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StethoFILM

On March 5, 2012   /   Projects, [tech]   /  
StethoFILM

StethoFILM: Reducing the Spread The Team Umair Khan: Medicine, University of Leicester Dr. Tahir Khan: Consultant Histopathologist Ammar Khan: Mathematics, University of Leeds The Problem  Hospital acquired infections is a major problem in NHS which has required deep cleaning of the wards with excess expenditure. Whilst the doctors and the hospital staff take necessary care to clean their hands with alcohol gel in between patients, the most commonly used stethoscope of doctors escape attention. Having started

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Ward Wizard

On February 8, 2012   /   Projects, [tech]   /  
Ward Wizard Video

  Ward Wizard will revolutionise hospital handovers – a secure software system that will improve communication, access and efficiency. We are a team made up of Nathan Huneke and Emma Vaccari – both medical students at the University of Manchester – and Tessa Davis, a paediatric trainee in the North Western Deanery.  We are all passionate about improving the clinical environment through the use of technology.  We feel that mobile devices should be a more

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HexaXell

On January 31, 2012   /   Projects, [edu], [tech]   /  
HexaXell

HexaXell- Revolutionising Medical Education The Team: See Yung Phang – Medicine, University of Glasgow Hoong Jhang Chin – Computer Science, University of Glasgow   The application: HexaXell The problem:  There are a few problems with the medical educational iOS or Android applications on the market today: Too wordy, Technology is suppose to help make life easier! However most of the successful medical applications are made by porting real world books into eBooks. This is counterintuitive to

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Burns App

On November 16, 2011   /   [tech]   /  
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One of our team came across this Burns App that was developed by a PhD student at The Unviersity of Manchester. It allows for quick and accurate calculations of a patient’s fluid requirements after serious burns. The development won a £5,000 prize at the NHS North West Health Innovation and Education Cluster Excellence in Innovation Awards 2011 this month. You can see a movie of the app in action here.

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[tech]

On November 15, 2011   /   News, [tech]   /  
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“I wanna put a ding in the universe” Steve Jobs Gap in the app store? Think that care would be better synced? The FastForward [tech] category is for you. Good entries will clearly describe an unmet clinical need and evaluate the need in a clinical context.

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