Glasgow network makes light work of data display
NHS Greater Glasgow has finalised the installation of a high-speed network that links all 19 PCTs and around half of the GP surgeries with Glasgow City Council allowing health and social care data to be collated and examined in one place, as well as fast transfer of images and pictures. A powerful portal system has […]
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Patients need access to electronic records, say academics
Patients can and should have access to their electronic health records, in order to keep them up-to-date and accurate, a year-long study from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) has found. The study, prepared by Claire Harris and Ruth Boaden on behalf of UMIST’s Health Organisations Research Centre, suggests that the […]
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Best of European E-Health Announced
The 2004 awards for the best e-health projects in Europe have been announced, with three winners chosen from over 32 projects from across Europe. Sponsored by the European Commission, the eEurope Awards for eHealth were presented at the eHealth Europe Conference, held in Cork, Ireland, on 6 May. The winners were chosen from 32 different finalists […]
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Liverpool hospitals praised for “get well soon” e-mails
A scheme which enables friends and relatives to send e-mail greetings to in-patients in the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Hospitals has been praised by health minister, John Hutton. Hutton described the email service as an “innovative scheme” during his address to a conference in Birmingham this week about the NHS information portal, www.nhs.uk. He […]
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Nhs.uk can take on burden of information requests
Trusts that deliver up-to-date, accurate data to www.nhs.uk will be able increasingly to shed the burden of answering third party requests for information about their services and refer them on to the national NHS information portal. Programme manager for the award winning portal, Judy Aldred, told E-Health Insider that local organisations often receive requests for […]
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New Portal Opens Doors to ECDL
A new web portal for NHS staff offering basic skills training in IT and preparation for the European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) will go live on March 21. The NHS Information Authority says the new portal, at http://www.ecdl.nhs.uk , will provide staff who need to improve their IT skills with a range of resources including […]
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WHO Extends Low Cost Access to Medical Journals
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has added 43 new countries to its the Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI) this week, giving them cut price online access to 2,200 high-quality medical journals. All of the 43 countries added to the initiative have gross national products per capita of between $1,000-$3,000. They join the 69 […]
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Newchurch Buys Medidesk from Onmedica
Primary care health IT and consulting firm Newchurch has announced that it has acquired Medidesk from OnMedica, in a move that it says will enable Primary Care Organisations (PCOs) to rapidly achieve IT modernisation objectives. Medidesk’s managed desktop and analysis tool solutions will be harnessed within Newchurch’s Integrated Primary Care EPR solution, helping PCOs to […]
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Newchurch Brings E-Scheduling to Primary Care
Primary care IT system supplier Newchurch Ltd has announced a partnership with Belgium-based electronic scheduling specialists UltraGenda, to incorporate its e-scheduling system into the Newchurch Primary Care Information Solution (PCIS). The integration of Ultragenda’s e-scheduling system into Newchurch’s PCIS will for the first time enable patients to schedule primary care appointments online, using an easy-to-use, […]
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DrKoop.com Sold at Knockdown Price
DrKoop.com, the online health information provider, once a darling of Wall Street and stellar stock of the dotcom boom, has been sold to online vitamin retailer Vitacost.com for $186,000. During the dotcom boom DrKoop was at one stage valued at more than $1 billion. Founded in 1997 by the eponymous former US Surgeon General Dr […]
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