Sectra to provide radiology network to Sweden’s Region Skåne
Sectra has been awarded a contract to deliver an IT infrastructure for regional radiology information exchange and cooperation among hospitals to the Swedish county council Region Skåne. The new IT infrastructure will support automatic sharing and distribution of radiology information to all departments involved in the radiology workflow. The county council of Region Skåne covers […]
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Barco win large Brazilian contract
Belgian medical imaging firm, Barco has won a significant contract to supply high-grade PACS display systems to the ‘Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo’, the largest hospital in Brazil. The new systems will be installed in the hospital’s reporting rooms and will be deployed to replace the existing film-based […]
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Continua promises products by year end
Continua Health Alliance says the first interoperable personal telehealth products, able to work with each other out ‘of the box’, will be in stores by year end. The first standards produced by the industry Alliance, including health USB and Bluetooth standards, are due for publication in the next month. Continua is a Intel-championed open industry […]
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European firms sign global e-health deals
Two large European e-health suppliers have announced new deals to conduct healthcare work internationally, in the last month. Netherlands based Gemalto and Belgium-based Agfa HealthCare will be undertaking large projects in Algeria, Azerbaijan and Canada respectively. Gemalto has begun rolling out a two-year e-health project in Algeria (CNAS), consisting of 7m smartcards, known as Chifa, […]
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DxCG to host risk adjustment symposium in Germany
Predictive modelling specialist, DxCG, has announced it is hosting a two-day conference, Navigating Risk Adjustment with DxCG. The event will take place at the Berlin Marriot, Germany on 6 and 7 May and aims to provide attendees a practical insight into the workings of DxCG science. Attendees will also be taught proper utilisation of risk […]
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Danish firm provides global PACS access
The new version of Medical Insight’s EasyViz. Danish firm Medical Insight has released a new version of its EasyViz product which provides remote access to electronic medical record (EMR) and diagnostic imaging systems. According to Medical Insight, the remote access product can provide entry to Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) and EMR systems “from […]
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Medtronic to surf Europe’s ‘wave of telemedicine’
The US-medical device manufacturer Medtronic is planning to extend its presence as a telemedicine provider in Europe the company announced in Switzerland yesterday. “The wave of telemedicine is now hitting the medical devices industry, and Medtronic will take a lead”, said Peter Steinmann, vice president for distance monitoring at Medtronic Western Europe. CareLink was introduced […]
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VDE paper supports telemonitoring for diabetics
German industry association, VDE, has published a paper on telemonitoring for diabetic patients. The paper urges politicians to make greater use of telemonitoring technology in order to reduce long-term complications of diabetes and costs for diabetic patients. The main function of telemonitoring in diabetes is to transmit blood sugar levels electronically, via landline or mobile […]
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CETIR deploys Agfa PACS in Catalonia
The CETIR radiology group, one of the two main private providers of radiological services in Catalonia, Spain, is to deploy Agfa HealthCare’s IMPAX PACS system. Specifically the system will be deployed at the CETIR headquarters in Esplugues de Llobregat, just outside Barcelona, and two satellite sites, with the go live planned later this month. Marçal […]
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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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