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Ubisys Integrates Anoto Digital Pen Technology to Improve Data Entry into Electronic Patient Records

A new solution from Ubisys will make it easier for NHS staff to update Electronic Patient Records (EPRs) shared by local NHS providers such as hospitals and GPs. Ubisys is integrating Anoto's Digital Pen and Paper technology with SystmOne, the most widely used primary care database within the NHS National Programme for IT.

Pioneering Cardiac Telemedicine Service Handles 50,000 Calls from Surgeries and Community Clinics

Broomwell's award-winning cardiac telemedicine service has now handled 50,000 calls from surgeries and community hospitals for people with chest-pain symptoms in England, saving an estimated 32,000 hospital referrals for patients since the service started in 2006.

GoPubMed Wins the 2009 Red Dot: Best of the Best Award for Excellence in Communication Design

Transinsight's GoPubMed.com, the semantic search engine for the life sciences, has been recognized with the 2009 red dot: best of the best award in the category communication design - graphical user interfaces and interactive tool. A total of 6,112 submissions were received from 42 countries.

Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg Uses a Bilingual IT Solution from Siemens

In the near future, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg (CHL) will be installing the basis module of the hospital information system (HIS) i.s.h.med by Siemens for more than 1,400 users. The selling point for the hospital's decision to purchase Siemens equipment were the integration into the existing ERP and SAP for Healthcare System as well as the multilingualism of i.s.h.med.

Bolton Goes Live with System C's Business Intelligence Solution

Royal Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has gone live with a new business intelligence tool from System C Healthcare. Called Medway Sigma BI, the software is designed specifically to help hospitals in the drive for improved services. Based on Microsoft's latest technology, it is easy to use, but allows trusts to manipulate and analyse raw data relating to all aspects of their inpatient and outpatient services.

Philips and GlyGenix Therapeutics Team up to Research Ultrasound-Mediated Gene Therapy

Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) and GlyGenix Therapeutics, Inc. (Woodbridge, Connecticut, USA) today announced a joint research agreement to explore the feasibility of using ultrasound technologies for gene therapy. In particular, the collaboration will research the treatment of Glycogen Storage Disease Type 1a (GSD-1a) in pre-clinical studies.

GP Surgeries use SMS to Advise Patients on Swine Flu

GP Surgeries in Camden are successfully sending out text messages advising patients on what to do if they think they have Swine Flu. The GP surgeries are some of the first to use text messaging as a way to help people deal with the Swine Flu pandemic. The iPLATO Patient Care Messaging service, which is being used by the surgeries to send out the Swine Flu related text messages, was originally funded by the PCT to improve efficiency and performance across a range of healthcare areas.

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Ubisys Integrates Anoto Digital Pen Technology to Improve Data Entry into Electronic Patient Records

Pioneering Cardiac Telemedicine Service Handles 50,000 Calls from Surgeries and Community Clinics

GoPubMed Wins the 2009 Red Dot: Best of the Best Award for Excellence in Communication Design

Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg Uses a Bilingual IT Solution from Siemens

Bolton Goes Live with System C's Business Intelligence Solution

Philips and GlyGenix Therapeutics Team up to Research Ultrasound-Mediated Gene Therapy

GP Surgeries use SMS to Advise Patients on Swine Flu

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