ACS announces big increase in Adastra profits
The company that bought out-of-hours software provider Adastra last summer has announced a 142% increase in profits and plans to buy more primary care IT companies. Advanced Computer Software (ACS) acquired Adastra in August 2008 for £13.2m. It announced this week that Adastra made profits of £2.6m in the six months to February 2009 and […]
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CHKS acquired by Capita for £11.6m
UK healthcare intelligence specialist CHKS has been bought by outsourcing specialist Capita Group Plc for £11.6m. CHKS specialises in providing data, coding and performance analysis services to NHS organisations. The sale was made by CHKS parent Healthcare Knowledge International, a European benchmarking performance and analysis information provider. In the financial year to 31 December 2008 […]
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InterSystems introduces DeepSee
US health IT systems specialist InterSystems has announced the international launch of its new business intelligence (BI) product, DeepSee. The DeepSee product, which is embedded into InterSystems and partners software, is designed to deliver real-time BI for operational business processes, using current transactional data. InterSystems says the embedded BI approach avoids the need for separate […]
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Opinion Health acquires Pearl Medical
More than 400 GPs provided with a BlackBerry mobile device by Pearl Medical have been told their contract will be cancelled or offered different terms following an acquisition of the company by another firm. Pearl Medical has been acquired by Opinion Health, a market research company targeting the healthcare and pharmaceutical sector and with a […]
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EHI’s industry news roundup 20.03.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 20 March 2008 featuring supplier news, acquisitions and appointments. Supplier news Philips and Ascent Profit sign €25m deal for digital radiography systems in China Royal Philips Electronics and Ascent Profit, a Chinese medical equipment wholesaler, have signed a €25m contract to bring digital radiography systems […]
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Siemens plans acquisition of CAS innovations
Siemens Healthcare has unveiled plans to strengthen its position in the field of computer-assisted surgery with the acquisition of German operating room system developers, CAS innovations. A deal for an undisclosed fee has been agreed between the two companies, pending approval from antitrust authorities. CAS innovations manufactures surgical navigation systems which improve planning for operations, […]
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Microsoft gets serious about health
Dr Bill Crounse, MD, Microsoft’s senior worldwide director of health, tells E-Health Insider’s Jon Hoeksma, that health is Microsoft’s fastest growing specialist group.
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EHI’s industry news roundup 18.01.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 18 January 2008 featuring supplier news, acquisitions and events. Supplier news Broomwell research says telemedicine ECGs could save NHS £250m Research from Broomwell Healthwatch has found that providing cardiac patients with a telemedical cardiac monitoring to enable them to manage their condition in surgeries or […]
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EHI’s industry news roundup 04.01.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 4 January, featuring supplier news, appointments, acquisitions and awards. Supplier News Manpower Software wins North West Wales NHS Trust contract Manpower Software has won a contract to deploy its MAPS Healthroster software at the North West Wales NHS Trust. The software allows users to create […]
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EHI’s industry news round-up 26.10.07
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 26 October, featuring supplier news, product launches, acquisitions and events. News in Brief St Luke’s Hospital, Oxford installs Agfa PACS St. Luke’s Hospital, based in Headington, Oxford has recently installed Agfa HealthCare’s Web 1000 PACS solution, helping to improve both workflow and patient care. The […]
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