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[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

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VDE paper supports telemonitoring for diabetics

German industry association, VDE, has published a paper on telemonitoring for diabetic patients, urging politicians to make greater use of telemonitoring technology in order to reduce long-term complications of diabetes and costs for diabetic patients.

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[This article was published in the March 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

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GPRS-enabled laptops keep nurses connected to patients

North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus has signed a five-year contract with British Telecommunications (BT) today to equip community nurses with GPRS-enabled laptops that will allow them to access critical patient information at the point of care.

NHS Direct text message details of local health services

NHS Direct has launched a service that allows users to obtain details of local health services by text messages.

t+ provides LifeScan patients remote access to data

Telemedicine specialist t+ Medical has partnered with LifeScan to take data from blood glucose meters and wirelessly transmit the information to a central database.

Novel multi-user HealthHUB for groups of patients unveiled

With Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledging to offer telehealth services to 100,000 patients, the new HealthHUB is another step by Docobo to bring the benefits of telehealth to people with long term conditions and their carers.

BT pilots N3 VoIP service for NHS, London

NHS trusts in London are being offered free connections to the N3 Local Gateway Service (LGS) as part of a major city-wide pilot.

NEWS REVIEW – BUSINESS

[This article was published in the December 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

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Innovation in ICT Adoption for Health System – minimising risk and investment : Dr N K Singh, Dr Ram Kumar, David Yonzan and Dr Pajeesh, Sobha Renaissance IT

[This article was published in the December 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

The current approach to health care process automation has been predominantly based on a sectoral / enterprise perspective. Each enterprise is limited to one hospital and its own appendages; typically under the governance of a single organizational entity such as a hospital, a clinic or a diagnostic lab.

BodyTel Scientific to present first integrated telehealth-solution for diabetics

BodyTel Scientific, Inc., a developer of wireless telemedical measuring devices, will be presenting the GlucoTel telehealth solution, the company’s blood glucose monitoring and diabetes self-management system at the international medical fair, Medica 2007, from November 14-17, 2007 in Dusseldorf, Germany.

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[This article was published in the October 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

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Mobiles for the poorest of the poor in Africa

As part of a UN programme for tackling poverty in rural Africa, 79 villages across 10 African countries will be hooked up to cellular networks. Around half a million people, described by the UN as “the poorest of the poor”, are expected to make mobile calls soon.