Wearable patient monitor transmits over WiFi
A new wireless monitor which is worn by the patient has been developed by German medical equipment manufacturers Dräger Medical. The Infinity TeleSmart system (below) has similar functionality to a full-sized monitor but still can be worn on the patient’s body. Like a normal telemetry device, it is attached to the patient’s skin with plasters and collects data such […]
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Existing ICT underused, Royal Society finds
A working group that set out to look at future technology in healthcare information and communications technology (ICT) has found that services are not making best use of current technologies. The group, from the prestigious Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of science, says the NHS is slow to exploit even the simplest existing information and […]
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Map of Medicine to pilot PDA access
Map of Medicine are to pilot a PDA-based version of their evidence-based clinical pathway information system for the first time in the UK. In July, the company developed a PDA version that featured seven pathways of care, called the Mobile Map of Medicine, in Kenya. The company is now about to launch the pilot version […]
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NHS Supply Chain uses voice to monitor stock
NHS Supply Chain, the privatised NHS logistics service now run by DHL, has signed a deal with voice recognition specialists VoiteQ for a voice picking system so that staff can use their voices to confirm stock movements through wearable computers. NHS Supply Chain has installed the Vocollect Voice system in its Alfreton distribution centre. Staff now […]
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Compulsory cleaning keyboard battles MRSA
A new keyboard that reminds its user that it needs to be cleaned regularly has been developed by scientists at the University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH), with backing from NHS Connecting for Health. The Advanced Input Systems Medigenic keyboard, which is claimed could cut cases of the MRSA superbug by up to […]
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Paper weight
Cardiac liaison nurse specialst Rob Harteveldt wonders at his increasing mountains of paperwork and asks why IT isn’t reducing the load.
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NHS data ‘not accurate enough’ to assess doctors
NHS hospital episode data is not accurate enough to monitor individual doctors’ performance, according to a pilot study conducted by the Royal College of Physicians’ (RCP) iLab. The pilot allowed doctors to access the Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) in England and the Patient Episode Database Wales (PEDW). Both databases include information such as when a […]
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NHS Scotland signs Microsoft licensing deal
NHS Scotland has signed a national deal with Microsoft to supply office software and desktop operating systems at a discounted rate, saving an estimated £8m. Terms of the three-year deal were not disclosed, and the agreement is the first of its kind that NHS Scotland and Microsoft have signed together. Microsoft already has an enterprise-wide […]
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NHS Grampian to get in-car telemedicine
Adastra Software has won a tender to supply its unscheduled care case management software to NHS Grampian, and to provide 12 in-car mobile data terminals. The terminals will run the remote module, Aremote, enabling clinicians to send and receive secure patient information wherever they might be. The contract aims to drive efficiency and reduce data errors by […]
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NHS Direct patient database approaches first birthday
NHS Direct, the health service’s telephone and online advice service will celebrate the first birthday of its single national database next month, launched in partnership with clinical decision support software (CDSS) specialists, Clinical Solutions. The database records all individual patients who contact the NHS Direct phoneline and holds details of their enquiry and any advice […]
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