Website logs student drinking habits
Health researchers at the University of Leeds have developed a website that encourages students to keep track of their drinking. Unitcheck encourages young people to check how many units they are consuming, how this affects their health, and how their drinking compares with that of their peers. A pilot scheme funded by the European Research […]
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Alcatel-Lucent launches LifeStat
French telecomms giant Alcatel-Lucent has announced the launch outside Canada of LifeStat Remote Monitoring and Health Management, a telemedicine service developed with its Canadian partner SaskTel. The technology will be used to manage patients with chronic conditions in primary care such as diabetes. Future LifeStat applications will include monitoring and reporting for chronic illnesses such […]
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Healthcare Interoperability event launched by EHI
E-Health Insider is launching a new conference and exhibition called Healthcare Interoperability on 30 October at the International Convention Centre, Birmingham. The event is a response to the current wide ranging discussion about interoperability in healthcare systems – what it is, where it is needed and how it can be made to happen. What is […]
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TietoEnator’s Health boss sets out vision
Arto Ryymin of TietoEnator tells Philipp Grätzel how health IT will help the company get back on track.
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German insurer AOK requires doctors to digitise
The AOK Baden-Württemberg, a regional German health insurance company with three million members, has signed a direct primary care contract with up to 5,000 doctors in the state of Baden-Württemberg that requires them to digitise. Doctors can only take part in the contract online, which replaces the traditional collective doctor contracts that have existed in […]
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Gibraltar launches electronic transcription application
The Gibraltar Health Authority (GHA) has launched a new prescription transcribing and dispensing application, incorporating First DataBank Europe’s (FDBE) Multilex Drug Data File. The application will enable Gibraltar’s public GP clinics and pharmacies to store and share patient medication information in a central web-based system. Using a combination of unique prescription IDs and unique patient […]
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Scottish government funds telecare and IT research
University of Edinburgh is to receive a share of £4m funding from the Scottish government to research telemetric supported self-monitoring of long-term conditions. The project is one of four to have received government funding for research programmes over the next five years, aiming to help improve healthcare for patients in Scotland. Edinburgh’s research programme will […]
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Study praises Norwegian EPRs
A study by researchers at The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has found that GP electronic patient records in Norway has led to better availability of records, but unsatisfactory access to information. The study by academics Tom Christensen and Anders Grimsmo says that the deployment of EPRs to GPs across the country has […]
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Scottish NHS to receive £201m for e-health
Health boards across Scotland are to receive £201m to spend in areas such as e-health, primary care and primary and community care premises in the next financial year, the Scottish government has announced. The funds are part of a share of £525m worth of capital funding for the upgrade of equipment, IT systems, and facilities […]
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Elsevier launches medical information Wiki
Elsevier, the Netherlands based publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products, has launched a medical information Wiki online, WiserWiki. A Wiki is a web-based software that allows users to easily create, edit, and link web pages. WiserWiki will allow board-certified physicians to collaboratively contribute and update medical information online. The site is open to […]
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