Rhineland-Palatina to offer PHR to newborns
The German federal state of Rhineland-Palatina is to offer all its newborn infants a smartcard-based personal health record (PHR) on the internet, in a project beginning 2008. The project is believed to be the first time that a web-based personal health record will be offered across an entire German region. Rhineland-Palatina is a mid-size federal […]
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iSoft struggles to win new business
Healthcare software specialist iSoft has reported losses of £8.8m in the past year, as it struggled to win new contracts and incurred the expenses of cost cutting. The firm made losses of £8.8m in the past year, a huge improvement on the £382.2m loss in 2005/6 made due to write off of good will and […]
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CompuGroup’s iSoft bid a German earthquake
If CompuGroup’s surprise £160m bid for iSoft is completed, the German health IT company will have become one of the top suppliers in the European health IT market. But many outside Germany know little of the fast-growing firm, that has put on a dramatic growth spurt in the past few years. If they don’t know […]
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CompuGroup outbids IBA for iSoft
iSoft has today announced that it has accepted an unsolicited £160m all cash offer by Germany’s CompuGroup, trumping a previously agreed bid from Australia’s IBA healthcare. The iSoft board met last night and accepted the higher CompuGroup offer, and have withdrawn their previous recommendation for the IBA Health bid. It will now terminate the agreement shareholders voted to […]
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CompuGroup reports strong Q1 results
German eHealth integration company CompuGroup has announced strong first quarter results, with revenues growing to Euro 41.7m – an increase of 39% on the previous year. The company cited strong organic growth in the health connectivity services sector, as well as by the two most recent major acquisitions. "The successful first quarter 2007 shows the power […]
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