ANS Group to pilot voice based asset tracking
New wireless technology which enables a user to track the location of equipment or drugs using their voice is ready to be installed in NHS trusts by the ANS Group. The solution is based on Cisco wireless technology, and will allow staff to talk into a device and ask where the required resource currently is. […]
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Mobile health and EPR feature at CeBIT
CeBIT in Hannover is the biggest consumer IT show in the world, and is the place for laptop-maniacs, iPod-addicts and sat nav junkies to get their techno-fix. But as well as gadgets, it is also becoming a key place to watch out for e-health innovations. While the main show runs from 4-9 March, a special […]
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E-Health Europe’s industry news roundup 29.02.08
In the first of a new fortnightly series, E-Health Europe rounds up the European industry news for the week ending 29 February. GEN2PHEN Project – using the Web to study genetic variations A new project funded by the European Union now aims to harness the Web to capture and unify genetic information that impacts a […]
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North Lincs community nurses get mobile
Community nurses in North Lincolnshire are to get wireless rugged laptops in one of the largest deployments yet of mobile technology to staff working outside hospitals. BT Health will supply the laptops with built in remote access technology under a five-year managed service deal. It will supply up to 400 community staff with wireless-connected, semi-rugged […]
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EHI’s industry news roundup 22.02.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 22 February 2008 featuring supplier news, appointments, product launches and events. Supplier news Manpower Software win Northern Devon contract Manpower Software has announced it has won a contract with Northern Devon NHS Healthcare Trust to more effectively manage its nursing workforce using its MAPS Healthroster […]
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Ortivus reports losses due to delays
Swedish health IT developer, Ortivus, has released its year-end report for 2007, announcing an operating loss of 53.9m Swedish Krona, despite initiating several projects in Europe. The company has been installing its MobiMed and CoroNet systems across the continent, but report profits have suffered due to “delayed product launches and certain misjudgements.” MobiMed is a […]
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Life in Europe to become ambient assisted
Philipp Grätzel reports from Berlin on developments in ambient assisted living, a fast-evolving field combining the IT, medicine, social care and housing industries.
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Mobile monitoring system developed for carers
Crown Computing has developed a new monitoring system, using Near Field Communication technology, which allows carers to notify their authority as to which patient they are with. Near Field Communication or NFC, is a short-range high frequency wireless communication technology which enables the exchange of data between devices over about a decimeter (100mm) distance. Crown’s […]
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EHI’s industry news roundup 25.01.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 25 January 2008 featuring supplier news, events, product launches and company collaborations. Supplier news Pharmacy Compliance Monitored Using Wireless Sensors Adaptive Wireless Solutions has supplied a wireless sensor network system to Facility Monitoring Systems as part of a multi-area pharmacy clean room, stores and packing […]
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Eighty trusts sign up to ‘scan and save’
The GS1 asset tracking technology in use. Radio Frequency Identification and barcode standards specialist GS1 UK says that almost eighty NHS trusts across England have signed up for to its ‘scan and save’ initiative for automatically tracking and tracing sterile surgical instruments. The wireless wristband and barcode-based technologies allows hospitals to trace the complete life […]
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