Cegedim Rx plans telehealth move
Pharmacy systems specialists, Cegedim Rx, has partnered with Telehealth Solutions to integrate self-monitoring devices with their pharmacy systems. Telehealth Solutions provides a self-monitoring system for patients, once interfaced with Cegedim Rx pharmacy systems, the system assists in the monitoring of patient’s medications. Cegedim Rx will be working on a project that will bring integrated testing […]
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Call for improved sat nav for blind
Professor John Gill, chief scientist at the Royal National Institute of Blind People has called for satellite navigation systems to be better equipped with more detailed information for the blind. Speaking at a media roundtable on location technologies and assisted living, Professor Gill said technology trends are getting better at addressing the needs of the […]
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Most GP systems will require security upgrades
The majority of GP clinical IT systems will not meet the Department of Health’s new data security requirements for transfer and storage of patient data and PCTs will need to fund the costs of extra encryption, according to Connecting for Health. CfH’s programme director for GP Systems of Choice (GPSoC), Kemi Adenubi, has written to […]
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Pharmacists may get access to patient care records
The government has announced it will investigate how community pharmacy access to the NHS Care Records Service could be achieved. The news comes despite BMA concerns about the impact on patient confidentiality of extending access to an additional professional group working in the commercial sector. The newly-published white paper on community pharmacy, Pharmacy in England: […]
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£8m to be spent on telehealth in Scotland
The Scottish government has announced that an extra £8m is to be spent on telecare over the next two years. Public health minister Shona Robison made the announcement during a visit to Inverness, where she said hi-tech devices will be made available to help the elderly and vulnerable live in their own homes. The money […]
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Patient information: how ICTs can help
Fiona Barr looks at the role information technology can play in providing greater information for patients.
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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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Mobile monitoring system developed for carers
Crown Computing has developed a new monitoring system, using Near Field Communication technology, which allows carers to notify their authority as to which patient they are with. Near Field Communication or NFC, is a short-range high frequency wireless communication technology which enables the exchange of data between devices over about a decimeter (100mm) distance. Crown’s […]
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Belfast gets European Connected Health centre
Belfast, Northern Ireland, is to be the home of a new ‘European Centre for Connected Health’, intended to help test technologies that enable people with chronic conditions live independently at home. NI Health Minister Michael McGimpsey and Economy Minister Nigel Dodds announced the establishment of the centre at last week’s Connected Health Conference, held in […]
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