UK Canada Innovation Exchange funding competition launches
UK and Canadian businesses can now apply to the UK Canada AgeTech Innovation Exchange to gain funding for a knowledge exchange visit.
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Canada commits £239m to EMR investment
Canadian ehealth body Health Infoway is to invest £239m to fund electronic medical record systems in community-based practices and outpatient settings.
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RamSoft expands systems to Spain
RamSoft, the Canadian provider of radiology systems, has released Spanish versions of its PowerServer and Gateway products. The Spanish versions of the software platforms replicate the traditional radiology information system, picture archiving and communications, teleradiology and DICOM solutions. Features include workflow management, image routing, diagnostic image viewing and manipulation, patient scheduling, reporting and billing. Marilyn […]
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First European deal for HealthVault
Microsoft and Siemens have signed an agreement to licence Microsoft’s personal health record platform, HealthVault, in Germany.
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Orion wins Northern Ireland ECR deal
Northern Ireland has named Orion as the winner of a procurement for a proof of concept project for a province-wide electronic care record (ECR). The one-year deal will be to develop a new portal-based electronic health record, predominantly for use in secondary care but linking hospitals and practices, with the potential to also link social […]
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Vaulting ambition
The Conservatives may give commercial health record platforms a big role in their NHS IT strategy. But how are they doing in the US?
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Perot to help implement Meditech at Rotherham
US health software firm Meditech has announced that Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust has selected its 6.0 Health Care Information System (HCIS) as its primary software provider. Perot Systems will provide consultancy services in implementing the software at the Foundation Trust. E-Health Insider first reported in March that Rotherham had selected Meditech to provide it with […]
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ICN Teleworking Network unveiled
The International Council of Nurses announced the launch of the ICN Telenursing Network during a keynote address at the Med-e-Tel Conference in Luxembourg. The address by Claudia Bartz from the ICN described how members of the new network will collaborate with the International Society for Telemedicine and eHealth Telenursing Working Group and other industry organisations. […]
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Lincor tops Deloitte’s Irish technology awards
Ireland-based Lincor Solutions, a provider of bedside patient entertainment and clinical access systems, has been named number one in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 awards.
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Version 3 of HL7 released
Developer of global healthcare standards, Health Level Seven, has announced the release of Version 3 Normative Edition 2008, a globally-defined suite of specifications based on HL7’s Reference Information Model. The suite provides a single source that allows implementers of Version 3 specifications to work with the set of messages, data types, and terminologies needed to […]
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