Millions spent on mobile tech
Successful Nursing Technology Fund trusts will spend millions on mobile devices such as tablet computers before the end of this month.
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Ade Memoire: on developing apps
Adrian Byrne, the director of IM&T at Southampton University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, reflects on the challenges of a tablet-based world.
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Vision for iPads
INPS has developed an iPad app that gives GPs secure access to their Vision patient records during home visits.
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‘Dropbox-like’ system in South Devon
South Devon Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has implemented a secure “Dropbox-like” system to allow its staff to share documents on mobile devices.
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NHS England buys 1600 iPhones
NHS England has spent more than £670,000 on iPhones and iPads for staff during its first year in existence.
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Scotland gets serious about mobile
The Scottish government is creating a national framework worth up to £60m to provide the NHS and other public bodies with notebook and tablet computers.
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Keep tablets safe – MPS
The Medical Protection Society is concerned that doctors are accessing patient information on tablet computers in public places and with insufficient security.
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Wirral to put iPad apps into rehab
Wirral Community NHS Trust is to incorporate iPad apps into patients’ rehabilitation treatment processes.
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Alder Hey trials ‘bring your own device’
Alder Hey Children’s and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trusts are trialling a series of tablet computers in a ‘bring your own device to work’ scheme.
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BMJ launches iPad edition
The British Medical Journal has launched an iPad app, offering edited highlights of the BMJ in print and online.
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