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EHI Primary Care talks to the clinical director of PRIMIS about recent improvements in GP clinical data.
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Kent uses telehealth for chronic disease support
Kent County Council has launched a series of telehealth and telecare initiatives, in what it claims makes it one of the leading local authority users of new technology. The countywide Kent Telehealth scheme is a partnership between Viterion in the USA and Kent County Council, with KCC providing £1m funding for a pilot project to […]
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IT key to patient care, says NeLH director
The founding director of the National Electronic Library for Health (NeLH), Dr Muir Gray, has said that the National Programme for IT is essential for making information available where it is needed and that “knowledge is the enemy of disease". “The care records service will be central,” Dr Gray told E-Health Insider. “It’s essentially completely […]
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Too much information bad for your health, study shows
A study published by University College London has found that people suffering from chronic illnesses such as diabetes or asthma who use software or the internet to get information can actually end up damaging their own health. The review, which appears in the latest issue of the Cochrane Collaboration, found that in one instance, diabetics […]
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Chatrooms found to give bad advice to patients
An study from the University of Derby has revealed that people who look for health guidance through chatrooms or messageboards may be receiving poor advice, causing extra difficulty for GPs. Dr Neil Coulson, a reader in health psychology, studied chatrooms and websites dedicated to helping people with high-profile conditions such as HIV, diabetes and cancer, and found […]
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ID cards: discretion will be needed on healthcare access
If national ID cards are used to control access to NHS care, doctors will need some discretion to treat people who fall outside the eligibility criteria, two authors warn this week. Writing in the British Medical Journal, Julian Sheather, ethics adviser at the British Medical Association, and north London GP, Iona Heath, say: “If identity […]
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XML records improve diabetes care in Salford
Salford PCT has introduced an XML-based electronic diabetes care record system, allowing patients and health professionals alike full and easy access to information about their condition and treatment. The record data is sourced from GP and Acute clinical systems operated by EMIS, In Practice Systems and iSOFT, and is stored on a central repository in […]
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Best of European E-Health Announced
The 2004 awards for the best e-health projects in Europe have been announced, with three winners chosen from over 32 projects from across Europe. Sponsored by the European Commission, the eEurope Awards for eHealth were presented at the eHealth Europe Conference, held in Cork, Ireland, on 6 May. The winners were chosen from 32 different finalists […]
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Parents are ‘cautious’ internet users
Parents use the internet cautiously to find out about their children’s health problems and electronic information does not undermine their confidence in health professionals, according to research from York University. The research, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, was based on an analysis of existing health resources available on the internet for childhood […]
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Harrogate GPs get order communications
GPs in Harrogate are now able to request pathology tests online using an order communications system implemented by Anglia Healthcare Systems and EMIS. The new system enables test requests ordered by GPs and the subsequent reports generated to be electronically linked to secondary care systems and integrated into the GP patient record. Roll out of […]
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