Text Messaging Contributes to Improved Attendance for Breast Screening in Tower Hamlets
Recent results from a Tower Hamlets PCT text messaging campaign have shown that text messaging contributes to improved attendance for Breast Screening in Tower Hamlets. The iPLATO supported campaigns that ran throughout last summer were implemented alongside a number of tools and techniques to improve the rate of screening, all designed to encourage women in Tower Hamlets PCT to attend their breast screening appointment. 
Healthcare IT Management, a publication of the European Association of Healthcare IT Managers, covering the European healthcare IT sector, has invited Dr. Karl Stroetmann to join the editorial board for a three-year period. The magazine reaches an impressive and advanced audience from hospital IT managers to policy-makers. 
Following the publication of a study into the frequency of Adverse Drug Reactions, First DataBank has spoken out at the tragedy of these avoidable and sometimes fatal errors. The study by PLos One entitled "Adverse Drug Reactions in Hospital In - Patients: A Prospective Analysis of 3695 Patient-Episodes" was covered this week by the BBC and highlighted that "one in seven hospital patients experience adverse drug reactions, half of which are completely avoidable". 
Carestream Health is amongst the first healthcare companies to be awarded the KBV Certificate "eGK-Release-0" as part of the initial rollout of the electronic healthcare card to be used in Germany. The Federal National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians awarded the certificate for the CARESTREAM Radiology Information System (RIS) Software. 
Orion Health congratulates the Ministry of Health and Consumer Protection of Balearic Islands (Ib-Salut) for its 2007 Quality Award from the Spanish Ministry of Health. The award was presented to the organization in December, 2008, for the Ministry's Ib-Salut Medical History project in the category of innovation in the overall improvement of quality of care. 
System C has signed a five-year contract with a Wiltshire-based consortium of GPs who are pioneering government plans to bring healthcare services closer to home. Called Wilcare Health Ltd, the consortium provides services in a community setting which are more traditionally associated with acute hospitals.