DHI News Team - Digital Health

14 June 2005

Choose and Book set to miss 2005 targets

The government’s targets for the implementation of Choose and Book this year look almost certain to be missed, despite being

14 June 2005

Solving the maze

Gerry Yantis and Nikolai Segora from Capgemini argue for greater integration between IT programmes in primary care.

14 June 2005

Commons to debate practice manager’s opt-out case

Medical records and the case of Helen Wilkinson, who tried unsuccessfully to opt out of centrally-stored NHS electronic recording, will

13 June 2005

‘Medical Grade Networks’ launched by Cisco

Cisco Systems has launched Medical Grade Networks, its blueprint of the future networking requirements for healthcare organisations to deliver e-health

13 June 2005

Software to calculate cardiovascular risk for diabetics

The University of Oxford is planning to release software that calculates cardiovascular risk for patients with Type 2 diabetes based

13 June 2005

Software piloted for better cancer data collection

Pilot IT systems have been implemented in two local cancer registries with the intention of improving the quality of the

10 June 2005

GP database study raises questions about NSAIDS

A database of anonymised GP records run by the University of Nottingham and EMIS has provided the data for a

10 June 2005

Chip in the eye can improve sight

A German start-up company has developed a software-driven eye implant that electrically stimulates nerve cells, allowing visually-impaired people to see

9 June 2005