System C awarded Buying Solutions Framework Agreement for Telehealth
The two-year telehealth framework agreement has been awarded by Buying Solutions, the national procurement partner for UK public services and part of the Efficiency and Reform Group within the Cabinet Office.
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Electronic Patient Records Key to Improving Patient Care Only with Secure Data Management
Healthcare data storage expert Tony Cotterill has called secure data management the "missing link" to improving patient care in the 21st century. Cotterill's comments follow in the wake of research carried out by GS1 UK and Hospital Dr which discovered that half of doctors expect Electronic Patient Records (EPRs) to improve patient care by providing verifiable, consistent and complete data to support verbal handovers between medical staff.
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Patient Safety at Greater Risk as Poor Stock Control Exacerbates in NHS Trusts
According to a recent (leaked) report, a cash crisis at South London Healthcare Trust left patients lying on the operating table before doctors' realised vital equipment had not been ordered.
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Siemens Wins 132-million-Euro Contract for Medical Technology in Spain
The Ministry of Health of the Spanish region of Murcia has placed an order worth 132 million Euros to Siemens Healthcare for medical technology, service and financing.
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Sandwell Primary Care Trust Innovates to Increase Child Immunisation Uptake
Sandwell Primary Care Trust will soon introduce text messaging as an innovative and practical means of reminding parents of children under the age 5 to attend immunisation clinics.
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Tunstall Healthcare Awarded Framework Agreement from Buying Solutions
Tunstall Healthcare has been awarded a framework agreement for the supply of telecare, telehealth and telecoaching equipment and services to local authorities and NHS organisations.
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Revolutionary System for Healthcare in Patients' Homes
A revolutionary healthcare system is being introduced in Bexley to help patients manage their long term health condition at home.
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