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6 May 2008

Call for semantic health interoperability

A leading UK academic has called for a new push on the development of semantic electronic health records based on
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16 April 2008

Trust uses IT to help manage ‘superbugs’

IT which reduces infection control alert times from six hours to six seconds is being deployed to help in the
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15 April 2008

Most GP systems will require security upgrades

The majority of GP clinical IT systems will not meet the Department of Health’s new data security requirements for transfer
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2 April 2008

Medtronic to surf Europe’s ‘wave of telemedicine’

The US-medical device manufacturer Medtronic is planning to extend its presence as a telemedicine provider in Europe the company announced
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31 March 2008

Europe-wide project to detect drug reactions

QResearch, the not-for-profit research partnership between EMIS and the University of Nottingham, is supporting a new European-wide initiative, the ALERT
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31 March 2008

Europe-wide project to detect drug reactions

A new European-wide initiative, the ALERT project, has received €5m EU funding to detect adverse drug reactions (ADRs) using real-time
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18 March 2008

Data recording may explain trust’s high death rate

An inadequate system for recording and coding data on patients has been blamed by Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust for
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11 March 2008

Johnson steps up pressure on 0844 numbers

Health secretary Alan Johnson has stepped up the pressure on practices using 0844 telephone numbers as campaigners draw up a
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4 February 2008

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
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17 January 2008

Docobo make multi-user version of telehealth device

Telehealth specialist Docobo has unveiled a multi-user version of its HealthHUB portable home monitor, meaning two or more patients can
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