CfH issues tablets safety warning
NHS Connecting for Health has warned trusts about the risks of using tablet devices, saying they are less secure and more likely to be stolen than traditional technology.
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Pilot supports feedback despite costs
Real-time patient feedback can drive performance improvement in general practice and have a positive impact on patient engagement, a pilot study has found.
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Discharge summary target ‘to be missed’
The vast majority of NHS hospitals look set to miss the government’s target for delivering discharge summaries to GP practices within 24 hours from next April.
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Internet doctor suspended for nine months
Dr Julian Eden, a GP who ran online service e-med has been suspended from practising for nine months by the GMC following allegations of irresponsible prescribing. As E-Health Insider Primary Care reported last week, Dr Eden appeared before the GMC Fitness to Practice Panel after prescribing betablockers for a 16-year-old boy with a history of self-harm and […]
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Online doctor faces GMC over internet prescribing
A GP who prescribed betablockers for a 16-year-old boy over the internet thwarted attempts by other doctors to keep the youngster off medication, the General Medical Council heard. Julian Eden, a GP who ran online service e-med, prescribed the drugs to the boy, who had a history of mental illness, without discussing it with his […]
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Stigma? What stigma?
Jim Thomson, chief executive of the Centre for Mental Health, strongly argues for greater regulations on online pharmacies and the sale of prescription-only drugs over the web.
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High Demand for Tablets Predicted in Health
Last week saw the international launch of Microsoft’s Tablet PC software and a series of tablet and slate-style devices by leading hardware manufacturers. Microsoft has high hopes for the Tablet PC, arguing that it will transform the way we work, collaborate and use computers. Microsoft’s public sector industry manager Jenny Duff told E-Health Insider that […]
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Ayr Hospital Uses Tablets for Prescribing
Ayrshire and Arran Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is leading the development of hospital e-prescribing in the Scottish NHS. One of the key issues they have faced is finding the right device to enable staff to enter and call up prescribing details on the wards and by the patient bedside. "We’ve had e-prescribing for the past […]
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