Camera phones can help diagnosis
Taking photographs or video of unusual symptoms on an ordinary camera phone can help doctors diagnose uncommon problems, according to researchers.
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Hubs create technology for Digital Britain
Research Councils UK has unveiled a five year, £36m programme to develop new digital technologies. Three research hubs in Nottingham, Newcastle and Aberdeen will work on projects to open up new markets, improve the lives of elderly and socially excluded people and support rural communities. Science and innovation minister Lord Drayson said the new programme […]
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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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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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Smart phones for Powys nurses
District nurses in Powys have been issued with smart phones as part of a project to enable community staff to record patient data electronically. The Community Health Across Agencies Project aims to provide community staff with mobile technology to eradicate duplicate data entry, provide better management information and enable links with GP, hospital and national […]
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Hospitals advised to end mobile phone bans
Hospitals in England have been told to consider allowing “more liberal use of mobile phones”, following new guidance issued today by the Department of Health.
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GPs face limits on third party add-ons
GPs in some parts of England claim they are facing unworkable restrictions on the kind of third party IT they can use in their practices under the GP Systems of Choice PCT-practice agreement.
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QoF cash for quitters
GPs could be paid depending on the number of their patients who stop smoking as part of possible changes to the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF), according to the head of primary care commissioning for the Department of Health. Mark Britnell, DH director general of commissioning and system management, outlined a range of possible changes […]
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t+ provides LifeScan patients remote access to data
Telemedicine specialist t+ Medical has partnered with LifeScan to take data from blood glucose meters and wirelessly transmit the information to a central database. Using intelligent algorithms, information from LifeScan’s One Touch Ultra system will be analysed and translated for patients into of simple graphs, which can be viewed on their mobile phone or a […]
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NHS Direct launches SMS service
NHS Direct has launched a new text messaging service that allows users to obtain details of local health facilities. Anyone wishing to find their nearest GP, dentist, pharmacy, optician, walk-in centre, A&E or hospital in England can text the name of the service required, followed by a postcode, to 61121. A text message will be […]
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