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Chris Booth, who has been working with SMS and healthcare for several years, says that text messaging can do more than reducing DNAs; it’s an effective tool for patient engagement.
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Electronic mental health record system goes live in Wirral
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Trust has just implemented an electronic patient record system from local company Strand Technology. The CareNotes system also features instant messaging between users, automatic generation of e-mails, faxes and text messages to clients, other staff members and patients themselves, and a web-based interface. This would allow, for instance, notification of […]
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Health and Social Care chief talks about year ahead
Bob Allen, interim chief executive of the new Information Centre for Health and Social Care, has spoken to E-Health Insider about the centre’s responsibilities when it comes into being as a special authority on 1 April, 2005. The centre takes over some of the role of the NHS Information Authority, which is to be disbanded […]
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Implementing PACS
Dr Mahibur Rahman explains the benefits and costs of introducing picture archiving, and shows what can happen if things go wrong.
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Virus concern for radiology
Medical scanners hit by viruses and worms can be put out of action for weeks while manufacturers decide how the problem can be fixed and whether patches to prevent future problems can be applied, an investigation by E-Health Insider has found.
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Children’s e-health strategy focuses on shared records
An information strategy published as part of the new Children’s and Maternity Services National Service Framework focuses on how health information about children held on the NHS Care Records Service could be shared with social care and education bodies, and what role the National Programme for IT, NHS trusts and local service providers have to play. The […]
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iSoft to target US by 2006
UK healthcare IT services provider iSoft has revealed that it plans to enter the US market by 2006, backed by the worldwide technology and marketing alliance signed with Microsoft in 2004. The CEO of iSoft’s Indian operations has also stated that the full version of Lorenzo, its next generation healthcare system based on Microsoft’s .Net […]
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The impact of the new National Care Record Service (NCRS) on primary care.
Kingsley Manning, Chief Executive of Newchurch Limited, discusses far-reaching effects that the National Care Record Service will have on primary care.
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Personal health record-keeping gets popular in US
Two in five adults in the US keep their own personal and family health records, with 13% of them keeping them electronically and 40% planning to do so in the future, a new survey has announced. The poll, conducted by Harris Interactive, asked 2,242 adults about the information they recorded about their health. 42% said […]
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Gartner awarded market intelligence contract
The National Programme for IT has awarded a one-year £154,000 contract to IT analysts Gartner to provide it with market intelligence services. The deal follows the award of a £117,000 contract to Ovum for ‘supplier relations’ services in July. According to NPfIT the market intelligence to be supplied by Gartner will help it monitor the […]
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