Italian GPs get digital x-rays online
Carestream Health and Italy’s San Salvatore Hospital have announced the development of a new radiology information system module that enables GPs to book digital x-ray examinations and get results back online.
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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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Carestream rolls out French ‘pay-as-you-go’ PACS
Carestream Health, formerly Kodak Health, has announced that 37 privately owned French medical facilities are now using its Hosted Information Management (HIM) system, a pay-as-you-go system for remote archiving, storage and image sharing. HIM is one of a number of eHealth Managed Services from Carestream Health designed to archive, share and distribute medical data more […]
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New mammography module allows double-checks
A new mammography module for the Kodak Carestream Radiology Information System has helped to improve mammography screening administration in three of Denmark’s five regions by ensuring images are double-checked. The new mammography module, introduced earlier this year, is now used by 60% of Denmark’s mammography screening service. The new system means that the Danish screening […]
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Carestream mid-way through NHSScotland PACS
Carestream Health has announced it has reached the half-way point in delivering PACS to NHSScotland, and intends to complete installations by the end of the year. The project now has 21 sites connected out of the country’s 39 hospitals, with 10,000 general clinical users and 200 radiologists registered to the system. According to 1 May […]
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Carestream updates Information Management Solution
A new version of Carestream Healthcare’s Information Management Solution (IMS) unveiled at the European Congress of Radiologists this month, is to be made available worldwide in the second quarter of this year. The company says that the update will offer healthcare providers more convenient viewing of medical imaging exams and other patient documents, while also facilitating the integration […]
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E-Health Europe’s industry news roundup 29.02.08
In the first of a new fortnightly series, E-Health Europe rounds up the European industry news for the week ending 29 February. GEN2PHEN Project – using the Web to study genetic variations A new project funded by the European Union now aims to harness the Web to capture and unify genetic information that impacts a […]
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Carestream to expand PACS in Germany
Dr Christoph Hancken and Graeme Allan at the contract signing for the new Carestream PACS Carestream Health Deutschland has signed an agreement with Dr Hancken Clinics to expand its PACS solution to the practice based at the Elbeklinikum Clinic in Buxtehude. Carestream will also install a long-term central archive for all four group locations at […]
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Carestream aids tumour screening in Albania
Carestream Health is providing computed radiography solutions, printing systems and professional services to an EU-funded screening project between Italy and Albania. Based on collaboration between Albania and the Puglia region of Italy, the project is designed to improve tumour screening and diagnoses services available to Albanian women. Health professionals in Albania and Puglia will work […]
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Carestream boosts European profile
Carestream Health is expanding its European presence with three new European ‘Centre of Excellence’ sites, adding to the six existing healthcare settings already awarded the title. The sites will host visits for other healthcare professionals who want to see products in action and aid research and design on behalf of Carestream Health to help develop […]
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