Miiskin teams up with the British Skin Foundation to support self-checking
Skin checking app Miiskin has teamed up with the British Skin Foundation to promote skin cancer awareness and self-checking.
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Consultant Connect hopes to ease winter pressures on A&E departments
A platform which gives GPs the ability to immediately speak to a local specialist is hoping to help ease winter pressures on A&E departments.
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NHS trust introduces electronic whiteboards to improve patient safety
A teaching hospital in Southampton has started to introduce interactive whiteboards in wards to help improve patient safety.
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Chief nurse calls for the profession to share same electronic language
A chief nursing officer has called for to the profession to get behind the introduction of nursing information standards.
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University of Manchester launches BeeActive app to improve fitness
The app has been designed by the university’s eResearch Centre and combines the increase in fitness levels with discovering new things about the city.
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RiO supplier buys Mosaic supplier
Servelec Group has acquired social care software provider Corelogic in a £23.5m deal to help it move towards offering a fully integrated IT solution to health and social care.
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User roadmaps part of GPSoC contracts
GP system user groups are developing roadmaps for system development that suppliers must comply with under the new GP Systems of Choice contract.
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Declaration of Rights for health data launched
A high profile coalition of patient advocates, US doctors, software vendors and bloggers have launched a Declaration of Rights for health data, HealthDataRights.org. The new site aims to use social media to build support for increasing patient access to electronic health records. Although launched in the US, HealthDataRights appears universal in its aspirations. The main […]
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Commissioning simulator launched
Commissioning specialist Humana Europe has launched an interactive training system to help GPs and practice managers in the UK learn how to commission services more effectively. The Practice Based Commissioning Simulator has been developed in conjunction with the primary care body the NHS Alliance and Swedish-based BTS, a provider of customised business simulations. Humana Europe […]
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GE offers $100m loans to boost EMR use
GE Healthcare has launched a programme of €72m ($100m) in interest-free loans to boost electronic medical record (EMR) adoption in the US. Hospitals and doctors will be offered loans to invest in GE Healthcare’s Centricity EMR software, without having to first raise funding for capital investment. Investment in certified EMR systems forms a key part […]
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