Gaming

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Go and play: gaming and the NHS

Pokemon Go may be generating stories about unexpected health benefits, but getting effective ‘health’ games into use is no easy
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Dr Foster focuses on data quality

Dr Foster has called for the quality of NHS data to be given the same priority as hitting targets.
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Stroke patients set circus challenge

Stroke experts at Newcastle University have developed a video game to help patients recover their motor functions.
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DH endorses first video game

The Nintendo Wii Fit Plus has become the first computer game to be endorsed by the Department of Health. The
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A world of good

Some of the best ideas for e-health around the World were brought together for the Imagine Cup. Joe Fernandez reports.
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‘Upcoding’ a hazard as PbR pressure grows

Clinical coders are coming under pressure to ‘upcode’ to maximise income under Payment by Results, a conference heard last week.
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Laptop and mobile ban lifted in new MHRA guidelines

The Medicines and Health Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued new guidelines about the use of wireless communication and electronics in hospitals
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