The Center for Connected Health, a division of Partners Healthcare, announced Wednesday encouraging initial findings from a medication adherence study BOSTON, MA, JUNE 23, 2010 — The Center for Connected Health, a division of Partners Healthcare, announced today encouraging initial … Continue reading →
Open for Registrations 22nd and 23rd September 2010 Register now for the most exciting eHealth conference in Scotland this year! Held at the prestigious Glasgow Science Centre you not only have a great programme, wide range of exhibitors, great views … Continue reading →
Redefining the doctor-patient relationship – John Moore MD The doctor-patient relationship is deteriorating. And today’s information technology solutions are exacerbating the problem. They perpetuate paternalistic decision-making and episodic care, and they fail to assist doctors in making persuasive arguments to … Continue reading →
TechnowaiT provides innovative solutions in queue management systems for health organizations serving patients on a first come, first serve basis. TechnowaiT’s 1-2-3-GO! service is: An innovative technology offering a practical solution for the probleme of over full waiting rooms A … Continue reading →
Exclusive: Mike Merritt 30 May 2010 The Western Isles’ director of public health is warning the Outer Hebrides faces a population timebomb, with the young leaving in droves and the area becoming an enclave for the elderly. In her annual … Continue reading →
A major new report published today by Healthcare at Home Ltd explores which technologies and models used in the US for chronic disease management could successfully be adopted here in the UK. The report – Lessons from the US: using … Continue reading →
NHS TAYSIDE and NHS Fife have brought in a number of initiatives to drive down missed hospital appointments, which are costing the region’s health services over £2 million a year. Other schemes are also being explored in a bid to … Continue reading →
NHS Lothian lets patients monitor heart condition via TV Published Date: 27 April 2010 By ADAM MORRIS HEART patients in the Lothians will be able to monitor their condition through their television thanks to a pioneering a new project. NHS … Continue reading →
Shift handover risk to patient Published Date: 10 April 2010 POOR handover procedures in hospitals pose a “significant risk” to patients, doctors’ representatives have claimed. The Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland said there were now an increasing number … Continue reading →
By Nick Triggle Health reporter, BBC News Hospital closures are inevitable, many believe Politicians are “not being open and honest” about the issue of hospital closures, a coalition of charities and patient groups says. Jeremy Taylor, head of National Voices, … Continue reading →