Website logs student drinking habits
Health researchers at the University of Leeds have developed a website that encourages students to keep track of their drinking. Unitcheck encourages young people to check how many units they are consuming, how this affects their health, and how their drinking compares with that of their peers. A pilot scheme funded by the European Research […]
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EHI’s news roundup 25.07.08
E-Health Insider’s news round up for the week ending 25 July 2008 featuring supplier news and information on newly published research reports. Supplier news Norfolk NHS website struck by Asprox virus The personal details of thousands of internet users who visited several key government and consumer websites are at risk because of a new form […]
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New wireless monitoring patch unveiled
Prototype version of ST+D’s electrode patch A wireless electrode patch that can be worn by a patient and tracked from any internet connection in the world is being developed by vital signs monitoring specialist ST+D technology, funded by the Wellcome Trust. The patch is being trialled at Belfast’s Royal Victoria Hospital, with a view to […]
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Darzi’s report for the digital generation
The final report of the Next Stage Review of the English NHS sees technology-driven change as one of the challenges facing the NHS in the 21st century.
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BT and the NHS at 60
The NHS was born 60 years ago. Computers are a more recent invention but technology is about more than computers, as the history of BT’s involvement with the NHS shows.
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NHS Choices gets central role in future health
The DH’s flagship website has been given a central role in Lord Darzi’s plans for reforming the health service in England.
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EHI’s industry news roundup 30.05.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 30 May 2008 featuring supplier news, awards and information on newly published research reports. Supplier news Ascribe announces 12 new sales in last year Ascribe has announced that during the last 12 months it has increased the customer base of its next generation hospital Web […]
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E-health 2.0: health’s consumer revolution
E-Health Insider this week publishes a new research report on web 2.0 in healthcare. Lindsey Birnsteel reports.
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Google Health launched
Internet search giant Google yesterday unveiled Google Health, its online personal health record service.
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Hackers take puff out of anti-smoking ban sites
Two anti-smoking ban websites were redirected to the NHS Smokefree website over the weekend, after hackers changed the domain name settings to the give-up smoking website. Lobby groups Freedom2Choose and Forces International, were both hit by a Denial of Service (DNS) poisoning attack, resulting in UK users being shown the NHS Smokefree homepage, instead of […]
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