Strong Patient Demand for Online Access to Doctors
Ninety percent of adults who are online want some form of electronic communication with their doctors, according to US market researchers, Harris Interactive. A recent poll of just over 2000 people found that, of the 66% of respondents able to access an online connection, 77% wanted to ask questions when a visit to the doctor’s […]
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Government Response to Kennedy Throws Spotlight on Information
A new Office of Information on Health Care Performance is to be set up as part of the government response to the Kennedy Report’s recommendations. The new office will be positioned within the Commission for Health Improvement and will publish “star” ratings to compare the performance of NHS organisations against national targets. Other key measures […]
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Torex Buys Oxhealth.com to Develop Electronic Health Records
In the latest of a string of recent acquisitions Torex Health has announced it is to purchase Oxhealth.com Ltd, in a deal that will see Torex taking over one of the NHS ERDIP (Electronic Record Development and Implementation Programme) pilot sites. Torex Health will pay £375,000 for Oxhealth.com, through the issue of 50,113 Torex ordinary […]
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Computer Motion Recieves $2m Grant for Telesurgery Training
Computer Motion, Inc., the world’s leading developer of surgical robotic systems, has been awarded a $2m research and development grant from the US Department of Commerce, and National Institute of Standards (NIST) to combine surgical robotic systems with telemedicine to train surgeons in new procedures. According to the NIST grant proposal the potential market opportunity […]
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Sonablate Receives European and Japanese
Focus Surgery Inc., has received two regulatory approvals for its Sonablate 500 System, a system that performs prostrate imaging and treatment using ultrasound Using FSI's patented ultrasound transducer technology, the SB-500 performs diagnostic level imaging of the prostate and performs minimally invasive image-guided treatment of both benign and cancerous prostate tissue using high intensity focused […]
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