WHO calls for sharing of information in Europe
European countries should do a better job of assessing the performance of their health care systems and sharing that information with other states, World Health Organisation (WHO) officials have said, ahead of a ministerial conference next week. WHO’s regional office for Europe is holding its first ministerial conference on health systems, with the theme "health […]
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Web 2.0 revolution underway in healthcare
Internet developments that brought us sites such as Facebook, YouTube and Wikipedia are now set to revolutionise healthcare.
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E-health 2.0: health’s consumer revolution
E-Health Insider this week publishes a new research report on web 2.0 in healthcare. Lindsey Birnsteel reports.
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NHS Tayside launches video GP trial
NHS Tayside patients are the first to be able to use an out-of-hours GP video link to communicate with nurses or emergency practitioners for help with minor illnesses or injuries. Patients currently attending the out-of-hours service in a minor illness and injury unit in Perth & Kinross will be seen by a nurse or emergency […]
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Carestream updates Information Management Solution
A new version of Carestream Healthcare’s Information Management Solution (IMS) unveiled at the European Congress of Radiologists this month, is to be made available worldwide in the second quarter of this year. The company says that the update will offer healthcare providers more convenient viewing of medical imaging exams and other patient documents, while also facilitating the integration […]
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EC uploads eTen videos to its website
The European Commission has added videos of some of the eTen funded initiatives on its website in order to provide support for the ongoing projects funded under the EC programme, including six e-health related films. eTen was a European Community programme, which provided funds to help make e-services available throughout the European Union. The funding […]
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Aberdeen A+E pilots video booths
Emergency patients in North-East Scotland can now remotely consult with a doctor using video conferencing technology.
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GP’s video encourages patients to access records
A GP has made a video to encourage patients in his practice to access their electronic records over the internet. Dr Amir Hannan, a GP in Hyde, Cheshire, and a pioneer of patient record access, made the video for the waiting room in his surgery but it is also available online on the records access […]
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Video assistance devices launched for elderly
A new mobile video assistance technology programme funded by the European Commission’s eTEN programme and designed to aid elderly people to live independently at home is ready for deployment. The Belgian designed Advanced TeleassisTance convErgent NeTwork for chronIc diseAse patieNts and Elders projecT – (ATTENTIANET) – offers elderly people a complete package to keep them […]
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ESA pilot satellite telemedicine
Rescue team in action The European Space Agency has successfully completed a pilot run of its Satellite for Health Early Warning and for Epidemiology (SAFE) telemedicine project. The aim of the SAFE project is to provide a means of satellite assistance, from remote locations, in the event of natural disasters and for post-crisis management. In […]
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