UCLH plays smart with cards
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) has become one of the first big hospital trusts in England to begin using smart cards in conjunction with an electronic patient records system. UCLH is using the cards to provide staff with quick, secure and easy access to its new electronic patient record system – Carecast […]
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Robot baby helps medical students train
A Florida-based company is manufacturing interactive baby mannequins containing software that will emulate the vital signs of a three-to-six-month old child, so that medical students can practise on them. The BabySIM (above), the latest offering from Medical Education Technologies (METI), is much more sophisticated than a children’s toy. Not only does it feature tears, drool, […]
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Welsh medical students get training smartcards
Medical students and junior doctors in Wales are to receive their own smartcards containing their employment and training details. Each card will contain occupational health and HR information and will be electronically read and updated at each workplace that the student visits. It is hoped that the new scheme will save time on administration and […]
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10 Ways To Improve NHS IT – a Hospital Doctor’s View
Hospital doctor, Andrew Harrison, worked in IT before studying medicine. His unusual background prompted E-Health Insider to ask him to list the top 10 improvements he would like to see in healthcare IT. Read on for the result… Until the age of 29 I was a computer programmer working in the City. Then I decided […]
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Medical Students Targeted for Mindwarp
A new web-based e-learning service which promises to helps medical students learn faster and get better exam results has been launched in the UK. Developed and produced by UK firm Mindwarp Pavilion , the e-learning tool is said to allow medical students to use simple mind mapping techniques to revise chosen subjects on-line. Mindwarp’s technology […]
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Medicdirect Launches Doctor Direct Helpline Service
UK health information website Medicdirect which currently supplies many of the leading ISP’s and broadcasters including Freeserve, NTL, GMTV, Telewest and AOL with much of their health channel content, has launched a telephone health helpline service manned by doctors. The new service, called Doctor Direct, forms part of a total revamp of Medicdirect’s content offering, […]
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MD Consult Donates Online Medical Library to Latvia
Physicians, medical students and other health professionals in Latvia now have access to a comprehensive collection of medical resources available on the Web through MD Consult, a division of Elsevier Science. MD Consult has donated a license for the MD Consult Core Collection to the Medical Research Library of Latvia and its nine branch libraries, […]
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Palm Awards Mobile Medicine Grants to 17 US Universities
Palm Inc., the provider of mobile and wireless Internet solutions and handheld data devices, has awarded grants to 17 US universities and teaching hospitals to promote the use of mobile data devices in medicine and research how handhelds affect students’ learning. Under the new programme Palm has provided a total of 1,000 Palm IIIc handheld […]
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