Europe launches CommonWell project
A new telecare project will use technology to improve the quality of life for older people in four European countries, supporting independent living though better communications and more integration of health and social care. The European Union-backed CommonWell project aims to support independent living and improve the quality of life for older people and those […]
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Google joins Continua e-health alliance
Google has joined Continua Health Alliance, the Intel-led international coalition working to develop standards to enable interoperable e-health products and services for the personal health market.
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Canada’s Infoway says 254 EHR projects underway
Canada’s electronic health record projects have quadrupled since 2004, according to the head of the Canadian health IT agency. Investment in EHRs is said to have increased by 12% in the past year alone. Canada Health Infoway – an independent, not-for-profit organization funded by the Canadian government – jointly invests with every province or territory […]
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London pharmacies use SMS for stop smoking drive
Pharmacies in London are to use text messaging to launch a smoking cessation campaign and offer customers support to kick the habit. The pharmacies will use iPLATO’s Patient Care Messaging for Pharmacies service to validate smoking status, invite “quitters” to smoking cessation services and “follow up” with them over a year. They will also receive […]
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Bainbridge warns of need for telecare
Health and social care services have five years to develop the telehealth and telecare services they will need to cope with an ageing population, Dr Mike Bainbridge, NHS Connecting for Health’s clinical architect, has warned. Speaking at a fringe session at this year’s NHS Confederation conference, Dr Bainbridge said that ageing combined with an increasing […]
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EC publishes Potorož Declaration
The European Commission has published the Potorož Declaration, a list of objectives to achieve before the next EC e-health conference. The Declaration lists five goals for EC member states to achieve over the next 12 months, as part of the work it has published in its e-health roadmaps. These have been agreed by the member […]
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Web 2.0 revolution underway in healthcare
Internet developments that brought us sites such as Facebook, YouTube and Wikipedia are now set to revolutionise healthcare.
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Continua promises products by year end
Continua Health Alliance says the first interoperable personal telehealth products, able to work with each other out ‘of the box’, will be in stores by year end. The first standards produced by the industry Alliance, including health USB and Bluetooth standards, are due for publication in the next month. Continua is a Intel-championed open industry […]
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NI to issue large-scale telehealth tender
Northern Ireland’s Department of Health and Social Services is getting set to issue a tender for the supply of telehealth services to cover 5,000 people by 2011. The initiative will see Northern Ireland invest £46m in telemedicine services to better support chronic disease management. Some 40 telehealth suppliers hoping to participate are today in Belfast […]
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New approach called for on Telemedicine
Experts gathered in Luxembourg to debate the future of telemedicine yesterday were told that new financial and business models are needed to make telemedicine part of mainstream healthcare, rather than many “unsustainable” projects. Mark Lange, head of the European Health Telematics Association (EHTEL) set out the challenge: “The question that we are addressing now is […]
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