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NHS Direct has been urged to allow patients to use 0345 as an alternative to the current 0845 number, before 111 is introduced.

By JOHN GOODMAN Have you ever wondered how anyone could possibly think that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) would lead to less health care spending? Consider that the act is expected to (a) insure more than half...

This is a summary of the HIT Trends Report for August 2010. You can get the current issue or subscribe here Large insurers make HIT commitments. This month’s trends are dominated by national health plans revealing more about their HIT...

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust has awarded its hospital information system contract to Swedish healthcare systems provider, Cambio.

Telecare and telehealth technology provider Tunstall has announced that NHS Wiltshire has bought its next generation suite of telehealth solutions.

By Bianca Grogan Cliquez pour la vidéo en français Panelists include Sermo CEO Daniel Palestrant, Miguel Cabrer from Medting, Tim Ringrose from Doctors.net.uk, David Payne from the British Medical Journal, doc2doc, Thomas Skoglund from Neurosurgic, and Pierre-Emmanuel Aubert from Santé...

By Bianca Grogan Pieter Vos, from the Council for Public Health and Health Care, gave a keynote address on stage at the Health 2.0 Europe Conference, April 6-7, 2010, in Paris, France. The Council for Public Health and Health Care...

By MERRILL GOOZNER Journalist-turned-stock-analyst Ramsey Baghdadi of Concept Capital, who formerly wrote for the RPM Report, tells TheStreet.com that Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committee recommendations are down to 52 percent "yes" votes this year, "the worst year since 2007."...

Way back (in internet time) in 2006 we posted about Virgin Airways' plans to use the Tempus from RDT in their aircraft for long haul flights. The Tempus is a minimal training vital signs monitor for use in way out of hospital settings that can transmit all the recorded data to medical control on the ground or other locations. Now, in 2010, the plan has been implemented and several other carriers use the device as well. Recently The Economist wrote it up and included a gripping tale of its use: HALF way through a flight from Mumbai to London, a male passenger complained of a swollen right hand and an inability to bend his fingers. The flight attendants were uncertain about what to do and hooked the passenger up to a small device which took and transmitted vital signs, including his pulse, blood pressure and a picture of his hand, to a ground-based medical team. As the passenger’s condition worsened, the device was also used to transmit an electrocardiographic (ECG) trace. The resulting information was used to rule out heart problems, and the passenger was stabilised and monitored with the assistance of a doctor on the flight. The decision was made to continue the journey rather than divert to the nearest airport. The article goes on to detail RDT's future plans for the Tempus, including making it more rugged for military applications and including ultrasound and a laryngoscope. The Economist: An online medic... Product page: Tempus IC... Previously: Virgin Atlantic To Introduce On-Board Telemedicine... Dan Buckland

The website City Stories publishes walks which tell you important stories about the city you are in. If you're in London or planning a visit, you'll be happy to know that their first walk is Medical London, and has been produced in collaboration with the Wellcome Collection. It is a tour of Bloomsbury and the surrounding area, covering some important parts of London's medical heritage. It accompanies the Medical London: City of Diseases, City of Cures book. The walk covers three miles and takes about two hours to complete. An iPhone app has been developed which gives you the full audiovisual experience, with a map showing all steps, video, audio, pictures and written information. The text was written by the historian Richard Barnett and the walk is narrated by Dilly Barlow. The app is available for free from the app store. Alternatively the walk is also available for download as MP3, as a PDF booklet or for view on the website. iTunes link: City Stories Medical London Bloomsbury... Homepage: City Stories Walk: Medical London walk...... Wouter Stomp