28 July 2009

Davis: privatising records ‘dangerous’

Former Conservative shadow home secretary David Davis has slammed his own party’s reported plans to hand health records to commercial
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27 July 2009

Entra launches diabetic alert system

MyGlucoHealth Meter US-telehealth specialist Entra Health Systems has launched a patient messaging and alerts system designed to support diabetics who
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24 July 2009

‘Virtual tea room’ pilot announced

The TRIL Centre is to operate a social networking pilot to encourage older people who are house bound or socially
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23 July 2009

Epsom and St Helier rejects Cerner

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust has decided to remain one of the ‘iSoft7’, rejecting the option of
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22 July 2009

Vein crawling mini robot developed

The Israeli Institute of Technology has created a miniature crawling robot small enough to crawl through human veins.
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22 July 2009

Scotland awards device security contract

NHS National Services Scotland has awarded a £1m contract to Lumension to nationally enforce security policies governing the storage of
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22 July 2009

Rotterdam hospital buys LabCentre

The Ikazia Hospital in Rotterdam has become the first Dutch hospital to purchase LabCentre, iSoft’s laboratory software application. LabCentre, was
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21 July 2009

World’s first virtual heart produced

HeartWorks virtual heart demo Three London-based cardio anaesthetists have developed the world’s first virtual heart, providing a breakthrough in the
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20 July 2009

Scottish telemedicine trial success

Cisco has released results from a survey of patients taking part in a Scottish telemedicine trial, showing that almost 100%
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20 July 2009

‘EuroGoogle for cancer’ launched

An new initiative to boost cancer prevention, treatment and care across Europe by improving communications has been described by one
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