Alzheimer’s diagnosis more effective with IT
Computers are able to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease faster and more accurately than clinicians, according to researchers. A study published in the journal Brain, using brain scans, computers can identify the characteristic damage of Alzheimer’s’ disease with as much as 96% accuracy, compared to 85% accuracy using current methods – a combination of scans, blood tests […]
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EHI’s industry news roundup 07.03.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 7 March 2008 featuring supplier news and appointments. Supplier news Zebra helps make patient ID a priority Zebra Technologies has announced a partnership with Tracline, to help hospitals fulfill National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) directives. Tracline, a specialist healthcare IT supplier, will use Zebra’s wristband […]
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GE buys Image Diagnost International
GE Healthcare has acquired German based Image Diagnost International, a provider of IT systems used in the diagnosis of breast cancer. GE says that Image Diagnost’s software offering will expand its capabilities in breast cancer detection, offering clinicians and national screening services one of the most comprehensive ranges of systems available. David Caumartin, general manager […]
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Carestream aids tumour screening in Albania
Carestream Health is providing computed radiography solutions, printing systems and professional services to an EU-funded screening project between Italy and Albania. Based on collaboration between Albania and the Puglia region of Italy, the project is designed to improve tumour screening and diagnoses services available to Albanian women. Health professionals in Albania and Puglia will work […]
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The big screen
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has promised to introduce free screening for stroke, diabetes, heart and kidney disease. Joe Fernandez looks at the IT involved.
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Brown pledges telehealth for 100,000
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has pledged to offer telehealth services to 100,000 people with long term conditions in a speech outlining his plans for a more preventative and personal NHS. Brown’s speech, designed to regain the political initiative on health, also revealed government plans to offer patients screening for heart disease, stroke, diabetes and kidney […]
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Review after laptop theft from Welsh GP practice
Health bosses in Wales have written to 950 patients whose details were on a laptop computer stolen from St Julien’s GP surgery in Newport last month. Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust said the laptop contained patient retinopathy images together with the details of the patients’ names, addresses, dates of birth and phone numbers. The data […]
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Integration to improve newborn testing
One of the 2 million babies to be screened since the launch of NHSP The NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme (NHSP) will soon be able to automatically import data from screening devices into a central database, with the aid of InterSystems’ Ensemble integration platform. The NHSP has been using the eScreener Plus (eSP) system from […]
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Carestream boosts European profile
Carestream Health is expanding its European presence with three new European ‘Centre of Excellence’ sites, adding to the six existing healthcare settings already awarded the title. The sites will host visits for other healthcare professionals who want to see products in action and aid research and design on behalf of Carestream Health to help develop […]
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Winners announced in BT e-Health Insider Awards
Awards for some of the UK?s most outstanding health IT projects and people were announced at the gala BT e-Health Awards ceremony in London last night.
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