SMS Archives

14 February 2005

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

10 February 2005

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

28 January 2005

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

14 January 2005

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

11 January 2005

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

4 August 2004

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

13 July 2004

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

20 May 2004

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

9 December 2003

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

4 June 2003

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

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