Decision support

Archive
20 September 2007

IT underpins development of NHS Direct

NHS Direct is banking on new technology to help deliver better services and cope with record levels of demand, Joe
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19 September 2007

Oracle boss says ‘rip and replace’ not viable

The vice-president of Oracle Health and Life Sciences, EMEA, has said that healthcare organisations must look for new ways to
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6 September 2007

Southampton links walk-in centres

Southampton City Primary Care Trust has connected its three walk-in centres to a new community-wide network of electronic patient records,
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3 September 2007

NICE looks at pathways to electronic guidance

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is looking at new ways of providing its guidance electronically –
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24 August 2007

BNF for mobile devices launched

Britain’s best-known medicines guide, the British National Formulary, is now available especially configured to be used on a range of
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8 August 2007

Norwegian 24-hour telephone advice launched

  Norway’s Norsk Helse Telefon 24 (NHT24) a private provider of telephone triage services to Norway and other Scandinavian countries
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30 July 2007

Lithuania approves new eHealth strategy

The Lithuanian government has approved a new eHealth strategy for 2007-2015, aiming to improve the quality and continuity of patient
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17 July 2007

It’s all about access

David Baker, MD of Clinical Solutions, tells Jon Hoeksma, that his company's strategy is based on providing the means to
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5 July 2007

Decision support could improve bowel cancer diagnosis

Computerised decision support systems could help to improve the process of identifying patients at risk of bowel cancer, researchers argue.
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21 June 2007

Portugal launches health advice helpline

The Portuguese National Health Service has launched a new national health helpline, which will use the same technology as the NHS
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