CSC wins Austrian e-health deal
CSC has announced it has won a contract to deliver its master patient index system across Austria. The system will allow healthcare professionals to perform a nationwide search of electronic patient records, which they will then able to access regardless of where they are stored. By using the application, health professionals will be able to […]
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Cisco unified computing in Austria
Klinikum Wels-Grieskirchen, the largest healthcare provider in Northern Austria, has deployed a Unified Computing System from Cisco. The system will be deployed a data centre that covers two hospitals serving more than 600,000 patients. It will also act as a hosting aggregation point for the region’s existing Medical Data Exchange Solution (MDES), which provides a […]
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Europe launch for Cisco data exchange
Cisco and Austrian software company Tiani Spirit have announced the availability of their new Medical Data Exchange Solution (MDES) in Europe. The MDES enables healthcare providers to securely access patient information regardless of the provider’s location or IT system. It combines Cisco’s Application Extension Platform and Integrated Services Router with Tiani Spirit’s electronic patient management software, […]
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Swedish hospitals lead on social media
A ground-breaking study into how European hospitals are making use of Web 2.0 social media tools, such as Facebook, YouTube and Blogs, is to be widened. So far, the research has shown that Swedish hospitals lead the use of social media tools, with 11% of Swedish hospitals studied using RSS feeds and 4% using blogs. […]
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Centre Hospitalier chooses Siemens
The Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg (CHL) is to install the base module of Siemens’ i.s.h.med hospital information system. The basis modules of i.s.h.med, which include order and report communications, are scheduled to be installed in the final quarter of 2009. The hospital plans to implement the new hospital information system over several phases. It is […]
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European Health Insurance Card hits milestone
The European Commission has announced that over 180m European Health Insurance Cards (EHIC) have been issued in the five years since the card replaced the paper E111 form. The EHIC is a free plastic card that ensures cardholders receive the same access to public sector health care – a doctor, a pharmacy, a hospital or […]
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University Hospital of Bonn picks Agfa PACS
Agfa HealthCare has been selected by the University Hospital of Bonn to supply its IMPAX picture archiving and communication system for an enterprise-wide implementation. IMPAX was chosen after an OJEU tender process for a PACS solution to meet the fast evolving needs of its radiology department. The project is financially backed by the German Research […]
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Agfa-Gevaert Healthcare’s sales falter
Full year results from Belgium’s Agfa-Gavaert show that sales fell 8.6% to €1.23 billion in 2008. Included in the decline was a second half of the year slow-down in Agfa HealthCare’s sales, which account for 43% of Agfa’s total sales. For the whole of 2008 Agfa HealthCare’s sales reached €1.39 billion. But over the fourth […]
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Siemens buys i.s.h.med from T-Systems Austria
Siemens, SAP, and T-Systems Austria, have completed a deal that will see Siemens take over i.s.h.med software that it had jointly developed with T-Systems Austria, an arm of Deutshe Telekom. Siemens, SAP, and T-Systems Austria originally developed i.s.h.med in the ‘90s; Siemens has now bought T-Systems Austria’s 50% share of the product, together with a […]
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Call for co-ordination on ID card security
ENISA has published a position paper highlighting problems with current and planned European electronic ID card schemes.
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