Liverpool Women’s takes Philips CareServant
Philips CareServant Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust is implementing the first interactive multimedia system from Philips in the UK. The system, Philips CareServant, will provide patients with an entertainment system, including local cable TV, video on demand and internet access. It will also allow patients to view hospital information such as department opening times. Additional […]
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Consultation into ethics of new technologies
The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has launched a public consultation on the ethical issues related to online healthcare, telemedicine and commercial medical profiling technologies. The consultation will form the next stage of its inquiry into The Ethics of Personalised Healthcare in the Consumer Age, which was launched in October 2008. The council’s expert working group […]
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Talking hands
SignTranslate Hospital won the Healthcare ICT Product Innovation category of last year’s BT e-Health Insider Awards, sponsored by Quicksilva. Sandra Hempel finds out more.
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Doctors call for Google to change ad policies
Doctors are calling on internet search engine Google to change its advertising policies to prevent links to unproven remedies appearing when patients search for medical information.
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Team spirit
At last year’s BT e-Health Insider Awards, a virtual team won team of the year, sponsored by NHS Connecting for Health. Daloni Carlisle met NHS Pathways – virtually.
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NHS Choices and UK online pilot extended
The partnership between NHS Choices and UK online centres is being extended to cover Directgov after proving to be a successful way of reaching people who do not access the internet. The partnership between NHS Choices and UK online centres was created last April to increase awareness of the information available on the internet. More […]
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Personal view: Dr Bhupinder Mangat
Doctors can’t dismiss the power of the internet to enhance patient feedback, says Dr Bhupinder Mangat, a GP in Hounslow.
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Teenage clicks
At last year’s BT e-Health Insider awards, NHS Choices won the best use of ICT in patient and citizen involvement category, sponsored by Fujitsu, for a new media sexual health initiative in the Humber region.
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UCLH signs £10m communications contract
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has signed a seven-year contract for all its mobile and fixed-line communications. The £10m managed service contract was awarded to Azzurri Communications, which will be working across all six hospitals within the trust. UCLH is one of the largest and most complex trusts in the UK. James Thomas, […]
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MHRA warning on internet scam
The UK’s medicines and healthcare products watchdog has warned HIV and Aids sufferers not to fall for an internet scam claiming to have a miracle cure for their condition. The warning follows a raid on two locations in Leeds and Belfast, which found evidence that organised criminals linked to Zimbabwean gangs had set-up a website […]
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