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eDischarge Helps Cornish Hospitals Tackle Annual Influx of Children's Summer Holiday Accidents and Illnesses

Each summer the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) faces an influx of young patients suffering from illnesses or accidents while taking family holidays far from home. At a time when many UK hospitals experience a dip in demand, the pressure on the paediatrics department covering England's second largest county is unrelenting.

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust Invests in Business Intelligence System

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust, a specialist NHS body responsible for mental health, learning disability and substance misuse services across the North East of England, has invested in a business intelligence and data warehousing solution from Advanced Business Solutions (ABS).

Liverpool Hospital Impresses at IT Conference

More than 100 NHS staff from across the country visited University Hospital Aintree, on Longmoor Lane, to witness the hospital's cutting-edge IT system, which is designed to improve the quality of patient care and safety.

University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust to Deploy Pharmacy Stock Control System from JAC

JAC, the UK's leading medicine management systems specialist, has won a contract with University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (UH Bristol) to undertake a Trust-wide roll out of the JAC Pharmacy Stock Control System.

Low Cost Wireless ECG Cardiac Monitor can Save Lives and Cut Healthcare Costs

Ultra low power (ULP) RF specialist Nordic Semiconductor ASA (OSE: NOD) today announces that British medical services startup, Isansys Lifecare Limited, has announced the world's first commercially-available, clinical-grade, wireless cardiac monitor to support low cost continuous ECG heart monitoring.

Cisco Healthcare Germany selects Ekahau as its Strategic RTLS Partner

Ekahau, the worldwide leader in high performance Wi-Fi-based Real Time Location Systems (RTLS), announced a strategic cooperation with Cisco Healthcare in Germany. Ekahau is already a member of the Cisco Developer Network (CDN) and Ekahau RTLS solution is CCX- (Cisco Compatible Extensions) and Cisco Assurewave -certified.

Solutions 4 Health Launches Application for Smoking Cessation in the UK

Solutions 4 Health has announced the launch of a new smoking cessation application built on Microsoft HealthVault, a privacy and security enhanced citizen health platform. The telehealth application, called smokefreelife, provides smokers with the support needed to quit, through personal interaction provided by trained smoking cessation advisors.

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