28 October 2005

Fatmanslim offers MP3 support for male weight loss

A free online lifestyle change programme, called fatmanslim, has been launched by its GP inventor to help support men trying to
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28 October 2005

40 business cases for PACS signed off

Forty business cases for picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) in the NHS in England have been signed off and
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28 October 2005

Online asthma guide launched

New online patient guides to asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have been launched by the Medicines Information Project,
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27 October 2005

GMC doctor search now shows restrictions

The General Medical Council has updated its search facility so that restrictions on a doctor’s registration are immediately visible online,
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27 October 2005

Preventing errors in phone consultations

A reminder to doctors to beware of the pitfalls of using the telephone to communicate with patients has come from
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27 October 2005

Bavaria launches patient-controlled health records

The German Patient-Partner Association (PPV), a health provider network, and the German statutory health insurance organisation AOK Bavaria are to
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26 October 2005

Communicating in a crisis

Christopher Small, Director for Public Sector, Telewest Business, argues that the NHS must have robust networks in place to deal
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26 October 2005

Singapore’s National Healthcare Group buys Soarian

Siemens Medical Solutions has signed a major deal with Singapore’s National Healthcare Group (NHG) for an enterprise-wide implementation of its
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25 October 2005

Upgrade leaves practice without consultant letters

A practice has had to run consultations without access to consultants’ letters for almost a month because of an IT
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25 October 2005

Loophole could force release of deceased’s records

A loophole in the Data Protection Act means GPs could be forced to disclose the records of deceased patients, GP
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