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2 November 2007

NHS Grampian extends telephone reminder service

A telephone patient reminder system is being rolled out across several NHS Grampian out-patient clinics in Aberdeen, after a successful
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5 October 2007

Lord Darzi pledges IT review

A review of England’s NHS IT modernisation programme to ensure it “delivers real clinical benefits” is promised in health minister
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27 September 2007

IBM uses 3D imaging to visualise patient records

Researchers at IBM have developed new visualisation software that will allow doctors to view personal medical records on an animated
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5 September 2007

Major overhaul for Addenbrooke’s theatre system

Addenbrooke’s Hospital is upgrade its TheatreMan theatre management system to improve both the day-to-day information available to clinicians and longer
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16 August 2007

Robotic future of patient care

As technology advances, robotics is the new revolutionary in healthcare. Kevin Fickenscher, MD and chief medical officer at Perot Systems
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6 August 2007

Brighton and Sussex deploys digital dictation

Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust has deployed new digital dictation and speech recognition software which will fully integrate with their
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6 August 2007

Bupa completes Choose and Book integration

NHS patients in England will now be able to ‘Choose and Book’ treatment at a local Bupa hospital using the
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31 July 2007

Community network for St Helens and Knowsley

St Helens and Knowsley Hospitals NHS Trust have begun deploying a new £4.2m Community of Interest Network (COIN) to link
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20 July 2007

Ben Bradshaw becomes minister for NHS IT

The Department of Health has announced that Ben Bradshaw, Labour MP for Exeter, will be the new minister responsible for
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19 July 2007

Greater Manchester extends telemedicine ECG service

The Greater Manchester and Cheshire Cardiac Network have successfully piloted a new telemedicine ECG service from Broomwell HealthWatch to provide
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