Jr doctor creates ward problems app
A junior doctor at West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust has created an app to flag up problems and inefficiencies on the wards.
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NHS Direct to pilot GP appointment app
NHS Direct is considering a pilot that will allow patients in Lincolnshire to use a smartphone app or its website to book appointments with their GP.
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Cambridge spread ‘flu’ through phones
Cambridge University researchers have developed software for mobile phones to ‘infect’ others to simulate the spread of flu.
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500m mHealth users predicted by 2015
Smartphone applications will enable the mHealth industry to reach 500m Smartphone users by 2015, a new report by German firm research2guidance claims.
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CSC launches BlackBerry ‘super app’
CSC has partnered with Research in Motion to offer a secure new service that allows NHS staff to access and update patient information remotely via a BlackBerry.
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Leeds med students given iPhones
More than 500 medical students at the University of Leeds have been given iPhones so they can access progress files, assessment modules and educational tools as part of their studies.
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Mayo Clinic to develop mobile phone apps
The internationally renowned Mayo Clinic has announced plans to jointly develop and sell mobile phone health applications.
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City and Hackney PCT chooses iPlato
City and Hackney Teaching Primary Care Trust (tPCT) has launched a mobile phone text appointment reminder service for patients attending its screened services. The technology behind the service is being provided using the Patient Care Messaging application supplied by mobile healthcare applications specialist iPlato. The company already provides a range of text appointment reminder services […]
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