Turkish mobile firm links to docs
Avea, one of Turkey’s largest mobile phone operators, has signed an agreement with mhealth provider Acibadem Mobile Health to give its Smartphone customers video links to a doctor when they need emergency or general health information. The HelloDoctor service will give Avea customers in the 81 cities covered by its 3G service the ability to speak […]
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Pill that texts trialled in UK
A smart pill that can text a patient’s mobile phone if they forget to take their medication is to be trialled in the UK. The Raisin system has been developed by California-based company, Proteus Biomedical, and is made from digestible sensors that are activated by the stomach fluids. Once activated, the sensor sends a low-power […]
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First health 2.0 event in Netherlands
DH launches World Cup fitness app
The Department of Health has launched an online World Cup fitness tool to get football fanatics off the sofa and away from their pints and pizza.
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Hammersmith and Fulham improves website
NHS Hammersmith and Fulham has gone live with an interactive website designed to improve the information that it provides. The primary care trust, whose previous website was designed and developed in-house more than four years ago, has developed the site with charity Eduserv, which develops and delivers technology services within the public sector. The new […]
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EMIS Access ‘could save millions’
Healthcare IT system supplier EMIS claims the NHS could save almost £300m a year if all UK adults used online appointment booking and repeat prescription requesting.
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Twitter is trending in the NHS
Only a third of primary care trusts are using social media to communicate with patients, according to a survey conducted by NHS Salford. The primary care trust conducted a survey of England’s 148 PCTs last month and found 36% are on the social networking site Facebook and 28% are using Twitter. NHS Salford said most […]
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Swindells tells IT pros to up their game
The newly appointed head of BCS Health has called for informaticians to “step up to the plate” and lead change within the NHS.
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NHS Direct staff sickness ‘unacceptable’
More than one in ten staff at NHS Direct is off sick at any one time, clocking up an average 23 days sickness each per year. The figures, which NHS Direct said were “wholly unacceptable”, have contributed to the health helpline missing its target for answering less urgent and non-urgent calls. The helpline is also […]
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Plain launches self-assessment tool
Decision support specialist Plain Healthcare has launched a self-assessment tool to enable patients to assess their symptoms before seeing a GP. The company has also announced the release of a web-deployed version of its triaging software. Odyssey SelfAssess is designed to enable patients to assess their own needs instead of or before consulting a health […]
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