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Identifying
new market opportunities in telecare and telehealth
The ageing population and the high demand for long-term care
require the delivery of more effective and efficient care.
Technology-based products and services are increasingly
being viewed as a potential solution to the increasing
pressure on care services. This will generate new market
opportunities in telecare and telehealth says Katy
Lethbridge of the South East Health Technologies
Alliance. March 2010
Time for the
NHS to recognise the benefits of videoconferencing
Steve Woollett of Tandberg argues that the
benefits of videoconfencing technology for clinical,
training and administrative uses are so overwhelming that
the NHS should take a strategic view to adopt it at a
national level. March 2010
Usability issues of user manuals provided with medical devices
A user survey conducted by Asst Prof Ganesh Bhutkar of the Vishwakarma
Institute of Technology, Pune, India, et al.
shows there is a need to design easily understandable user manuals
and make them available to users. Healthcare administrators, medical
users, designers and device manufacturers should understand as well
as address the usability issues of user manuals to provide safer and
improved patient care. Feb 2010
Taking ehealth to the hospital patient
Warren Kressinger-Dunn of Jaotech explains why
smart terminals installed at hospital bedsides are the ideal
solution for taking ehealth to the hospital patient. Feb 2010
Solid state storage:
improving healthcare information systems Texas style
Neil Ekker compares the slow adoption of solid-state
storage in the healthcare sector to the Texan rancher tradition of
buying horsepower by the pound rather than suitability for the task. Feb
2010
It's time for the hospital doctor to embrace IT
Dr Paul Shannon argues that hospital doctors should emulate their GP
colleagues and make full use of IT for the benefits it can bring in
improving healthcare. Feb 2010
In search of new
healthcare frontiers
Dr Kathy
McLean of NHS East Midlands looks at how healthcare providers
can make best use of the £220m innovation funding from the Department of
Health to improve working practices and deliver high quality patient
care. Jan 2010
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