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10 April 2007

Vital signs system monitors patients electronically

A new hand-held computer system called VitalPAC, which allows staff to input patients’ vital signs electronically from the bedside, has
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12 March 2007

BMA sits on critical Choose and Book survey results

The British Medical Association has decided not to publish its own survey of Choose and Book which is highly critical
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27 February 2007

Trafford enables GPs and hospitals to share EPR

Trafford Healthcare NHS Trust has developed a new electronic patient record system with assistance from software developers, Graphnet Health, and
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22 February 2007

Patients key to NPfIT fate

In the first of a two-part interview, BMA chairman, James Johnson, tells Joe Fernandez why patients will decide ultimately the
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6 February 2007

New Eclipse MIS will support major research

A new Eclipse maternity information system delivered by Huntleigh Healthcare has been customised to support Born in Bradford – a
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30 January 2007

A world of good

Some of the best ideas for e-health around the World were brought together for the Imagine Cup. Joe Fernandez reports.
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22 January 2007

‘Nurse bots’ to be developed by 2010

The European Union is funding scientists to develop ‘nurse bots’, mechanised robots designed to perform basic tasks such as mopping
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18 January 2007

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals to deploy PACS

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have announced that they are launching a £13m project to deploy PACS in its
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4 January 2007

A returned exile

Peter Ellis, former CEO and IT pioneer at one of Canada's largest hospitals, explains why he is alarmed at the
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20 December 2006

Rewiring Long Term Care

As major work starts on 'demonstrators' for e-enabled long term care, Colin Jervis analyses the challenge.
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