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Mobile phone that monitors health developed

A mobile phone that will measure patients’ vital signs and will deliver the results straight to GPs is being developed
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East and Midlothian physios get referral call centre

Therapists in the East Lothian and Midlothian Community Health Partnerships will be the first Scottish users of a centralised referral
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Voicemails prompt patients to pick up medicine

A message system that enables pharmacists to leave an automatically-generated voicemail for patients whose prescriptions are ready for collection is to be offered
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Patient access to records ‘can bring benefits to PCTs’

Patient access to records can help primary care trusts meet their fitness for purpose targets, the Healthcare Computing conference heard.
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Central Surrey use telemedicine to tackle COPD

Central Surrey Health NHS Trust have shown that using telemedicine as support for treating patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
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E-referral system aims to cut discharge delays

An electronic e-referral system that helps cut discharge delays has been extended to cover patients moving from the Countess of
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Microsoft’s NHS Common User Interface unveiled

Microsoft UK has revealed the first fruits of its four year £40 million collaboration with Connecting for Health to develop
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Exercising Choice

When Connecting for Health appointed its GP clinical leads two years ago, there were three big issues on the primary
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Electronic hospital discharge summary rolls out

Gloucestershire hospitals have come up with an answer to the age-old problem of getting discharge information over to GPs quickly
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NHS Direct promotes TV advice in magazines

NHS Direct has launched a month-long advertising campaign to make ‘shy young men and mums with children’ aware of their
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