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28 December 2006

Northern Ireland to invest in telehealth

  Northern Ireland health minister, Paul Goggins, has announced a £1m investment in telehealth and telemedicine initiatives across the country.
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18 December 2006

Revised plan for ‘sealed envelopes’ published

Sealed envelopes are likely to become available from 2008/9, according to the latest briefing paper from NHS Connecting for Health
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13 December 2006

GPASS accidentally prescribes Viagra to smokers

A glitch with the Scottish GP system GPASS could have resulted in smokers trying to quit the habit being mistakenly prescribed
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13 December 2006

Wearable patient monitor transmits over WiFi

A new wireless monitor which is worn by the patient has been developed by German medical equipment manufacturers Dräger Medical. The Infinity
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7 December 2006

N3 Internet gateway fails across NHS

Users of the NHS broadband network across England were left unable to access the internet for about two hours on
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30 November 2006

The next wave

Ben Toth explains how the user's relationship with the internet is changing, in the first of two articles on healthcare
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28 November 2006

Thousands call NHS Direct in poisoning fear

Thousands have been in contact with NHS Direct fearing they may have been contaminated by the radioactive material used to
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16 November 2006

INPS surgeries to use iPlato text messaging

Primary care software supplier INPS has announced that surgeries across England that use its software will also have the opportunity to use iPlato’s
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14 November 2006

iBleep PDA paging made available to all trusts

A new software system called iBleep, designed to simplify communications with doctors at night, is set to be rolled out
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13 November 2006

New GPS telecare bracelet to go on sale

Canadian mobile technology specialists Medical Intelligence Technologies Inc. has signed a letter of intent with British telecare specialists Tunstall for
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