Sonic Healthcare acquires GLP Medical Group
German laboratory information system developer, GLP Medical Group, has been acquired by Australian diagnostics software specialist, Sonic Healthcare, in a deal worth approximately €30m. GLP Medical is based in Hamburg and specialises in laboratory software. Formerly known as “Labor Dr von Froreich & Kollegen”, the company is widely used across Germany and other parts of […]
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German insurer AOK requires doctors to digitise
The AOK Baden-Württemberg, a regional German health insurance company with three million members, has signed a direct primary care contract with up to 5,000 doctors in the state of Baden-Württemberg that requires them to digitise. Doctors can only take part in the contract online, which replaces the traditional collective doctor contracts that have existed in […]
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Google Health launched
Internet search giant Google yesterday unveiled Google Health, its online personal health record service.
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Siemens unveil new radiology solutions at ECR
Siemens Healthcare unveiled a new portal of IT software for radiologists and other hospital personnel who work with imaging staff, known as the syngo Portal, at this week’s European Congress of Radiologists. Siemens have developed three different strands of the systems, one for radiologists, one for referring physicians and one for senior executives. The solutions have […]
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Olympus installs 100th lab automation software
Olympus’ OLA2500 lab automation system Olympus has installed its 100th laboratory automation software solution in Germany, helping laboratories to analyse test tube specimens faster. The Olympus OLA2500 lab automation system is designed to help increase productivity and efficiency in medium to high volume laboratories. The system automates labour-intensive tasks such as sample identification, decapping, sorting, […]
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Mobile health and EPR feature at CeBIT
CeBIT in Hannover is the biggest consumer IT show in the world, and is the place for laptop-maniacs, iPod-addicts and sat nav junkies to get their techno-fix. But as well as gadgets, it is also becoming a key place to watch out for e-health innovations. While the main show runs from 4-9 March, a special […]
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Axon Lab becomes iSoft’s new Swiss partner
iSoft has announced its re-entry into the Swiss market through a distribution agreement, just 18-months after it sold its Swiss operations. In June 2006 iSoft sold its operations in Switzerland to Nexus, a local provider of healthcare IT solutions, for €1.4m (2.25m Swiss Francs). Under its new distribution agreement Axon Lab AG, a service provider […]
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NHS Scotland ready for national PACS roll out
The Scottish Executive has announced that national deployment of Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) across Scotland will begin this month after successful pilots in hospitals across Glasgow and Dumfries and Galloway. Over the next two years every hospital in Scotland will receive a new system from Carestream Health [formerly Kodak Health], which will […]
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Siemens acquire Dade Behring
Siemens have announced they are to acquire US-based clinical laboratory diagnostics company, Dade Behring in a deal worth Euros 5bn. Dade Behring provides clinical laboratory equipment and integrated solutions for routine chemistry testing, immunodiagnostics (including infectious disease testing), haemostasis testing (process whereby bleeding is halted) and microbiology. They currently have operations in […]
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Lithuania approves new eHealth strategy
The Lithuanian government has approved a new eHealth strategy for 2007-2015, aiming to improve the quality and continuity of patient services through information technology. The strategy document [currently available in Lithuanian only] builds on a previous feasibility study of eHealth system development and implementation steps from 2005 till 2008, and aims to meet European Commission […]
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