Stroke

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21 May 2009

Study finds issues with stroke triage

Software used by ambulance staff to triage calls misses more than 50% of people who have had a stroke, according
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12 March 2009

Doc ratings site moves into charity work

The controversial website iwantgreatcare, which allows patients to rate their doctors, is expanding into other areas of NHS work, in
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25 August 2008

Information prescriptions to be linked to electronic records

The Department of Health is this week expected to set out its vision for information prescriptions that are linked to
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10 January 2008

The big screen

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has promised to introduce free screening for stroke, diabetes, heart and kidney disease. Joe Fernandez looks
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12 December 2006

Electronic toolkit to be an asset in stroke care

A new electronic toolkit which aims to cut the number of strokes and provide better services for those who do
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10 May 2006

GPs receive summaries for discharged stroke patients

 GPs are to receive specialised electronic discharge summaries for stroke patients treated in Manchester Royal Infirmary, thanks to templates developed
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20 October 2005

From dependence to responsibility

In the first of a two part article, Iain Anderson from Capgemini looks at the drivers for change in the
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7 December 2004

Digital pen makes light work of filling out care forms

A digital pen and paper system that records handwriting for ‘playback’ into text could be a boon for healthcare workers and cut
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11 December 2003

Walsall and Orion work on heart failure pathways

Walsall Primary Care Trust and Orion Systems have been chosen to produce a national demonstrator system for the electronic support
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30 September 2003

Reader Comment: ‘NPfIT Viewed from Scotland’

The following ‘reader comment’ was supplied in response to recent E-Health Insider reports on the development of the National Programme for
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