Courage to build
A European framework for interoperability is cruical to the success of e-health across the continent, industry leaders have argued at a high level conference in Malaga.
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GPC agrees IT infrastructure funding guidance
Clinical system servers, workstations, printers, back-up devices and network infrastructure are among a list of core items practices can expect primary care trusts (PCTs) to fully fund, maintain and upgrade, according to new guidance agreed by the Department of Health and the British Medical Association’s General Practitioner Committee (GPC). The long-awaited guidance agreed between the two […]
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European telecare project reports success
A major project funded by the European Commission into video communications in telecare has concluded that while such systems are well received by older people, to be truly effective the IT needed to be further integrated with other devices such as alarm systems. The IST@HOME project lasted six months and supplied 600 homes in Germany, […]
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Tunstall releases telecare guidance notes
Telecare company Tunstall has released a series of guides that aim to show how telecare devices can be used to support the National Service Framework for older people, as well as specific ideas for dementia care and learning disabilities. The guides, which are available on the Tunstall website, show examples of how devices such […]
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Technology ‘should be used in long term conditions’
Technology should be used in several ways to help people who have long-term conditions care for themselves, although caution must be exercised as not everybody has access to it, new guidance from the Department of Health says. The guidance, ‘Supporting people with long-term conditions to self-care’, sets out examples of what central government, professionals and PCTs and […]
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ECGs by phone for GPs in the north west
GPs in Lancashire and Cumbria SHA have started using a telephone-based clinical monitoring service, using small devices that take ECGs which are then interpreted over the phone while the patient waits. Broomwell Healthwatch, based in Manchester, have supplied monitoring devices to several GP practices. These devices are already in several practices in Preston, Chorley and […]
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Epocrates launches in UK and Europe
Epocrates Inc., the US firm specialising in mobile systems for the healthcare industry, has announced its expansion into the global market today with the introduction of local brand and generic drug names integrated into its clinical applications. The company’s mobile applications, including the Epocrates Rx free drug reference and its Epocrates Essentials premium drug, disease […]
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Meet the suppliers: TPP
In the first article of a series, EHI Primary Care travels to Leeds to spend a day with TPP, the alternative primary care supplier for the North-east and Eastern cluster.
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Technology effective in dementia home care
Assistive technology for dementia sufferers living at home can be cost-effective, increase patients’ independence and deliver support to unpaid carers, but it must be properly targeted and maintained, according to an extensive new study by the head of a Northamptonshire care project. The study ‘Safe at Home: The effectiveness of assistive technology in supporting the […]
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AAH launches ‘onestopshop’ ETP solution
AAH Pharmaceuticals has announced the launch of its ‘onestopshop’ Electronic Prescription Service solution, an all-inclusive solution based on its LinkEvolution system and building on experience gained from initial ETP implementations. According to AAH the new solution is both user friendly and meets the required criteria for NHS Connecting for Health’s (CfH) ETP release one. So […]
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