3 February 2010

Telehealth put on the (Google) map

More than a third of primary care trusts are involved with telehealth programmes, according to the Department of Health‘s Telecare
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2 February 2010

Cyber patients cause GPs anxiety

GPs feel anxious when patients bring information from the internet to a consultation, but are developing strategies to overcome their
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2 February 2010

100 polyclinics to shake-up London

NHS London has set out a five year strategy for overhauling healthcare in the capital that includes plans to move care out of
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1 February 2010

NHS Bromley gets ‘Zen’ control

NHS Bromley has taken remote control of more than 800 PCs in its GP practices using an IT solution from
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29 January 2010

Swine flu line to close

The National Pandemic Flu Service is to close in a fortnight, the Department of Health has announced. The DH has
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28 January 2010

Telehealth ‘to take off by 2012’

Telehealth will take off as a mainstream technology for remote disease and home health monitoring from 2012, a new research
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27 January 2010

Pharmacists given tight IG deadlines

Community pharmacists in England have been given until the end of March to assess their compliance with NHS Connecting for
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26 January 2010

King’s Fund warns on quality measures

Greater use of quality indicators in the NHS could be a powerful tool to improve care, but could also lead
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26 January 2010

BMA wants tech to save boundaries

The introduction of videophones and webcams in GP surgeries would be a better way of improving patient access than scrapping
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25 January 2010

RiO to be integrated with EMIS and INPS

Community and mental health system supplier CSE Healthcare Systems has announced that its RiO system is to be integrated with
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