Brian Currie and Helen Puttick Published on 20 Jan 2010 A damning report today says Scotland has the worst-performing health service in the UK despite being better funded than England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It finds that while Scotland has the highest levels of poor health, the country has more hospital doctors, GPs, and nurses [...]
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MedApps and Meridian Health Launch Remote Monitoring Pilot for CHF Patients Scottsdale, Arizona – January 14, 2010 – MedApps, Inc., a leading mHealth (mobile / remote health monitoring) company, announced today that it will partner with Meridian Health, a leading comprehensive healthcare provider in New Jersey, to initiate a chronic disease management pilot focused on [...]
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Nothing to do with healthcare technology. It is seasonal and as Homer would say Duh!! Most people who drink spirits at home pour well over what they would get in a pub when trying to give a single measure, figures suggest. The government’s Know Your Limits Campaign found that among 600 people tested, the average [...]
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In an article in Business Week the Mobile Clinical Assistant (MCA) came out as one of the “25 Products That Might Just Change The World” Find out more about this article Mobile Clinical Assistant
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Twelve groups of inventive seniors in mechanical engineering at Northeastern showed the best of their creative work last week, in an annual presentation of senior capstone projects that highlight creative innovations. Among the most interesting? Hands down, it was the glove. A team of undergraduates developed a glove designed to help stroke patients regain fine [...]
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The health service in Scotland will face “significant” financial pressures over the next five years, a spending watchdog has predicted. Audit Scotland said the impact of the recession on public sector spending meant NHS budgets were likely to fall. It also warned the country faced some deep-seated health problems that the health service alone could [...]
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Pamela Swingley is a seasoned software executive with more than 20 years of experience working with technology companies of all sizes. Pam has a passion for early stage companies. She has managed marketing strategy and programs for three successful startups: Onlink Technologies which was acquired by Siebel, Shoplink Collision Estimating, a division of ADP, and [...]
Filed under Patient management, Patient point of view, Patient Safety, Scottish Healthcare by on Dec 8th, 2009. Comment.
Moray residents can chat with fellow sufferers and read clinicians’ blogs By Donna MacAllister Published: 12/11/2009 Moray’s first “virtual” surgery, designed to make people experts in their own healthcare, was launched yesterday. Health-e-space.com enables patients to “visit the clinic”, chat to other Moray residents with similar medical problems, pinpoint local health information, read clinicians’ blogs [...]
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After an eighteen month procurement process Intersystem have won the contract to supply NHS Scotland with their Patient Management System, TrakCare. The PMS includes general hospital patient administration, including mental health patient administration, scheduling and results reporting. There are other additional modules that can be integrated.
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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 read more about this follow the link to the page new model for healthcare. Intel [...]
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