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20 July 2009

‘EuroGoogle for cancer’ launched

An new initiative to boost cancer prevention, treatment and care across Europe by improving communications has been described by one
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17 July 2009

Malaga Uni develops surgical robot

Laparoscopic surgery has been performed for the first time using a robotic assistant at the Hospital Universitario Virgen de la
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1 July 2009

Summary record starts in Sweden

Örebro County Council has become the first part of Sweden to implement the national patient summary record. Sarah Bruce reports.
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25 June 2009

E-therapy website to be launched in UK

A new website based on e-therapy methods developed in Holland is to be launched next month in the UK. A
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15 June 2009

Finland establishes industry e-health centre

The Finnish health and welfare sector has established a strategic expertise centre (T&H SHOK) focused on improving health and well-being
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15 June 2009

UK telehealth trials missing minorities

Concerns have been raised that the UK’s biggest ever trial of telehealth technologies is excluding non-English speaking people, despite the
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2 June 2009

German doctors use iPods for PACS

Clinicians at Jung-Stilling Hospital in Germany are using an iPod Touch to access patient data and diagnostic images at the
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28 May 2009

Social media may ‘nudge’ users to health

A new research project has been launched using mobile phones to assess whether people can be ‘nudged’ into leading healthier
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28 May 2009

Permanente way

Kaiser Permanente is making rapid progress with electronic health records. Jon Hoeksma reports.
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28 May 2009

French primaries ban mobiles

Mobile phones are to be banned from French primary schools, under new government measures to reduce the health risk to
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