Siemens wins Barts network contract
Barts and The London NHS Trust has awarded a four-year, multi million-pound contract to Siemens Enterprise Communications to implement a fixed and wireless LAN and security infrastructure. The work will provide the trust, including the new hospitals, with a single network able to handle data, voice and video streaming from multiple wireless devices and PCs […]
News
CardioPod launched at NHS Camden
The CardioPod installed in a pharmacy Assistive technology company Telehealth Solutions has launched a touch-screen CardioPod which it says will help GP practices and pharmacists deliver the NHS Health Check programme. The CardioPod joins other ‘pods’ already launched by the company to deliver services such as automated check-in at GP surgeries or patient self-monitoring at […]
News
Plain on self-assessment Odyssey
Clinical decision support specialist Plain Healthcare is piloting a system that enables patients to self-assess their symptoms online before seeing a GP. Odyssey SelfAssess is based on the same software as the company’s Odyssey TeleAssess triaging system, which is already widely used by clinicians in out-of-hours services. The SelfAssess software is written in lay language and […]
News
CfH connects telehealth to EMIS Web
NHS Connecting for Health is to trial linking information from an advanced telehealth platform into the new EMIS Web GP system.
News
GPs told to harness IT innovation
GP practices are being encouraged to harness innovative IT services to improve the quality of care they deliver to patients. The BMA’s General Practitioner Committee has launched a new publication setting out examples of how GPs have developed services for their patients to inspire others to follow suit. Developing general practice: listening to patients says […]
News
Our website could do so much more
GP Dr Neil Paul sees the potential for his practice website to be a one stop shop for patients’ health needs.
Feature
Wireless days
Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Hospital NHS Trust won the best use of wireless healthcare category of last year’s BT e-Health Insider Awards. Stephen Pritchard reports.
Feature
Fit notes ‘to save GPs money’
Computer-generated ‘fit notes’ could save GPs more than £100m over the next ten years, according to the Department for Work and Pensions. The move to fit notes from the current Med 3 form is due to take place in April 2010 and is aimed at cutting the estimated £100 billion annual cost of sick leave. […]
News
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. […]
News
BMA works with NHS Choices on GP ratings
The BMA’s GP committee has confirmed it is working with NHS Choices to enable patients to rate and review their GP practices on the flagship NHS website. The General Practitioner Committee described the concept as a “meaningless popularity contest” in December when the proposed service was announced by health minister Ben Bradshaw but has now […]
News