Health

14 December 2006

Hounslow installs IP network for new health centre

Hounslow PCT has installed a new ntl:Telewest Business’ IP multimedia network in their new primary care centre to support more

7 November 2006

Mental health ‘choice’ website launched

A new website has been launched to provide online support to patients with mental health problems, in line with the

25 October 2006

Ethnic minority electronic health library launched

A new NHS Electronic Library for Ethnicity and Health has been launched to help fill gaps in knowledge of how treatments

20 October 2006

Tiny ‘plaster’ health monitoring chip gets closer

Medical technology firm Toumaz Technology has released the Sensium modular system, a monitoring infrastructure that will support a device small enough to

2 October 2006

Accenture & SAP to develop collaborative health network

German software providers SAP are to partner with National Programme for IT system providers Accenture to co-develop a collaborative health

1 September 2006

Web 2.0 could be used in health e-learning

Web 2.0 technologies such as wikis, podcasts and blogs could be quite effective tools in e-learning for health professionals in

29 August 2006

NHS 24 has improved, says health minister

NHS 24 has undergone ‘radical changes’ in order to improve its service to the public since last year’s review calling

10 August 2006

IBM donates code to open source health project

IBM has donated code to the Eclipse.org foundation’s Open Healthcare Framework (OHF), which works on increasing interoperability of healthcare software

2 August 2006