Moray helps public get Health-e
A new website that provides a platform to enable people to take more responsibility for their health has been launched in Moray, Scotland. The new Health-e-Space website, which went live earlier this month, provides local health information, links to recommended websites and suggestions on how to live with health conditions. Community Health-e-Space, the websites sister […]
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Trust stands up to lying down
Seven staff at Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have been suspended after allegedly taking part in a ‘lying down game’ during a nightshift and posting photographs on Facebook. The Accident and Emergency staff are said to have taken pictures of themselves lying on resuscitation trolleys, ward floors and the trust’s helipad during August. The […]
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Info underpins National Care Service
The government has identified telecare and online information services as two of the foundations of its proposed National Care Service. A much anticipated green paper on the future of adult social care says that support to help people remain independent and information to help them navigate the care support system are two of the six […]
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Million tune in for Twitter surgery
Channel Four has run a series of live surgery operations where viewers could directly question the surgeon live via microblogging site Twitter.
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Social media may ‘nudge’ users to health
A new research project has been launched using mobile phones to assess whether people can be ‘nudged’ into leading healthier lifestyles. The £1m ‘Charm’ Project will use mobile technology to measure how active participants are and then compare them to their peers. The project will include looking at how friends influence each other using facebook. […]
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Cerner embraces Wikinomics
US healthcare IT giant Cerner is getting set to embrace user innovation. Jeff Townsend, the man behind the initiative, spoke to Jon Hoeksma.
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Patients to get Facebook-style Communicator
From March, patients will be able to carry out email consultations with GPs and other clinicians using a Facebook-style tool called Communicator. E-Health Insider has been told that Communicator will be launched as part of ambitious development plans for HealthSpace, the online organiser that gives patients access to their NHS Summary Care Record. Communicator will […]
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Medway bans Facebook use in work hours
Staff at the Medway Maritime Hospital in Kent, have been banned from using social networking website Facebook during working hours. The trust says the move is aimed at monitoring internet usage and optimising efficiency, denying reports the website was responsible for slowing down the hospital’s computer systems. Andy Horne, chief executive at Medway […]
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