EHI’s industry news roundup 07.03.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 7 March 2008 featuring supplier news and appointments. Supplier news Zebra helps make patient ID a priority Zebra Technologies has announced a partnership with Tracline, to help hospitals fulfill National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) directives. Tracline, a specialist healthcare IT supplier, will use Zebra’s wristband […]
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Spanish Hospital deploys wireless tracking
Spain’s AT4 wireless has completed a project in Southern Spain to allow wireless tracking of nursing staff, improvement staff safety and tracking of equipment at the Hospital Alta Resolucion (Benalmadena). Ekahau, a Finnish specialist in Wi-Fi-based Real Time Location Systems (RTLS), partnered with wireless firm AT4 to deliver the combined asset and staff tracking system […]
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Cheshire Council says telecare now mainstream
Cheshire County Council has said that it has made telecare services for older people a mainstream part of its service delivery, with the services valued by users for offering security and improved quality of life. In a recent survey of 128 people using telecare 94% of respondents receiving Telecare services said they are pleased with the […]
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Barts put back Millennium go live
The date for the go-live of Cerner Millennium at Barts and the London NHS Trust (BLT), seen by many as the acid test of BT’s ability to deliver Cerner into a complex London teaching hospital , has been delayed. E-Health Insider has learned the go-live has been put back from the weekend of 8-9 March […]
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Plans for limited Lorenzo delivery slip
Dates for the implementation of new Lorenzo clinical software in parts of two NHS trusts are continuing to slip.
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Greater Manchester extends telemedicine pilot
The Greater Manchester and Cheshire Cardiac Network has extended its pilot of a telemedicine ECG service from Broomwell HealthWatch, to ten more PCTs.
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Telecom firms have strong e-health presence
A report by IT and telecommunications researcher, InfoCom, has highlighted the strong presence of telecom carriers in the e-health industry. The report shows that a number of telecom carriers across Europe are now involved in the healthcare sector, providing a variety of services. Research of e-health applications across Europe has shown that carriers such as […]
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Osteoporosis detectable with dental software
The University of Manchester is to commercialise a new piece of software, developed by its academics, that can detect osteoporosis via routine dental x-rays, having agreed a deal with a Swedish firm to sell the solution. The specialist software, Osteodent, has secured a deal with Swedish company Crebone AB for the rights to sell the software until […]
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CompuGroup buys German HIS vendor
CompuGroup has announced its takeover of hospital information systems supplier, Dahm Aktiengesellschaft, better known as Fliegel.
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German e-health projects win awards
An e-health project and a web service for patients were awarded the Best Practice Award, ‘More dialogue in cancer’, at the recent National German cancer conference. It is the first time that the German Cancer Society has given an award to an e-health project. The National German Cancer Conference is one of the most prestigious […]
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