Scottish government funds telecare and IT research
University of Edinburgh is to receive a share of £4m funding from the Scottish government to research telemetric supported self-monitoring of long-term conditions. The project is one of four to have received government funding for research programmes over the next five years, aiming to help improve healthcare for patients in Scotland. Edinburgh’s research programme will […]
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Berlin University opens telemedicine centre
The Charité University Hospital, part of Berlin University, has opened a centre for cardiovascular telemedicine.
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NHS Scotland ready for national PACS roll out
The Scottish Executive has announced that national deployment of Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) across Scotland will begin this month after successful pilots in hospitals across Glasgow and Dumfries and Galloway. Over the next two years every hospital in Scotland will receive a new system from Carestream Health [formerly Kodak Health], which will […]
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French computer project wins eGovernment award
A French company which specialises in financing new IT equipment, refurbished by disabled workers has won a European eGovernment award for its social impact and cohesion. Besancon.clic set out to reach the largest number of people possible in the city of Besançon to reduce the digital gap. Working since 1999, the company has achieved this […]
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Bill Gates backs Belgian huggable robot
Bill Gates, the creator of Microsoft, has backed a firm specialising in the creation of robots to aid child care experiences in hospitals.
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Ireland to invest Euros 500m in e-health
The Irish Government will commit almost half a billion Euros of investment to e-health when it publishes its National Development Plan for health.
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Rhineland-Palatina to offer PHR to newborns
The German federal state of Rhineland-Palatina is to offer all its newborn infants a smartcard-based personal health record (PHR) on the internet, in a project beginning 2008. The project is believed to be the first time that a web-based personal health record will be offered across an entire German region. Rhineland-Palatina is a mid-size federal […]
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New telemedicine network in Bavaria
The Southern German state of Bavaria has announced the setup of a new major hospital telemedicine network that aims to improve the care for children with inborn cardiac defects. Within the next few months, nine regional hospitals in Bavaria and one in Austria will be connected electronically to the German Heart Centre in Munich, one […]
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90% of children back Child Index
More than 90% of children believe it will be acceptable for doctors, school nurses and health visitors to access the forthcoming Children’s Index , according to new research. The Office of the Children’s Rights Director ran discussion groups and carried out a web survey to discover the views of children and young people on the […]
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Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children to install Vocera
Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children is to install the Vocera hands-free wireless voice communication system. The new system, which provides staff with hands free voice communication using a simple badge device, will form part of the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children’s (RBHSC’s) new wireless voice and data infrastructure. Staff currently use a range […]
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