Mobile monitoring system developed for carers
Crown Computing has developed a new monitoring system, using Near Field Communication technology, which allows carers to notify their authority as to which patient they are with. Near Field Communication or NFC, is a short-range high frequency wireless communication technology which enables the exchange of data between devices over about a decimeter (100mm) distance. Crown’s […]
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NHSmail promotes free SMS for reminders
NHSmail users are being encouraged to use the system’s free text messaging to remind patients about healthcare appointments. Contractors, Cable & Wireless’ head of frameworks, Ian Fowler, told E-Health Insider: “Since we launched the NHSmail service, we have seen the use of the SMS functionality grow. Currently we are seeing around 250,000 texts sent across the service […]
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Lewisham cuts missed appointments with SMS
Lewisham PCT has reduced the number of missed appointments in 16 practices by 27% by using text message appointment reminders from the iPlato Patient Care Messaging software. The PCT which first started using iPlato last July now has 43% of its patients signed up to use the service. The PCT attributes the fall in missed […]
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Docobo extend telehealth to mobile phones
Telehealth specialist Docobo has developed a new mobile phone application enabling remote monitoring of patients with long term health conditions. An extension of its existing doc@HOME system, the application is an integrated telehealth solution for the remote management of patients with long term conditions (LTCs), designed for people who need their LTCs monitored whilst still […]
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iPlato deploy SMS to Hammersmith and Fulham PCT
Health text messaging specialists iPlato have agreed a deal to provide their patient care messaging service to 26 doctors’ surgeries in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham covering over 165,000 patients. The deal is iPlato’s largest deployment to date and will allow patients to interact with their surgery via mobile text messaging on a […]
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Doctors need guidance on mobile technology use
UK clinicians urgently need clear and coherent guidance on the safe use of mobile technologies according to researchers. Kent GP Dr Hilary Pinnock and colleagues from Edinburgh and Wales Universities say regulatory and professional bodies need to issue practical guidance and medico legal parameters for good clinical practice when using mobile phones and other mobile […]
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Consumer is king in wireless health
More consumer-driven wireless developments are on the horizon as mobile technology enjoys wider adoption in healthcare.
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GSM Doorbell opens up access to carers
Wireless specialists Waleli are launching a GSM Doorbell product in the UK which reduces response time for emergency calls to house-bound patients. GSM Doorbell is a mobile phone application that allows people to answer their doorbell, talk to visitors and even open the door – whether they are at home or not. As it has the ability […]
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Mobile phone that monitors health developed
A mobile phone that will measure patients’ vital signs and will deliver the results straight to GPs is being developed by academics at Leeds University. The prototype ‘next-generation’ phone is being designed to allow patients to monitor their own health and receive advice from the comfort of their own home. Using a Bluetooth connection, the […]
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DH to lift hospital mobile phone ban
The Department of Health has announced that a ban on patients and doctors using mobile phones in hospitals in England is to be lifted this spring. The changes follow advice published by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) which said that “a total ban on mobile phones is not required and is impossible […]
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