Surgery

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18 May 2009

Simulator trains surgeons to be more efficient

Danish research has found that using simulators to train surgeons can make them twice as quick and more precise when
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14 May 2009

Open all hours

NHS National Services Scotland won the Best Use of IM&T to Promote Patient Safety at last year’s BT e-Health Insider
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24 April 2009

E-Health Insider’s industry round up 24.04.09

This month’s E-Health Insider industry round-up covers new products, system deployments and other developments at leading healthcare IT suppliers. Directorate
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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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17 April 2009

NHS Choices to publish mortality rates

NHS Choices is to start publishing hospitals’ standardised mortality ratios on its website. The government’s flagship health site already publishes generalised
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16 April 2009

Behind the scenes of an EPR deployment: go live

Sarah Bruce catches up with Benenden Hospital’s deployment of an Oasis electronic patient record system.
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14 April 2009

King’s College to install 50 self-service kiosks

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is to become the first in Europe to install patient self-service kiosks supplied by
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10 April 2009

New York opens-up records with Microsoft

Microsoft has launched the latest version of its Amalga data aggregation platform, which includes connectivity to its HealthVault personal health
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17 March 2009

Hi-tech features in 150th CMO report

The chief medical officer’s annual report has highlighted the need for surgeons to be trained using simulation techniques. The report,
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10 March 2009

Government turns up the heat on patient power

The government has set out its vision for the future shape of public services, which includes giving patients greater choice
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