'Telehealth' cash boost
MORE technology is being put into the NHS to enable increasing numbers of patients to be diagnosed closer to home.
Details of the 1.6 million investment in "telehealth" projects was announced in Stirling by Nicola Sturgeon, the health secretary.
The projects include putting touch screens into the houses of hundreds of patients with chronic conditions in the Lothian areas, enabling symptoms to be monitored from home. New software will also enable patient records in Glasgow to be sent electronically, direct to consulting rooms.
In Orkney, online scanning is to be introduced to enable patients to be diagnosed remotely, avoiding long journeys to hospital.
A total of 16 projects will share 1.6 million of funding.
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