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Mapping Happiness Across the UK

British people are at their least happy while at work - except when they are sick in bed - according to researchers at the University of Sussex and the London School of Economics (LSE). The team analysed more than a million responses uploaded to a smartphone app, called Mappiness, that sporadically asks users questions such as how they are feeling, where they are and what they are doing.

Smartphones and Intelligent Socks to Help Prevent Diabetic Amputations

Diabetic neuropathy is a type of nerve damage associated with the development of foot ulcers in patients with diabetes. Resulting from anatomical deformation, excessive pressure and poor blood supply, it affects over 130 million individuals worldwide. It is also the leading cause of amputation, costing the United States economy alone more than $10 billion annually.

New App can Help Doctors Predict Risk of Preterm Birth

A new app called QUiPP could help doctors to better identify women at risk of giving birth prematurely. The app, developed at King's College London, was tested in two studies of high-risk women being monitored at ante-natal clinics. Worldwide 15 million babies are born preterm (before 37 weeks) each year and over a million of these die of prematurity-related complications.

eHealth Ireland Announces Consultation Process for EHR Priorities

eHealth Ireland

The Chief Information Officer of the HSE Richard Corbridge has launched a public consultation process on a range of matters regarding a new national Electronic Health Record (EHR). A national EHR is a comprehensive and combined solution that supports the creation, management and sharing of key patient information.

NHS SBS Facilities Management Framework could Save Health and Public Sector Millions

NHS Shared Business Services

A part Department of Health owned joint venture, aiming to save the NHS £1 billion in efficiencies by 2020, has launched a new procurement framework designed to save the NHS, local government and the wider public sector millions of pounds on everything from security to catering.

NHS Set to Save Millions on Essential Prescribing Software through New Framework

NHS Shared Business Services

The NHS will have the opportunity to save millions of pounds on important but traditionally costly IT prescribing systems that help healthcare professionals to choose the correct and most cost effective medicines for patients, following the launch of a new procurement framework from NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS).

HIMSS Awards Cambridge University Hospitals Stage 6 Status of the International Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model

HIMSS UK

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society has awarded Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) with Stage 6 of the international Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model (EMRAM). The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is an international organisation dedicated to improving healthcare quality, safety, cost-effectiveness and access, through the best use of IT.

Mapping Happiness Across the UK

Smartphones and Intelligent Socks to Help Prevent Diabetic Amputations

New App can Help Doctors Predict Risk of Preterm Birth

eHealth Ireland Announces Consultation Process for EHR Priorities

NHS SBS Facilities Management Framework could Save Health and Public Sector Millions

NHS Set to Save Millions on Essential Prescribing Software through New Framework

HIMSS Awards Cambridge University Hospitals Stage 6 Status of the International Electronic Medical Record Adoption Model

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