patients

Archive
14 June 2007

Irish Cancer Centre links to US

The Beacon Hospital Cancer Centre has been launched in Ireland by US-based University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre and will be
Read More
22 May 2007

EC looks to mainstream telehealth

Members of the European Commission have said that they intend to set up an action plan to deal with the
Read More
22 May 2007

Italy develops chronic disease tools

The Italian health service is aiming to make use of its IT to create an integrated tool to improve care
Read More
21 May 2007

Diabetic patients pilot new shared health records

Diabetic patients in Carmarthenshire, Wales are piloting new electronic health records which will share all information about their care and
Read More
4 May 2007

SNOMED sold to new standards organisation

The intellectual property rights of SNOMED Clinical Terms have been sold for $7.8m (£3.6m) to a newly-formed board called the
Read More
11 April 2007

Voicemails prompt patients to pick up medicine

A message system that enables pharmacists to leave an automatically-generated voicemail for patients whose prescriptions are ready for collection is to be offered
Read More
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
Read More
29 March 2007

Data from half a million patients to aid research

UK Biobank, a medical research initiative charity, is to start using patient data to provide reliable assessment of different causes
Read More
6 March 2007

Over 21000 patients search QoF data

Patients have carried out more than 21,000 searches of GP practice data from the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QoF) in
Read More
22 February 2007

GPC says patients should call C+B when no slots available

GP representatives are recommending that practices tell patients to ring the Choose and Book appointments line if they are no
Read More