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7 April 2005

Online support helps patients with rare illness

Internet support forums for people with rare diseases can be extremely beneficial, especially if they have just been diagnosed, a
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24 March 2005

Remote monitoring for heart patients in Newham

Newham University Hospital NHS Trust has officially launched a telemedicine service that allows patients to self-monitor their conditions from their
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18 January 2005

MHRA to let patients report side-effects online

The DH have implemented changes to the way that adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are reported and publicised, including allowing patients
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5 November 2004

Robot cat gives patients happy felines

Researchers in Georgetown University, Washington DC, have found that stroking a robotic cat is more beneficial to health than petting
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29 October 2004

Surgeon tags patients with WiFi to improve safety

Birmingham Heartlands Hospital is claiming to have the world’s first pilot of wireless active tagging system for patients, with links
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28 October 2004

GPS helps dementia patients stay independent

The London Borough of Ealing is piloting a scheme that tracks mild dementia patients using GPS and mobile phones, allowing
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20 August 2004

Doctors should see patients by e-mail, researchers say

Research published in the BMJ today has found that doctors and patients are both missing out on the benefits that
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4 August 2004

SMS reminds patients of upcoming appointments

A new system that sends GP appointment reminders to patients over SMS which partially integrates into existing electronic appointment record
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29 June 2004

Virtual surgery on real patients helps training

Virtual reality training and testing for surgeons that is actually based on scans of real patients may soon become commonplace thanks to an EU
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25 September 2003

UK Doctors Still ā€˜Out of Officeā€™ to Patients Online

Email may be the most powerful new communications tool since the telephone. But despite its clear potential in health, the
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