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24 July 2009

Camera phones can help diagnosis

Taking photographs or video of unusual symptoms on an ordinary camera phone can help doctors diagnose uncommon problems, according to
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29 April 2009

Hubs create technology for Digital Britain

Research Councils UK has unveiled a five year, £36m programme to develop new digital technologies. Three research hubs in Nottingham,
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21 April 2009

Talking hands

SignTranslate Hospital won the Healthcare ICT Product Innovation category of last year’s BT e-Health Insider Awards, sponsored by Quicksilva. Sandra
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3 March 2009

Teenage clicks

At last year’s BT e-Health Insider awards, NHS Choices won the best use of ICT in patient and citizen involvement
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27 February 2009

Smart phones for Powys nurses

District nurses in Powys have been issued with smart phones as part of a project to enable community staff to
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6 January 2009

Hospitals advised to end mobile phone bans

Hospitals in England have been told to consider allowing “more liberal use of mobile phones”, following new guidance issued today
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7 October 2008

GPs face limits on third party add-ons

GPs in some parts of England claim they are facing unworkable restrictions on the kind of third party IT they
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25 March 2008

QoF cash for quitters

GPs could be paid depending on the number of their patients who stop smoking as part of possible changes to
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22 February 2008

t+ provides LifeScan patients remote access to data

Telemedicine specialist t+ Medical has partnered with LifeScan to take data from blood glucose meters and wirelessly transmit the information
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13 February 2008

NHS Direct launches SMS service

NHS Direct has launched a new text messaging service that allows users to obtain details of local health facilities. Anyone
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