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IBM introduces medical jargon to speech system
IBM has introduced a medical vocabulary for its PC-based ViaVoice Gold continuous speech recognition system. The vocabulary can significantly reduce the time spent re-typing medical records and reports, and enables radiographers and clinicians to prepare hands-free notes, says IBM.
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Using Intranet technology
Intranets look ideal for this job, as they give a consistent way of using both internal and external information sources. But the case study sites have found it not as simple as it looks.
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Using intranet technology
Intranets look ideal for this job, as they give a consistent way of using both internal and external information sources. But the case study sites have found it not as simple as it looks.
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Jaymee's legacy
Jaymee Bowen died two years ago. Her death did not get the same attention as the last years of her life - at least at the time. Now academics and ethicists are busy using her as the ultimate case study for discussing healthcare rationing. It might be objected that hers ...
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Key Points
Experience from total purchasing sites suggests that commissioning mental health services in primary care will be difficult to achieve.
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The government's strategy for public health may fail because of a lack of co-operation between organisations.
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GPs often lack the data to make well-informed judgements about commissioning mental health services.
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The missing link
Although primary care is the foundation of The New NHS, the government has erred in not linking this
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Monitored
What could possibly be behind the Mirror's extraordinary front- page attack on Dobbo last week? You know the one: 'Embarrassed Mr Dobson? You should be bloody well ASHAMED.' Reliable sources suggest it is all to do with Mirror boss David Montgomery's desperate need to carve out a market position sufficiently ...
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Monitored
What could possibly be behind the Mirror's extraordinary front- page attack on Dobbo last week? You know the one: 'Embarrassed Mr Dobson? You should be bloody well ASHAMED.' Reliable sources suggest it is all to do with Mirror boss David Montgomery's desperate need to carve out a market position sufficiently ...
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Naughty, naughty, naughty
Naughty, naughty, naughty: Sir Harry Secombe is surprised by Mr Punch at the Punch and Judy festival in Covent Garden, London. The former Goon was at the festival to launch an audio-cassette called Apple Punch, which he narrates. The story by Terry Pitts Fenby is based on the Punch and ...
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Naughty, naughty, naughty
Sir Harry Secombe is surprised by Mr Punch at the Punch and Judy festival in Covent Garden, London. The former Goon was at the festival to launch an audio-cassette called Apple Punch, which he narrates. The story by Terry Pitts Fenby is based on the Punch and Judy story and ...
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The New NHS
The New NHS demands that trusts will ensure that good practice, ideas and innovations, when they have been evaluated, are systematically disseminated within and outside the organisation, writes Jonathan Hazan. Trust chief executives will be made ultimately responsible for their quality of service. 'Clinical governance' is the buzz phrase.