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‘Switched-On’ Generation Switched Off to Life-Changing Care Technology

Tech-savvy consumers, young and old, are missing out on the help technology can give when caring for older, ill or disabled loved ones - a new poll highlights. The report, Potential for Change, shows that while over 7 in 10 UK adults routinely turn to technology for banking, shopping and communications, only 3 in 10 are embracing health and care technology to help care for older or disabled relatives.

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FairWarning® Care Provider Customers Lead Expansion of Trust in Electronic Health Records

FairWarning, Inc. the inventor, patent holder and world's leading supplier of privacy monitoring solutions for electronic health records announced record growth in the adoption and deployment of the company's solutions.

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Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals Improves Patient Care Visibility with Stone Group

Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust (BSUH) in partnership with Stone Group, has completed the installation of a new electronic bed management system as part of improvements to ward efficiency and patient care throughout its six hospitals. The project involved the installation of around 70 Samsung Large Format Display (LFD) monitors with touch screen capability across all inpatient wards through the Trust's two sites in Brighton and Haywards Heath.

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iPLATO Innovation Improves Patient Access to GP Services

iPLATO Healthcare, a UK leader in cloud based mHealth and Analytics, has launched a new feature which allows patients to automatically cancel GP appointments via their mobile phone without intervention by reception staff at the practice. This new iPLATO feature - available for Enterprise and Pro users - will further reduce the practice workload related to appointment management and improve patient access to GP services.

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Royal Society of Medicine Goes Electronic with ClinicalKey

The Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) will provide its 21,000 members with electronic access to thousands of peer-reviewed medical and surgical journals and reference books. The RSM will be able to offer its members access to more than 540 journals, including The Lancet, and 1,060 books, including titles such as Gray's Anatomy and Netter's Anatomy, through Elsevier's ClinicalKey or via the RSM's online library catalogue.

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Be on the Cutting Edge of Telemedicine

29 - 30 October 2013, Edinburgh, UK.
The first European Telemedicine Conference will provide an opportunity to showcase Europe's global leadership role in telemedicine and Scotland's contribution to one of the fastest growing areas of innovation in healthcare. The Medical Director of NHS 24, Prof. George Crooks, OBE, will open the conference with a welcome address followed by presentations from leading experts in telemedicine from around the world.

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ICW Forms Solution for EMR is certified as "SAP Certified - Mobile App"

InterComponentWare AG (ICW) has announced that its ICW Forms Solution for EMR 1.0 has achieved SAP certification as Mobile App. The SAP Integration and Certification Center (SAP ICC) has certified that ICW Forms Solution for EMR 1.0 integrates with SAP® EMR Unwired through SAP NetWeaver® Gateway.

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Doctor Turns to Singing and Social Media to Change Medical Practice

A doctor from the UK has shown how an innovative music video can help increase awareness of how to treat asthma. Dr Tapas Mukherjee, from Glenfield Hospital in the UK, produced and starred in a music video to draw attention to new guidelines showing a better way of managing asthma. A study presented at the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Annual Congress in Barcelona today, has demonstrated the success of this video and suggests that social media can be used to successfully improve medical practice.

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The Region of Southern Denmark and Microsoft Signs Agreement on Healthcare Innovation

Carl Holst, Chairman and CEO of the Danish Regions, and Niels Soelberg, CEO Microsoft Denmark, signed an agreement to examine how new technologies and solutions can provide benefits in the future of hospital operation.

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Philips Installs State-of-the-Art Hybrid Operating Room at Leading Russian Medical Institute in Moscow

The Russian Cardiology Research and Production Complex and Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) today announced the opening of an innovative new hybrid operating room equipped with advanced live image guidance solutions to guide minimally-invasive cardiovascular and endovascular procedures. This new hybrid operating room, which also features other Philips technology innovations, is the first of its kind in Russia.

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