Mobile Healthcare Industry Summit 2009, a unique two-day event set in London on 1-2 December. Dedicated to best practice in global wireless and healthcare convergence, this four stream conference has been developed with support from the Continua Health Alliance, GSMA, … Continue reading →
Scottish Clinical Information in Practice, SCIMP 2009 Conference at Dunblane Hydro 3 & 4 November 2009 Applying eHealth making IT a success in primary care This year’s conference will focus on the ways we can make technology actually deliver improvement … Continue reading →
New models of healthcare are needed for Europe’s ageing population. Intel believes that new digital technologies have a key role to play and telehealth technology could support the shift to a new model of care closer to the home. To … Continue reading →
Stephen Naysmith Published on 11 Sep 2009 Family doctors can do more to help patients with multiple long-term conditions such as obesity, heart disease and arthritis, according to researchers. A team from the University of Glasgow is to work with … Continue reading →
Pre-operative checklists are being implemented to cut infection rates Simple changes to the way patients arecared for in hospital are having a significant impact on infectionrates, according to the Scottish Government. Hospitals are being urged to adopt stricter treatment regimes … Continue reading →
09/09/2009 Women risk lives by delaying calling 999 BHF launches 999 Day to raise awareness of heart attack symptoms A third of women wouldn’t recognise they are suffering a heart attack because they would expect to experience crushing or severe … Continue reading →
Watch your own heart attack Watch Your own Heart Attack Visit British Heart Foundation special 999 Day site for more on the campaign
Continue reading →Published Date: 06 September 2009 By Hilary Duncanson SCOTLAND is ideally placed to lead the way in creating healthcare technologies for the global market, experts said yesterday ahead of a summit on the issue. Strathclyde University and the Institute for … Continue reading →
By CATHERINE SALMOND TWO frail pensioners who fell in their homes last week received help within minutes thanks to new state-of-the-art alarms. The pair were among the first to be given the new neck pendant alarm connected direct to support … Continue reading →
By Tristan Stewart Robertson THINK of the future of medical technology and the image of hand-held scanners from the world of Star Trek might come to mind – machines able to diagnose anything in a few moments. But Star Trek … Continue reading →