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Cancer network claims time saved by teleconferencing

The Surrey, West Sussex and Hampshire (SWSH) Cancer Network has upgraded its videoconferencing systems to allow members to collaborate without
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Phone monitoring can reduces anxiety symptoms

A study in the US has found that patients with anxiety and panic disorders who are monitored, supported and given
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Patient records to get quality checks

GP practices are to be paid to bring patient records up to national data accreditation standards as part of the
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Local trust data overwritten by Choose and Book

E-Health Insider has learned that some hospitals linked to the national Choose and Book appointment booking system are having some
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Common exception reporting standards called for

Exception reporting rates for the Quality and Outcomes Framework need to be subject to uniform standards to ensure as many
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Wristband risk to patient safety highlighted

A drive to raise awareness of the importance of patients wearing hospital wristbands should make barcode and RFID technology more
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EU hospital software market ‘worth £1bn by 2010’

The European market in hospital administration systems will be worth £1.2bn by 2010, according to research undertaken by consulting company
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Key role for NCRS in dual registration

The British Medical Association (BMA) has given cautious backing to proposals to allow patients to register with two GP practices
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NHS e-health research should focus on patients

Researchers into e-health should be concentrating on long-term change and projects from the patients’ point of view, rather than studying
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Chester to survey patients on outcomes

The Countess of Chester NHS Trust has signed up to a patient reported outcomes programme run by analytical benchmarking company,
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