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30 November 2007

Mobiles help teen cancer patients stay in touch

Mobile computing technology could help adolescents coping with cancer keep in touch with their social world and reduce isolation, according
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30 November 2007

Informing Healthcare announce next Wales OOH sites

Patients in north-west Wales and south-west Wales will be the next to benefit from improved information sharing between GP practices
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28 November 2007

German hospitals to exchange patient data

Staff at Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany, and neighbouring hospitals will soon routinely exchange comprehensive patient data across sites using a
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28 November 2007

Ehealth one of UK’s major future technologies

The government’s Council for Science and Technology (CST) has named e-health as one of the most promising technologies for the
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27 November 2007

CompuGroup generates new business from Medica

CompuGroup has announced that it successfully signed up over 300 new customers during the Medica 2007 healthcare fair in Düsseldorf,
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27 November 2007

French patients able to update insurance smartcards

Smartcard security specialists Xiring and mobile phone operator SFR are working together to deploy the largest ‘Machine to Machine’ network
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27 November 2007

NHS Alliance calls for independent coding

PCTs and hospital trusts should employ independent coders to eliminate concerns over incorrect coding from secondary care, according to the
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26 November 2007

Cisco looks ahead to ‘virtual healthcare’

Network technology and services giant Cisco has a ‘vision’ of the services and capabilities required to make e-health a reality,
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26 November 2007

QoF: measuring performance, missing the point

Mechanistic management strategies – embedded into computer software – become fixed and static presenting the danger that innovation will be stifled,
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21 November 2007

EPRs support new clinic for spina bifida care

The Scottish Spina Bifida Association (SSBA) has completed a pilot study of a ‘one stop’ health check clinic, using AxSys’ Excellicare
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