Chronic disease management and the future of telehealth and telecare

As the recession bites, grant funding for new innovations is likely to cease and NHS and local authority finances will become heavily squeezed. This may prove bad news for telecare and telehealth, saysNick Goodwin

The electronic medical record – myth or reality?

Dr. Vijay Magon explains how NHS trusts, working closely with suppliers, can realise tangible benefits by careful use of existing technologies to successfully deliver the electronic medical record

The HI revolution

It may be helpful to try and define “health informatics” and the people who supply health informatics services and support before building the case for their importance in patient care, says Mik Horswell

Sharing the benefits

There is nothing new about the idea of shared services and in tough economic times it is prudent for organisations to streamline their services as much as possible. However, the North Mersey Health Informatics Service has become more than the sum of its parts, reports Richard Mackillican

Online tool to help against forced marriage

The Government’s Forced Marriage Unit has launched an online resource to help health and social care professionals identify and provide appropriate support to potential victims of forced marriage.

Forced Marriage E-learning is the first interactive online training tool which provides guidance to a range of front line professionals on handling forced marriage cases...

NHS Direct pilots Online Decision Aids

NHS Direct is piloting three Online Decision Aids to help patients make informed healthcare choices in the first national web-based project of its kind in the UK.

The Online Patient Decision Aids have been designed for patients who are facing difficult decisions about medical tests or treatments, when there is no clinical evidence that one treatment is better than another and they don’t know which will be best for them...

Improving communications

Through the better use of wireless communication technology the NHS can improve its relationship with its patients and reduce its spending. National Health Executive spoke to Professor Nicholas Bosanquetto find out how

The question on many people’s lips is how to deliver better services at lower cost. One answer is through the use of more efficient use of ICT and wireless communications...

Documenting efficiency

Although many trust budgets are tight, a new document management system can help generate better efficiencies further down the line, reportsRichard Mackillican

One trust which has seen the benefits of an electronic document management system is the Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust, which operates across a 45-acre site and holds more than half a million case notes.