Webinar reveals demand for IT evidence
The Royal College of Nursing’s informatics expert has called for better evidence to convince nurses of the benefits of technology for patient care. Speaking during E-Health Insider’s live video webinar Making Time to Care, Anne Casey said nurses need hard evidence of the benefits that can be achieved. She cited a survey by the RCN […]
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Social media may ‘nudge’ users to health
A new research project has been launched using mobile phones to assess whether people can be ‘nudged’ into leading healthier lifestyles. The £1m ‘Charm’ Project will use mobile technology to measure how active participants are and then compare them to their peers. The project will include looking at how friends influence each other using facebook. […]
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ElderGames targets silver surfers
European trials of an interactive game platform, resembling a vintage video game table, specifically designed for the elderly have completed their first phase. The new video game table looks like a small dining table with an embedded flat panel display, around which players sit and play a series of games with one another. The suite […]
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French ‘home’ monitors elderly
The French Centre for Construction Research (CTSB) is trialing new sensor technology aimed at monitoring people’s movements when at home. Project Gerhome is developing new sensory products and technologies to monitor the elderly and those who suffer from long term illnesses. The technologies on trial determine when movement is different from normal behavioral patterns, which can indicate […]
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Toumaz provides tech for DIAdvisor trial
Toumaz Technology, the specialist in wireless persoal monitoring and signals technology, has announced that its hardware, software and sensors that are being used for large-scale data capture in the DIAdvisor clinical trial.
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Interpol issues swine flu spam warning
The international police organisation Interpol has issued a warning about the potential for criminals to exploit the swine flu outbreak through spam emails and websites selling illegal, unlicensed or fake medicines. The organisation based in Lyon, France, which has 187 member countries over five continents, said internet security firms were reporting that 3-4% of spam […]
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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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Norfolk and Norwich develops unique PAS
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has gone-live with an updated version of its unique patient administration system. The refresh means the Pathways Patient Administration PAS will operate from a modern hardware platform with an up to date database and application software. The trust hopes this will give it more scope for developments […]
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Behind the scenes of an EPR deployment: go live
Sarah Bruce catches up with Benenden Hospital’s deployment of an Oasis electronic patient record system.
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North Cumbria goes live with Ascribe
North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust has announced a multi-site go live of Ascribe’s hospital pharmacy and management systems. The trust chose Ascribe’s latest web pharmacy system in June last year. It wanted to replace its old pharmacy system, which could not provide the detailed patient medication records that it wanted for its three dispensaries […]
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