New telemedicine network in Bavaria
The Southern German state of Bavaria has announced the setup of a new major hospital telemedicine network that aims to improve the care for children with inborn cardiac defects. Within the next few months, nine regional hospitals in Bavaria and one in Austria will be connected electronically to the German Heart Centre in Munich, one […]
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CSW acquires software of Ireland’s H2HCare
CSW Group Ltd have acquired the software assets of H2HCare, an Irish health IT company, specialising in healthcare – providing web-based billing, contracting and financial management capabilities to support effective patient care for public and private healthcare organisations. H2HCare products will be incorporated into CSW’s Case Notes product suite, extending it from an Electronic Health […]
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Portugal launches health advice helpline
The Portuguese National Health Service has launched a new national health helpline, which will use the same technology as the NHS Direct helpline covering England and Wales. Saúde 24 (Health 24) is the most recent initiative of the Portuguese health department and aims to provide information and advice to citizens who call in with health queries. […]
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EC looks to IT to help support older people
The European Commission has unveiled plans for a new €1bn European Action Plan to research the effectiveness of the use of ICT in improving the life of older people at home, in the workplace and in society in general. “Ageing Well in the Information Society” is a new research project, aimed at ensuring that by […]
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EC looks to mainstream telehealth
Members of the European Commission have said that they intend to set up an action plan to deal with the challenges of an ageing population and make telehealth more mainstream. Speaking at the London Telehealth Symposium earlier this year, three EC civil servants told the audience that the eHealth industry, had been allocated funds by […]
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Italy develops chronic disease tools
The Italian health service is aiming to make use of its IT to create an integrated tool to improve care for people with chronic conditions, a Ministry of Health official has announced. The ministry’s general director for information systems, Walter Bergamaschi told the recent World Health Congress in Barcelona that elderly people required a different mix […]
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Health and social care records ‘need framework’
Social services directors are calling for a national framework for care record standards across health and social care, after their survey found limited progress on implementation of the Electronic Social Care Record (ESCR). A survey conducted by the Association of Directors of Social Services found that although 94% of local authorities have made progress in […]
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Sunderland uses e-SAP to unite health and social care data
Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust has rolled out a new electronic Single Assessment Process system from Liquidlogic in an effort to standardise the assessment process for adult care across the Sunderland Health and Social Care Community. e-SAP has been rolled out in partnership with City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust and Sunderland City Council and […]
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Information Centre to centralise social care records
The Information Centre is working towards producing a new information system for adult social care records, called the Adult Social Care Information Development Programme (ASCID). The aim of the programme is to make patient records of elderly patients more person-centred and flexible. The Information Centre is carrying out a major review of social care information […]
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DH to survey Electronic Social Care Record progress
The Department of Health (DH) is to carry out a survey on how the Electronic Social Care Record (ESCR) is developing around the country. The survey, carried out on behalf of the DH’s ESCR Implementation Group, will aim to see what progress is being made by local authorities and form the basis of further work […]
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