Northern Ireland consults on IT strategy
Northern Ireland’s Health and Social Care Board has launched a consultation process for its eHealth and Care Strategy, with a patient portal and online access to health records among the key proposals.
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3millionlives delivery plan by April
NHS England will publish a 3millionlives delivery plan for 2014-2017 by the end of March next year.
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‘Eye in the sky’ at London ICU
Intensive care unit clinicians at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust will keep a eye on critically ill patients in different locations via a telemonitoring system from Phillips.
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1,000 NI patients using telemonitoring
One thousand patients are using a new telemonitoring service in Northern Ireland which aims to help 20,000 people with long-term conditions manage their own health.
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FASS up to 100,000 telecare deployments
The biggest monitoring centre for telecare alarms in mainland Europe has announced its 100,000th telecare deployment. The Fundacion Andaluza de Servicios Sociales of the Junta de Andalucia, which has 99 operator stations in Seville and 55 in Malaga, has installed telecare solutions across its region, working with Tunstall Healthcare. Over the past year, the two […]
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Germany invests €125m in ambient care
The German national ministry of research has announced a major funding program for ambient assisted living.
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EU sets e-health map for 2009
Ilias Iakovidis and Michael Palmer tell E-Health Europe’s Outi Alapekkala how e-health will develop in 2009 and far beyond.
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Hungary signs e-health deal with GE Healthcare
The Hungarian government has awarded GE Healthcare a €3.3m deal to lead a project on developing telecare services for elderly citizens.
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Medtronic to open CareLink for atrial fibrillation
Patients with atrial fibrillation or suspected atrial fibrillation could soon be monitored via Medtronic’s CareLink platform. This could substantially increase the number of users. CareLink is a secure online platform that can be used by doctors for cardiac patients who need telemonitoring. Medtronic officially launched CareLink in Europe at the beginning of 2008, after it […]
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Telemedicine supports patients on warfarin
A clinical study has shown that telemedicine can be used to effectively support patients in the self-management of oral anticoagulation therapy. The study of 1,300 patients showed that one year of telemonitoring led to good results and increased patient self-confidence. Patients on oral anticoagulation therapy with warfarin need to regularly check their INR levels to […]
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