5 April 2006

Birmingham ‘OwnHealth’ project begins

Up to 2000 patients with long term conditions are to be enrolled in a telephone-based care management system from this
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5 April 2006

Younger people more likely to use mobile healthcare

  Younger people are more likely to call NHS Direct on their mobiles than make an appointment to see their
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4 April 2006

NHS24 to get access to emergency care records

Scotland is to allow NHS24 access to emergency care summaries of patients’ GP records from June, subject to explicit consent
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4 April 2006

Ready for liftoff

The MOD is about to announce its final plans for electronic health records in the military. Jon Hoeksma looks at
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4 April 2006

Trusts make use of orthopaedic template software

Ferrania UK has announced that eight NHS trusts are now using its LifeWeb TraumaCad orthopaedic templating software. The TraumaCad solution
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4 April 2006

Halligan speaks out on NHS leadership

Professor Aidan Halligan, a former joint senior responsible officer (SRO) for the National Programme for IT, has said that doctors’ substantial pay
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4 April 2006

Wanless calls for telecare to move to mainstream

Telecare should be moved into the mainstream when planning long term care for elderly although its financial impact is difficult
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3 April 2006

NHS Direct staff could face job cuts

Jobs at NHS Direct may be cut by up to a third, and nurses replaced by non-medical call centre operatives,
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3 April 2006

Kiosks have potential for patient feedback

Interactive technology kiosks have the potential to provide healthcare professionals with reliable and valid daily feedback on the quality of
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3 April 2006

Health tie-in needed for social services info spend

The health department has told social services departments to spend new grants for improving information management on systems that tie
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