Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) failed to send out 400,000 digital letters and documents to GPs and patients, some dating back as far as 2000, BBC News reported Saturday. The news follows Newcastle University…
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Google announced the launch of the next generation of its fitness wearable, Fitbit Charge 6, equipped with new features, including a more precise heart rate tracker, built-in YouTube Music controls and GPS capabilities, new…
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Newcastle Hospitals said on Tuesday that they are reviewing 24,000 documents from their electronic records after a Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in the summer identified a number of patient letters that may never…
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More than two-thirds (67%) of GPs in the UK would like the ability to prescribe assistive technologies to their patients when they are diagnosed with dementia, new research published today suggests.The nationally representative poll…
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Top Japanese manufacturer Shimadzu Corporation has come up with a prototype of a medical information system to support infectious disease management.It is claimed to be the first such system in Japan for facilitating consultations,…
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Laboratories at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals have become the first in the country to use a diagnostic tool that calculates the risk of kidney failure in patients with chronic kidney disease. The next generation KFRE (The…
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Researchers from the University of Canterbury have developed a tool that makes respiratory data more accessible for clinicians and patients.A team of PhD students of UC Engineering developed the software called Breath-to-Breath Observed Biometrics…
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GPs, practice nurses and pharmacists in Oxford are to be the first to pilot a new AI-driven assessment technology that can identify patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cutting the waiting lists for…
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Beleaguered digital health company Babylon Health has filed for bankruptcy for two US subsidiaries, Forbes has reported, citing filings in the US Bankruptcy Court in Delaware. The report said Babylon is seeking Chapter 7…
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Standardising community pharmacy information so it can be shared digitally should reduce the burden on GPs and lead to safer, more personalised care, writes Stephen Goundrey-Smith Community pharmacists are some of the most skilled…
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