DHI News Team - Digital Health

3 January 2006

Pharmacists urged to contact PCTs on smart cards

Pharmacy representatives are telling pharmacists to contact their primary care trusts over smartcard availability as Connecting for Health publishes its

3 January 2006

Physio and OT telephone-based services win awards

Two telephone based systems for physiotherapy and occupational therapy have been selected as winners in the 2005 NHS health and

3 January 2006

DH launches cosmetic surgery info site

The DH have launched a new section of their site designed to offer advice and information to patients considering cosmetic

2 January 2006

Choice without C&B

The patient choice agenda is going ahead despite delays in rollout of electronic bookings over Choose and Book, E-Health Insider

30 December 2005

NHS suffering from broken spine

NHS sites experienced acute spine problems in the week before Christmas, resulting in key systems being unavailable to NHS staff, and

30 December 2005

Talking cure

Steve Tocker from Softech Global outlines how voice recognition and digital dictation can be used in the healthcare sector, and

30 December 2005

Bumper Christmas for NHS Direct

NHS Direct has had its busiest ever Christmas, with a record number of people using both the telephone and online

30 December 2005

Telephone hearing test launched to reduce stigma

The RNID have launched an automated telephone hearing test service designed to encourage people who think they are losing their

29 December 2005

Scottish NHS staff miss PCs for Christmas

NHS staff in Lothian has been left without a new home computer for Christmas bought through the Home Computing Initiative after BT

29 December 2005

CliniSys acquires Orion Imaging

Clinical and laboratory systems specialists, CliniSys has acquired diabetic retinopathy screening solution provider, Orion Imaging. Diabetic retinopathy is the single