Talking pill bottles read out their own labels
Pharmacies in Northern California have started to stock talking prescription bottles which aim to help elderly or partially sighted patients by reading out label information at the touch of a button. The bottles, which go by the name ‘Rex’, contain a voice chip, battery and a speaker. When dispensing, the pharmacist inserts the bottle into the recording dock, which connects […]
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Wanless calls for telecare to move to mainstream
Telecare should be moved into the mainstream when planning long term care for elderly although its financial impact is difficult to predict, according to a review of social care funding by Sir Derek Wanless. The report, Securing Good Care for Older People: Taking a long term view, recommends a new system of funding for social […]
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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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Rant or rate?
A NHS-backed social software project is helping patients give feedback online directly to healthcare organisations, finds Fiona Barr.
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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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Meet the suppliers: Liquidlogic
EHI Primary Care talks to health and social care software specialist Liquidlogic, one of the suppliers to have thrived under the NHS IT programme.
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ePEX accredited for Choose and Book
Ascribe has announced that it has achieved Choose and Book accreditation for its ePEX patient administration system, which is installed in 25% of PCTs in the UK. The ePEX PAS has been designed with primary and community care in mind, with modules that support mental health, learning disabilities, child health and elderly services. The Choose […]
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Care of the elderly system launched by IMS
A new system from IMS Maxims that supports the wide range of professionals caring for older people has gone live in the mid-western region of Ireland. The Maxims Care of the Elderly (CoE) Integrated Care Records brings together information for nurses, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, physiotherapists, podiatrists, doctors and other members of the care team. […]
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Electronic medication reminders help elderly
PCTs in Staffordshire have started piloting a scheme where elderly people are reminded to take their medication with an electronic prompting device. The Medicine Reminder Initiative, a collaboration between housing services, pharmacists, social services and Newcastle under Lyme and South West Staffordshire PCT, was started in order to give vulnerable people support in remembering […]
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Cardiff begins roll-out of EHRs for community nurses
Cardiff & Vale NHS Trust has announced that it is rolling out an integrated electronic health record for community nursing and mental health with the intention of creating a fully integrated electronic health record. The contract with in4tek to use its PARIS system was signed in November 2004. Details of the system, which will be […]
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