Ascribe valued at £32.9m in MBO offer
AIM-listed health software firm Ascribe has been valued at £32.9m in a proposed management buy out, details of which were published today. In August Ascribe announced that discussions on a possible management buy out had begun, with the bid led by Ascribe’s executive chairman Stephen Critchlow. Commenting on the offer Critchlow said: “Ascribe’s growth will be better […]
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Vodafone invests in mobile health firm
Newbury, Berkshire-based, mobile phone giant Vodafone has invested in t+ Medical, a UK provider of mobile health services acccessed across mobile handsets. Vodafone Ventures Ltd, the corporate venture capital arm of Vodafone Group, has made an undisclosed investment in t+ Medical, which specialises in the use of mobile phone-based to transfer patient biometric data as […]
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European drugs to carry barcodes
Medicines sold across Europe will have to carry barcodes and other improved security mechanisms, under proposals unveiled by the European Commission to crack down on counterfeit drugs. The Commission says it aims to use technology to enable “total traceability" of all medicines bought in pharmacies or online. Even with the new measures, some repackaging will […]
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Commission sets out steps on patient safety
The European Commission has published proposals designed to improve patient safety and reduce the number of patients who suffer harm from the healthcare they received. One of the main recommendations is to improve the data collection, recording and reporting on medical errors. Each year, three million people are estimated to acquire Healthcare Associated Infections in […]
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Philips scores top in patient monitoring
Royal Philips Electronics says its customers have rated Philips Healthcare in first place in overall service performance for Patient Monitoring Systems in a US survey carried out by IMV ServiceTrak. In the independent survey, customers were asked to rate patient monitoring systems manufacturers on a number of criteria. The 2008 US survey scores Philips in […]
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Sweden’s Sectra has record six months
Swedish IT and medical-technology company Sectra has announced a record breaking six months with bookings, revenues and profits all up. Successful direct sales of medical systems led to Sectra’s order bookings during the second quarter being the highest ever. Among other orders, Sectra secured the largest single order to date when the Northern Ireland Department […]
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Europe launches CommonWell project
A new telecare project will use technology to improve the quality of life for older people in four European countries, supporting independent living though better communications and more integration of health and social care. The European Union-backed CommonWell project aims to support independent living and improve the quality of life for older people and those […]
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NHS boss says IT programme at ‘pivot point’
David Nicholson has said the National Programme for IT in the NHS is at a ‘pivot position’ and that the DH would not tolerate continued delays.
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Nuance and GE complete RIS-SpeechMagic integration
Nuance Communications has successfully integrated its SpeechMagic technology into GE Healthcare Centricity Radiology Information System (RIS). The development is said to be the first RIS integration with a Citrix ready speech recognition for the European Middle East and Africa region. According to Nuance community hospitals, out-patient imaging centres and integrated delivery networks can now implement […]
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Digital Healthcare raises £2.6m funding
Digital Healthcare, a UK software company specialising in image management and storage solutions for the ophthalmology sector, has successfully raised £2.6m in third round venture capital funding. Digital Healthcare provides software and related services for very large scale population eye screening and technology to manage information and images in clinical ophthalmology. The additional investment will […]
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