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Agencies adopting telecare strategies

A national survey looking at how local authorities have responded to the telecare policy agenda and the government’s Preventative Technology
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DH planning telecare pilot for one million people

The Department of Health (DH) is to soon seek expressions of interest for a large scale project examining how technology
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Use technology more for home care, says report

A report looking at the amount of time professional carers should give to patients with long term conditions has encouraged trusts
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Intellect to launch telemedicine group

UK IT trade body Intellect has told E-Health Insider that it plans to start a dedicated telehealth group, following its
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Urgent care IT improvement discussed

Seamless patching of voice and data information between urgent care providers and access to electronic patient records for everyone involved
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IC deal with Dr Foster under NAO scrutiny

The controversial deal to form a joint venture between the Health and Social Care Information Centre and a private company
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Review says e-SAP fragmented and lacks standards

A Connecting for Health review of implementations of the electronic single assessment process (e-SAP) has revealed a lack of integration
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Tower Hamlets goes live with e-SAP

Tower Hamlets Primary Care Trust has become the first London trust to implement new electronic Single Assessment Process (e-SAP) software,
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Health informaticians “embattled”, claims ASSIST

A survey by the Association for Informatics Professionals in Health and Social Care (ASSIST) has claimed that those working in
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Child index could make youngsters anxious

The Children’s Commissioner says the government’s plans to create a national database of every child in England could create anxiety
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