27 May 2008

GPs call for halt to centrally-held patient records

GP representatives must ensure that a halt is put to the development of centrally-held patient records, this year’s local medical
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27 May 2008

Call for e-health to ‘permeate’ rural Scotland

E-health should permeate thinking about every aspect of remote and rural healthcare, according to a newly-published report on healthcare in
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23 May 2008

German insurer AOK requires doctors to digitise

The AOK Baden-Württemberg, a regional German health insurance company with three million members, has signed a direct primary care contract
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23 May 2008

EC publishes Potorož Declaration

The European Commission has published the Potorož Declaration, a list of objectives to achieve before the next EC e-health conference.
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22 May 2008

Over a million patients seen without records

A poll of NHS acute trusts indicates over 1.2m outpatients in England are seen each year without the clinician having
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22 May 2008

Web 2.0 revolution underway in healthcare

Internet developments that brought us sites such as Facebook, YouTube and Wikipedia are now set to revolutionise healthcare.
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22 May 2008

Evaware launches new telehealth platform

  Software developer, Evaware has launched a new telehealth device, which wirelessly connects with its Project E-vita web-based electronic patient
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22 May 2008

Dudley use Ardentia to hit 18 week milestone

Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS expects to reach the government’s 18 week referral-to-treatment target six months early partly thanks to
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22 May 2008

Madrid’s iSoft incident reporting wins prize

iSoft Spain’s incident reporting system due to be rolled out to seven Madrid hospitals has been awarded the prestigious Spanish
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21 May 2008

Fraunhofer study backs German smartcard plans

Germany’s health smartcard project uses up-to-date technology and is suitable to guarantee both data security and accessibility. This is the
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