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6 September 2006

New guidance on mobiles in hospitals and surgeries

The Department of Health has issued guidance about the use of mobile phones in GP surgeries and other NHS premises.
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4 September 2006

Flashing ‘orb’ to help medication adherence

A US software development company is conducting research to see if using a "flashing orb" on a pill box could
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1 September 2006

Web 2.0 could be used in health e-learning

Web 2.0 technologies such as wikis, podcasts and blogs could be quite effective tools in e-learning for health professionals in
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29 August 2006

Road to repair

On the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, US correspondent Neil Versel reports from Louisiana on the use of EHRs in rebuilding
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18 July 2006

Hospital mobile phone blanket bans criticised

Both the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and Parliament’s Health Select Committee have said that there are no technical
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14 July 2006

Deaf signing shows videoconferencing’s potential

A service that offers deaf patients and their clinicians quick access to a sign language interpreter via a video link shows
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6 July 2006

Come together

As mobile devices start taking on more than one function, what implications will there be for healthcare? Colin Jervis of
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5 July 2006

Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children to install Vocera

Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children is to install the Vocera hands-free wireless voice communication system. The new system, which
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29 June 2006

Tablet tests

How did three E-Health Insider readers get on with new tablet PCs in their work? A GP, a dermatologist and
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28 June 2006

Poor security in NHS portable data storage, says survey

A survey into the use of portable storage devices by NHS professionals and suppliers has revealed that half of those
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