Public health

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3 March 2009

Teenage clicks

At last year’s BT e-Health Insider awards, NHS Choices won the best use of ICT in patient and citizen involvement
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3 March 2009

Coroners Bill protest escalates

Eight healthcare organisations have called for medical records to be excluded from the data-sharing provisions of the Coroners and Justice
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16 February 2009

Contraceptives advice online

NHS Direct has launched an online emergency contraceptive advice tool. The Contraception Checker aims to deal with enquiries about emergency
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5 February 2009

iPlato supports Southwark MMR drive

GP surgeries in Southwark Primary Care trust are using iPlato text messaging to invite patients for MMR jabs and to
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2 February 2009

BMA calls for exemption on data sharing

The BMA is calling for confidential health information to be exempt from new government legislation which will allow sharing of
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9 January 2009

OLPC has potential for health

Computers provided to children in developing countries as part of the One Laptop One Child initiative could also be used
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5 January 2009

NHS anti-obesity drive goes online

The government has kicked off 2009 with the launch of a three-year anti-obesity initiative with a high profile multi-channel advertising
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31 December 2008

This is the year to come

Sandra Hempel asks leading figures in healthcare IT to look ahead to 2009.
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11 December 2008

Report urges tech support for public health

The NHS needs to make more use of advanced technologies if it is to successfully tackle the nation’s unhealthy lifestyles,
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14 October 2008

Eye care aided by new online model

Dr Steve Hajioff, PHAST, Andy Derrick, Managing Director, Motive Technology Jo Amos, Marketing Manager, Motive Technology Dave Doherty, Motive Technology.
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