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Interpol hits web drug sellers in nine countries
News Danny Lee-Frost, head of operations, said in a statement: "A medicine bought in this way has no guarantee that it is safe or that it is effective and can in fact be harmful. Britain's Medicines and... [13 Nov 2008]
Sex clinic gives good text
News The genito-urinary medicine (GUM) and sexual health clinics are to run a four-week pilot of the scheme through January. The system was developed by London-based healthcare software company Softcare... [30 Nov 2006]
Is online home help the answer to NHS cash crisis?
News Dr Mike Bainbridge, a clinical architect for the NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) programme, said: "Medicine in the 21st century is not quite there yet. Online home health monitoring is already being piloted in the north... [22 Jun 2006]
RFID and tracking systems - the high-tech future of old age?
News Other technologies include an RFID-equipped online medicine cabinet, which can warn its users if they have picked out the wrong medication. Whether they like it or not, older people will soon find themselves the focus of... [27 Apr 2006]
Hospitals install wireless to improve patient care
News Kruger told silicon.com: "You can automate one of the key functions of the nurse which is dispensing the medicine. Peter Kruger, senior analyst at analyst firm Wireless Healthcare, said wireless has... [06 Oct 2005]
£6bn NHS IT overhaul about 'automation not innovation'
News Technology such as wireless tagging of patients, blood plasma packs and medicine bottles - which reduces medical errors - should be welcomed with open arms by medical staff. The claims are made in the Wireless eHealth... [16 Sep 2004]
Xerox inks £1.3m digital document deal
News Xerox Global Services has landed a £1.3m, two-year contract with Accenture to provide the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) with digitised versions of paper documents. Xerox Global Services will... [19 Apr 2004]
NHS IT spend to double - but where will the money go?
News He said: "In the NHS more than any other organisation, one has to provide real reasons why money should be spent on IT and not on replacement hips say, or medicine. The government has already been accused of snuggling up... [22 Apr 2002]
Greenfingered surfers get one site for the price of two
News ThinkNatural sells natural healthcare products online and via mail order, while Greenfingers is a gardening equipment e-tailer. E-tailers ThinkNatural.com and Greenfingers have merged to form a new web group called... [26 Nov 2001]
Snook finally cuts ties with Orange
News According to the Financial Times, he is expected to pursue his interests in medicine and healthcare in the new year. Hans Snook is set to terminate his last remaining role at Orange, severing all ties... [12 Nov 2001]
Hospital networks in critical condition
News He told silicon.com: "Medicine is a very sensitive area. Expenditure on IT and communications in the healthcare sector fell at the beginning of this year in contrast to the big outlay on Y2K compliance... [01 Jun 2000]
Government told to improve NHS IT strategy
News Several tele-medicine projects, which host real-time interaction between patients and specialists, are operating in several parts of the country. John Wyn Owen, secretary of the Nuffield Trust, admitted that lack of... [11 May 2000]
US coalition seeks to govern online drug sales
News The goal was to set out the future of online pharmacies and establish a clear and safe system for the use of prescriptions and medicine dispensing online. The group also intend to develop a national education programme... [11 Nov 1999]
US healthcare firms set up $50m online resource
News Under the terms of the deal, the three companies will create a sports medicine Web site offering advice and information on sports related injuries and illnesses. Three US healthcare companies have... [15 Sep 1999]
Electronic healthcare files hit the market
News The PIF are currently being tested in the department of family medicine at the University of Southern California (USC). He continued: "The department of family medicine is a widely spread entity that... [10 Sep 1999]
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