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E-mail consultations must be documented, says study

A study in Finland has found that communication by e-mail between doctors and their patients is already extremely common, so
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First spine-connected GP system goes live

Undercliffe practice in Batley, West Yorkshire has become the first in England to go live with a primary care computer
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Medical equipment firm set to acquire IMPAC

Elekta AB, a Swedish-based medical technology firm specialising in cancer treatment, has acquired healthcare IT software house IMPAC Medical Systems, who
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This time it’s personal

Why do we need electronic health records, anyway? Gerry Yantis and Manuel Lowenhaupt of CapGemini argue that the challenges faced
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MHRA to let patients report side-effects online

The DH have implemented changes to the way that adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are reported and publicised, including allowing patients
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Computer generated brain surgery to help trainees

Researchers at the University of Nottingham have developed a virtual reality brain surgery simulator for trainee surgeons that combines haptics
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Virtual chaperone keeps watch on clinicians

Recording devices such as a ‘virtual chaperone’ for clinicians have been developed in Imperial College, London in the hope that
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EMIS installed in revamped London ‘super surgery’

A new implementation of EMIS Enterprise in a ‘super surgery’ has been opened by Health Secretary John Reid as part
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Information map deal secured for southern cluster

Medic-to-Medic, manufacturers of the Map of Medicine, have announced a deal with Fujitsu, the LSP for the Southern cluster, to
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Implementing PACS

Dr Mahibur Rahman explains the benefits and costs of introducing picture archiving, and shows what can happen if things go
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