Traditional and Online Treatments Trialled for Drink and Drug Problems
A new research partnership has been forged to investigate the efficiency of the Internet as a medium for treating people with alcohol and drug problems. California-based, eGetgoing, an accredited provider of online treatment for behavioural health problems, will trial its treatment and continuing care programmes with two comparable programmes run on more traditional lines by […]
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Microsoft Launches NHS Integration Vision
Microsoft has launched a blueprint which it says will enable the NHS to integrate health legacy IT systems cost-effectively and deliver joined-up healthcare. The US software-giant describes its vision as EAI (Enterprise Application Integration), an approach grounded in Microsoft’s .NET suite of products to deliver joined-up, distributed web services. The emerging .NET strategy is based […]
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UK Nursing Portal Reaches Milestone
NMAP – The UK’s gateway to high quality Internet resources in Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health – has announced that it has served over one million pages of information since its launch in April 2001. By the end of January the figure had actually reached: 1,090,949. Over 1100 records are now included in the database, each […]
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TDS Signs With E-Ceptionist for Appointment Bookings
TDS (Dermatology) Ltd, a UK-based telehealth care company, has signed a contract with E-Ceptionist and has begun using its Internet-based appointment booking service. The E-Ceptionist system allows tds’ users to book dermatology appointments and manage the e-health process between the general practitioners, nurses, dermatology consultant and patients in Britain, helping to reduce the waiting period […]
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CHI Reports Emphasise Need to Align Strategy and Operations
Three new reports by the Commission for Health Improvement (CHI) provide a series of snapshots of how NHS trusts are tackling IM&T modernisation and harnessing information to support clinical governance. Common themes that emerge from the reports include: data quality problems, ensuring clinician involvement, aligning strategy and developments at the operational level, and implementation of […]
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E-Ceptionist Enables Online Bookings in Denmark
Danish healthcare provider Vitao, has signed a deal with US online appointment bookings firms E-Ceptionist that will allow Vitao’s customers to schedule and manage their health appointments over the Internet. Using the E-Ceptionist service, Vitao’s customers will be able to use the Internet to schedule appointments with healthcare providers within the Vitao network and within […]
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Technology Adoption Likely to be Slow in 2002, say Gartner
Technology advances such as the use of XML, mobile technologies, speech recognition, workflow, business process management and public key infrastructure are tantalisingly close to prime time in healthcare, but 2002 will see only a fraction of the adoption that might be expected, according to analysts, Gartner. Introducing Gartner Predicts 2002: Healthcare, editor, Kenneth Kleinberg, writes, […]
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2001: The Year the Money Disappeared
The NHS has stood at the cusp in 2001, its stark failures were laid bare by the Bristol Royal Infirmary Inquiry and Shipman reports, and yet it was also the year in which a re-elected Labour Government pledged unprecedented investment in the service. Though the IT agenda has attracted few headlines, it has permeated both […]
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Fitzpatrick Steps Down From Health Media Group
Tony Fitzpatrick has stepped down as chief executive of Health Media Group PLC, the leading UK online health content firm, following the release of a trading statement last week which said revenue will be below market expectations for the full year resulting in an operating loss. The company said the shortfall is the result of […]
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Health Information More Popular than Games or Chat
More young people go online to search for health information than to play games, chat or take part in other popular Internet activities associated with the age group. A new US report, "Generation Rx.com", by the Kaiser Family Foundation, found that 68% of the population aged 15-24 use online media to learn about diabetes, AIDS […]
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