on behalf of South Staffordshire, North Staffordshire and Stoke on […]
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EMIS goes national with digital TV appointment booking
Primary care IT supplier EMIS has extended its online appointment booking service so that patients can now book GP surgery appointments via digital television or by using their mobile phone. EMIS has announced that it is extending the digital television service to cover all practices across the country using its EMIS Access module after successful […]
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Community staff in Nottingham trial wireless record access
Community-based health professionals in Nottingham have taken part in a successful three month mobile technology trial, using wireless broadband-enabled laptops from Dell to access and update patient records on the move. The trial enabled staff to remotely access and update electronic patient records from the SystmOne primary and community care system supplied by TPP. The […]
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GPs say N3 slow speeds limiting use of systems
GPs are reporting more problems with N3 connections and system speeds which they say are affecting their ability to run both Connecting for Health applications and local surgery systems. The problems appear to be particularly acute for practices with branch surgeries. In Kent Dr Stephen Meech’s Maidstone practice has a 1MB connection which he has […]
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