Public health

10 November 2005

New accessible PILs for visually impaired

A new service, X-PIL, is launched this week offering patient information leaflets (PILs) in Braille and other formats, such as

9 November 2005

Cameraphones help dieters keep track of meals

Dieters in the US and Canada are photographing their food with camera phones and sending them to dieticians, thanks to

22 September 2005

New analysis tool helps pinpoint deprivation

Huddersfield’s primary care trusts and global information solutions specialists, Experian, this week claimed a health informatics ‘first’ with the publication

21 September 2005

A quarter of all diabetics undiagnosed

A quarter of all people who have diabetes remain undiagnosed, leaving them at serious risk of developing serious complications. The

15 August 2005

National Knowledge Service aims high

Building a centralised electronic National Knowledge Service, that will deliver focused clinical knowledge to clinicians when they need it, has

5 August 2005

Improve communication on NPfIT, say researchers

Unrealistic and shifting timetables, lack of consultation and communication with NPfIT managers, and lack of perceived short term benefits have

27 July 2005

Call for drug ad ban in Australian prescribing software

A survey of drug advertisements in prescribing software used by Australian doctors found the vast majority of the advertisements broke

28 June 2005

E-health and the EU

The UK's presidency of the EU promises to be a significant one for e-health, Lyn Whitfield reports.

27 June 2005

Patients need reminders for online depression self-help

Websites that only offer self-help for people suffering from depression can be effective as those that also offer external clinical

20 June 2005

GPs vote against NHS Connecting for Health

Despite improved relationships with the leadership of the BMA, last week’s Local Medical Committees’ (LMC) conference revealed just how far

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