Internet

Archive
11 April 2007

Hewitt launches ‘Choose and Book’ librarians

Health secretary Patricia Hewitt has launched ten ‘choice’ library pilots. Librarians in the pilots will be trained to help people
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23 March 2007

Call to use more everyday technology in health

Healthcare should embrace everyday technologies and challenge clinical boundaries by using them, a senior academic told the Healthcare Computing conference
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12 March 2007

Tories back more collaborative approach on IT

Shadow chancellor, George Osborne, has said that the government needs to start taking advantage of the ‘collaborative forums that are
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9 March 2007

Consumers prefer the ‘personal touch’ for online health

Research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council has found that people searching for health advice online prefer websites
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6 March 2007

UN warning on rogue internet pharmacies

Unregulated internet pharmacies are posing a high risk to patients, according to the United Nation’s International Narcotics Control Board (INCB).
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5 March 2007

Unified communications in healthcare

Single, converged networks supporting IP telephony, videoconferencing, video-on-demand and contact centres offer benefits for healthcare that should not be ignored,
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5 March 2007

Personal health records high on HIMSS agenda

Personal health records, patient identification, interoperability and, of course, quality were high on the agenda at the annual Health Information
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21 February 2007

NHS Direct Wales launch new website

NHS Direct Wales have launched a new website, after research indicated that two-thirds of the country use the internet for
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20 February 2007

Mobile phones: the new tool to combat AIDS in Africa

Mobile phones will be used to help fight the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Africa, it was announced at the 3GSM World
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14 February 2007

Online doctor faces GMC over internet prescribing

A GP who prescribed betablockers for a 16-year-old boy over the internet thwarted attempts by other doctors to keep the
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