Teenage clicks
At last year’s BT e-Health Insider awards, NHS Choices won the best use of ICT in patient and citizen involvement category, sponsored by Fujitsu, for a new media sexual health initiative in the Humber region.
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Coroners Bill protest escalates
Eight healthcare organisations have called for medical records to be excluded from the data-sharing provisions of the Coroners and Justice Bill, in the latest stage of the campaign against them. The organisations, which include the British Medical Association, Royal College of Surgeons and Royal College of General Practitioners, have written to justice secretary Jack Straw […]
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Contraceptives advice online
NHS Direct has launched an online emergency contraceptive advice tool. The Contraception Checker aims to deal with enquiries about emergency contraception, missed contraceptive pills, dislodged contraceptive devices, interactions with other medicines or failed contraceptives. The online tool has taken the protocols used by NHS Direct call centres to assess patients over the telephone and adapted […]
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iPlato supports Southwark MMR drive
GP surgeries in Southwark Primary Care trust are using iPlato text messaging to invite patients for MMR jabs and to alert parents to recent measles outbreaks in local schools. The initiative has been launched in response to concern about the rising number of measles cases reported in Britain over the past few months. In common […]
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BMA calls for exemption on data sharing
The BMA is calling for confidential health information to be exempt from new government legislation which will allow sharing of personal data across Whitehall departments.
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OLPC has potential for health
Computers provided to children in developing countries as part of the One Laptop One Child initiative could also be used to deliver health education and healthcare, according to a new report. Researchers from the National Library of Medicine in the US looked at how the laptops could be used in medical settings and concluded that […]
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NHS anti-obesity drive goes online
The government has kicked off 2009 with the launch of a three-year anti-obesity initiative with a high profile multi-channel advertising campaign that will span TV, print, billboards and the Internet. Launched on Friday the campaign, called ‘Change4Life’, begins with £8m worth of television advertisements and a range of initiatives to get people to eat better […]
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This is the year to come
Report urges tech support for public health
The NHS needs to make more use of advanced technologies if it is to successfully tackle the nation’s unhealthy lifestyles, the King’s Fund has argued. A report from the think-tank on the effectiveness of public health campaigns aimed at smoking, alcohol misuse, poor diet and lack of exercise says the NHS needs better data analysis […]
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Eye care aided by new online model
Dr Steve Hajioff, PHAST, Andy Derrick, Managing Director, Motive Technology Jo Amos, Marketing Manager, Motive Technology Dave Doherty, Motive Technology. A new online prevalence model for four major eye conditions promises to help UK health planners and clinicians improve patient services and anticipate changes when new treatments become available. The National Eye Health Epidemiological Model […]
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