Isoft names German Lorenzo reference site
Health software firm IBA Health Group has announced that German hospital group, Krankenhaus Buchholz and Winsen, is to implement its iSoft Lorenzo Clinicals product. The project will be delivered in two phases and culminate in the roll-out of Lorenzo Clinicals. ISoft will also install its new iCS portal, eFA services and electronic patient record (EPR). […]
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PAC gives NPfIT six months to deliver CRS
The National Programme for IT in the NHS should be given six months to get effective care record systems into acute trusts, the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has concluded.
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SNOMED made free to low income countries
Free licenses for the use of SNOMED CT are to be made available to users in 47 low income countries, under an international initiative announced this week to spread use of health information standards. The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO) said it will make the affiliate Licenses for the use of SNOMED CT […]
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Germany’s e-health smartcard scaled back
Key clinical components of Germany’s flagship national e-health smartcard programme look set to be dropped or delayed because of problems encountered in the first seven pilot sites.
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EU internet access reaches 60 per cent
60% of households across the EU had internet access in 2008, according to a survey. Across the 27 countries within the EU, household internet access ranges from 25% in Bulgaria to 86% in the Netherlands. Searching for health information remains a popular online activity, accounting for 28% of usage across the 27 countries surveyed. This […]
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IB Solutions to develop database of Irish doctors
IB Solutions, an IBA Health Group company, has won a five-year contract to develop a system for the country’s 17,000 doctors to register membership online. The €600,000 contract was awarded by the Medical Council of Ireland, the deal includes capital spend and support for five years. The iB Solutions web-enabled development will support registration, retention, […]
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Clinical Solutions partners with Health Language
Clinical telephone triage software specialist Clinical has announced a partnership with Health Language Inc. (HLI), the US-based supplier of language engine technology for medical vocabulary. It is hoped the new partnership will to improve patient care and efficiency by standardising clinical record coding. The partnership will see the HLI Language Engine integrated into the clinical […]
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Call for common e-health standards
A new study advocates the development of a common strategy and roadmap for e-health standards development, to support interoperability and the adoption of electronic patient records. Carried out by German research firm Empirica on behalf of the European Commission, the study provides an overview of e-health standards development and uptake. Attention is given to the […]
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Versailles Hospital deploys wireless LAN
Mignot Hospital, France, an 800-bed hospital that is part of Versailles hospital system, has announced the deployment of a wireless local area network.
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Google joins Continua e-health alliance
Google has joined Continua Health Alliance, the Intel-led international coalition working to develop standards to enable interoperable e-health products and services for the personal health market.
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