Mobile phones: the new tool to combat AIDS in Africa
Mobile phones will be used to help fight the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa, it was announced at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona. A public-private partnership between five member groups of the mobile phone industry and the US government has formed the Phones for Health initiative. Phones for Health is a $10m scheme aimed at […]
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Systems Solution get EPS clinical authority certificate
Irish pharmacy specialists Systems Solutions have passed Connecting for Health’s Release 1 compliance for its electronic prescriptions service (EPS) product QicScript. QicScript is an EPS system which provides the management control for a pharmacy business. It has advanced features designed to manage today’s most important pharmacy issues, and enables pharmacists to reduce their costs and […]
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A world of good
Some of the best ideas for e-health around the World were brought together for the Imagine Cup. Joe Fernandez reports.
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i-Contact aims to combat missed appointments
A new web-based communications engine called i-Contact has been developed to help GPs combat the problem of missed appointments. The i-Contact system, from communications specialists Data SMS, is a two-way communications tool allowing surgeries to text patients or leave voicemail messages on their mobiles reminding them of their appointments. It also allows patients to leave […]
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Royal Free launches GUM text appointment booking
A new text messaging service allowing patients to make appointments for treatment at a time convenient for them is to be launched at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, London in the new year. The hospital’s Genito-Urinary Medicine (GUM) and Sexual Health clinics will use the system to provide a 24-hour appointment service connected to the hospital’s existing […]
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INPS surgeries to use iPlato text messaging
Primary care software supplier INPS has announced that surgeries across England that use its software will also have the opportunity to use iPlato’s patient alert text messaging system, thanks to a strategic alliance between the two companies. The Vision SMS system, which incorporates iPlato’s patient care text messaging system into INPS’s general practice software, is to be used by a number […]
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SMS alerts for prescriptions launched
Irish pharmaceutical software company, Systems Solutions Limited, has incorporated SMS text messages, e-mails and direct mail functionality into its QicScript dispensary system. System Solutions says the software is a first that will allow pharmacists to communicate with their patients easily using their preferred method of communication, choosing between text messages, email or letters. The system […]
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Lewisham PCT chooses iPlato for SMS reminders
A primary care trust is hoping to reduce missed GP practice appointments by 25% in a year with the aid of a text messaging service. Lewisham PCT has signed a deal with mobile healthcare applications specialist iPlato to use its Patient Care Messaging solution for patients at seven surgeries across the trust. Patients will be […]
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Anite and Webroster collaborate on new solution
Specialist public sector solutions provider, Anite, has partnered with online workforce software experts, Webroster, to offer an integrated system for health and social care called ASSAM. The two companies’ systems will be interfaced to allow service user, carer, and management requirements to be matched easily. The aim is to improve scheduling efficiency and roster management. […]
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Online lottery for NHS dentist registration
A company contracted to set up eight new NHS dental practices in North Wales are encouraging prospective patients to apply for registration online or by text, to prevent people from queuing up outside to register. Online and text list application was stipulated by the local health boards as part of the tender for supplying NHS […]
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