Docobo Demonstrates Benefits of Cardiac Monitoring System
Docobo Ltd, the leading Estonian telemedicine firm, has announced the publication of favourable results for clinical trials of its doc@home home monitoring programme for patients with hypertension, which it claims confirm the usefulness of the system for treating cardiac patients. Benefits identified in the trials included reductions in patients’ blood pressure and body weight, together […]
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New E-Prescribing Alliance Between Merck-Medco and Cybear
A new alliance in US electronic prescribing will deliver real-time access to medication data to physicians at the point of care. The deal will allow pharmacy benefits manager, Merck-Medco, to gain access to Cybear’s Internet enabled software and service systems, including the Physicians Online portal, its @Rx prescription management system and technology for electronically transmitted […]
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Palm Awards Mobile Medicine Grants to 17 US Universities
Palm Inc., the provider of mobile and wireless Internet solutions and handheld data devices, has awarded grants to 17 US universities and teaching hospitals to promote the use of mobile data devices in medicine and research how handhelds affect students’ learning. Under the new programme Palm has provided a total of 1,000 Palm IIIc handheld […]
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Online Toolkit Aids GP Appraisals
An online toolkit to help GPs through the appraisals process was demonstrated at the EMIS National User Group conference at Warwick University. The Appraisals Toolkit at http://www.appraisals.nhs.uk, developed at the Sowerby Centre for Health Informatics in Newcastle (SCHIN), was presented by GP education lead, Dr Paul Robinson, who explained that the aim was to provide […]
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Aventis Launches Doctor-Patient Internet Communications Tools
Aventis Pharmaceuticals Inc., the U.S. pharmaceuticals business of Aventis Pharma AG, has launched an Internet-based communications platform designed to link family physicians to patients. The service enables two-way, secure communication, and provides convenient access to information and services designed enhance the delivery of patient care. The new system, called MyDocOnline, provides patients, physicians and their […]
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NHS Sets Out Case for Shared Services
The NHS has completed the outline business case (OBC) for an ambitious project to introduce a single national "state of the art", web-enabled finance and e-procurement system, which it believes could save the service £300m a year. Following government approval of the OBC an OJEC is due to be placed late in September. Responses will […]
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