Commission sets out steps on patient safety
The European Commission has published proposals designed to improve patient safety and reduce the number of patients who suffer harm from the healthcare they received. One of the main recommendations is to improve the data collection, recording and reporting on medical errors. Each year, three million people are estimated to acquire Healthcare Associated Infections in […]
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Digital Healthcare raises £2.6m funding
Digital Healthcare, a UK software company specialising in image management and storage solutions for the ophthalmology sector, has successfully raised £2.6m in third round venture capital funding. Digital Healthcare provides software and related services for very large scale population eye screening and technology to manage information and images in clinical ophthalmology. The additional investment will […]
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TPP reaches 10m patients and plans more
Primary care system supplier TPP has announced that more than ten million patients in England and Wales now have records held on its clinical computer system, SystmOne. The system, supplied to three national programme regions by local service provider CSC as an interim GP solution ahead of the arrival of Lorenzo, holds the records for […]
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Patient pictures improve radiologist’s care
A patient’s picture may help improve the performance of radiologists, new Israeli research has found. The picture in question is not a digital x-ray but simple snap of the patient, showing their face. Radiologists often have little direct contact with patients, but showing them a photo of the test subject can help improve their performance, […]
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Hungary signs e-health deal with GE Healthcare
The Hungarian government has awarded GE Healthcare a €3.3m deal to lead a project on developing telecare services for elderly citizens.
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Fujitsu Siemens launches health tablet PC
Fujitsu Siemens computers has launched the ESPRIMO MA, a mobile tablet PC for the health sector.
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Intel personal health management system
A home medical device, designed to be part of a remote personal home care management system has been launched by Intel.
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Message board for patients with diabetes
A volunteer with the charity Diabetes UK has launched a message board for patients with the long term condition. The message board, Diabetes Support: talking blood sugars, has received financial support from Diabetes UK. It enables people with diabetes to exchange knowledge and experiences with other people with the condition, their family and carers. It […]
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Interoperable PHRs could save US $21bn a year
A US study has projected that personal health records have the potential to save the US healthcare system €16.3 billion a year.
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Search sniffle find flu trends
Search engine giant Google has launched a flu tracking system based on how many people search for flu-related topics. Google Flu Trends will initially provide data for the United States, but the search engine hopes to cover other countries in the future. Google says there is a close relationship between how many people search for […]
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