SMS

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14 February 2005

Pacemaker sends SMS to warn of heart problems

A Dutch university medical centre has carried out the first patient implant of a pacemaker system that sends out SMS
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10 February 2005

Outside the inbox

Chris Booth, who has been working with SMS and healthcare for several years, says that text messaging can do more
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28 January 2005

SIMpill solution for missed drug doses

A GP in South Africa who runs an SMS appointment reminder service, has gone one better and unveiled a pill
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14 January 2005

DH focuses on ‘self care’ through IT services

The DH have announced the release of a guidance document for supporting self-care of long-term conditions, such as diabetes, that
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11 January 2005

InPS SMS upgrade allows for care service alerts

In Practice Systems (InPS) has announced an extension to its Vision system that will allow general practices not only to
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4 August 2004

SMS reminds patients of upcoming appointments

A new system that sends GP appointment reminders to patients over SMS which partially integrates into existing electronic appointment record
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13 July 2004

C&W win NHS email and directory contract

Cable & Wireless is the new contractor appointed to manage central e-mail and directory services for the NHS, the Department
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20 May 2004

Best of European E-Health Announced

The 2004 awards for the best e-health projects in Europe have been announced, with three winners chosen from over 32
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9 December 2003

NHSmail, a doctor’s tale

Hospital doctor, Andrew Harrison, who was a computer programmer before switching to medicine, signed-up with NHSmail recently. Here’s his description
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4 June 2003

Open Source: ‘Rescue Community Nurses from IT Exile’

In the second of our new ‘Open Source’ columns Mark Reynolds, managing director of TopCall UK argues for community nurses
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