Basque health service implements ClearSpan
The health service of the Basque region of Spain has implemented an Agfa Healthcare enterprise digital Picture Archive and Communications system, incorporating integration technology provided by BridgeForward. BridgeForward Software, announced that Osakidetza, a public company belonging to the Basque Health Service, has gone live with BridgeForward’s integration engine, ClearSpan Server. Implemented in partnership with Agfa […]
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Agfa-Gavaert receives €18.5 Canadian grant
Belgian imaging technology group Agfa-Gevaert says it has received a grant of €18.5 ($29.6m Canadian) from the Ontario government to aid the company’s Canadian R&D operations in Toronto and Waterloo (Canada). The grant will support a total of nearly €125m ($200m Canadian) investment by Agfa HealthCare in its Ontario operations, creating 100 new positions and […]
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Antwerp selects Agfa for cardiovascular imaging
The University of Antwerp Hospital has awarded a contract with Agfa to provide it with enhanced cardiovascular diagnostic imaging and reporting. Agfa HealthCare will install its IMPAX Cardiovascular solution, providing enterprise-wide access to cardiology patient records to meet the high volume diagnostic needs of the department. The deal is for eight-years and includes maintenance and […]
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iSoft appoint ex-Agfa man as UK MD
Isoft Health, a division of Australia’s IBA Health Group, has confirmed that Adrian Stevens has been appointed as managing director of iSoft Health, for UK and Ireland. The appointment will see Stevens take responsibility for iSoft’s key contracts with existing NHS customers and with Computer Sciences Corporation, the local service provider for the North, Midlands […]
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iSoft to launch RadCentre in the Netherlands
Health IT specialist iSoft says it will launch its RadCentre radiology information system in the Netherlands this autumn.
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Agfa’s ORBIS to be installed in 37 French hospitals
Agfa HealthCare,has won a contract to install its ORBIS electronic patient record software at hospitals belongng to the Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris group.
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Nuance buys Philips Speech Recognition Systems
Philips has sold its Philips Speech Recognition Systems (PSRS) to US-based Nuance Communications for €66m ($96.1m).
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Agfa says no decision made to sell health business
The board of Belgium health IT giant Agfa-Gevaert yesterday issued a statement saying no decision has yet been taken to launch the sale of the HealthCare business group.
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Agfa Health has weak second quarter sales
Belgium-based Agfa-Gevaert reported that its healthcare division experienced falling sales for the second quarter of 2008. The company said that performance was down due to the strong euro, delays in its new PACS system and the high cost of silver, used in the wet film processes that still account for half the business group’s sales. […]
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Open eHealth Foundation sets out priorities
The Open eHealth Foundation (OeHF), an open source initiative for improving the exchange of medical information using existing standards, has been incorporated as a non-profit organisation in Delaware enabling it to begin operations. The OeHF is intended to provide software components under an Open Source license that will boost the open standards-based exchange of medical […]
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