25 April 2005

Panic advice makes online therapy more effective

Internet-based self-help cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) programmes to treat anxiety and depression are more effective in the later stages of
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25 April 2005

NHS contract delays hit TATA growth

Another commercial player in the National Programme for IT, TATA Consultancy Services (TCS), has reported lower than average financial figures
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25 April 2005

NHSU online learning forums may close

The future of the Contact, Help, Advice and Information Networks (CHAINs), online forums for sharing research, ideas and event announcements,
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22 April 2005

LIGHT spreads from US to Europe

The Leadership in Global Health Technology (LIGHT) Online Resource Centre, a US-based coalition of health information and communications technology advocates, is expanding
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21 April 2005

E-Health Innovation Awards winners announced

Health technology projects that help diabetic patients, speed up results reporting for X-rays and scans and deliver vital information for
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21 April 2005

E-Health Innovation awards honour primary care

Primary care IT developments were well represented among the winners of the first E-Health Innovation Awards 2005. Projects that help
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21 April 2005

Kaiser to end ‘wobbly’ medicine

Doctors working without computerised systems are working in the “operational dark ages”, according to George Halvorson, chief executive officer of
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21 April 2005

Online STD tests offer results and advice

A website has been set up by a sexual health foundation in San Francisco that allows men to order STD
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20 April 2005

‘State of the art’ review of health IT announced

The National Patient Safety Research Programme has issued a call for a systematic review of internationally available research on the
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20 April 2005

Delivery delays mount across the national programme

NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) has confirmed that there are delays in implementing the National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in
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