North Tees emergency unit opens with wireless
Emergency staff at the University Hospital of North Tees are using wireless technology to treat patients at their bedside and monitor bed occupancy in the hospital’s new emergency assessment unit. The new unit uses the trust’s wireless network to allow staff to use a mobile workstation at the patient’s bedside. An electronic whiteboard has also […]
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Computer interfaces without keyboards
A group of European scientists have used acoustic sensors to turn wooden tabletops and even three-dimensional objects into a new type of computer interface which may prove useful in healthcare. The researchers – in Germany, France, Italy, England, Wales and Switzerland – who were brought together by the project, part-funded by the European Commission, admit […]
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Keyboard-free access could benefit health
A group of European scientists have used acoustic sensors to turn wooden tabletops and even three-dimensional objects into a new type of computer interface which may prove useful in healthcare. The researchers– in Germany, France, Italy, England, Wales and Switzerland – who were brought together by the project, part-funded by the European Commission, admit that […]
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Philips to buy US medical alarm firm
Royal Philips Electronics is to acquire US-based Emergin, a provider of software allowing transmission of medical alarm signals throughout hospitals. Emergin will become part of the patient monitoring business unit within Philips’ Healthcare sector, expanding its range of health IT capabilities, particularly in the area of patient monitoring. Over the past five years, Emergin has […]
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French patients able to update insurance smartcards
Smartcard security specialists Xiring and mobile phone operator SFR are working together to deploy the largest ‘Machine to Machine’ network in the French healthcare sector, allowing citizens to have their smartcards updated by pharmacists every time they are treated. The remote updating service ‘Le Point Xiring’, is being rolled out to 12,000 pharmacies, at a […]
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Danish RTX make telemonitoring user friendly
German telemonitoring service provider Vitaphone has announced a joint venture with Denmark based RTX Healthcare, at Medica in Düsseldorf
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EHI’s industry news roundup 16.11.07
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 15 November, featuring supplier news, events, product launches, appointments and awards. Supplier News Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust use Affiniti to manage IP infrastructure The Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has appointed Affiniti to provide and manage its IP infrastructure, upgrade existing networks and implement […]
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NHSmail promotes free SMS for reminders
NHSmail users are being encouraged to use the system’s free text messaging to remind patients about healthcare appointments. Contractors, Cable & Wireless’ head of frameworks, Ian Fowler, told E-Health Insider: “Since we launched the NHSmail service, we have seen the use of the SMS functionality grow. Currently we are seeing around 250,000 texts sent across the service […]
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High tech healing space unveiled by Philips
A room divider displaying medical records forms part of a ‘healing space’ and was among the technological pickings on show from Philips this week.
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3G Doctor launches videophone consultations
Patients in the UK and Ireland can now access a self-created medical record on their mobile phone, and also have a video consultation with a doctor using a 3G smartphone. The service, launched by 3G Doctor, allows registered individuals to create a web-based health record and video consult with a doctor using a 3G video […]
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