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Leicester to use WinScribe digital dictation
The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust will introduce SRC’s WinScribe digital dictation systems in a bid to meet Department of Health sustainability targets and improve patient experience.
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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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iSoft wins award for European labs strategy
ISoft Germany has been named a strategic leader in the European Laboratory Information Systems (LIS) market by analysts Frost & Sullivan.
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Centre Hospitalier installs MediVista
Click to enlarge France’s Centre Hospitalier de la Region d’Annecy has installed an advanced bedside communications and entertainment system supplied by Ireland-based Lincor Solutions. The MediVista system enables both patient bedside entertainment and provides authorised hospital staff with access to clinical data. The new system has been implemented across all 620 beds at Centre Hospitalier […]
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Vodafone and Spanish Red Cross partner on 3G care
The Vodafone Espana Foundation, the Spanish Red Cross and Qualcomm, have joined together to launch a project using 3G broadband technology to trial new ways of connecting elderly people in Spain to their family and friends. Called ‘3G Connecting Generations’ the project will use 3G mobile broadband technology to deliver services through voice and videoconferencing […]
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Rhön Klinikum says EPR key to particle therapy
German hospital group Rhön Klinikum AG, believes its new web-based electronic patient record will be a key success factor for its €120m new centre for particle therapy.
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German diabetes risk management study begins
A new collaborative research project has been launched in Germany to examine how computer technology can be used to help predict risk factors associated with diabetes. Called ‘computer assisted diabetes risk management (CDRM)’ will examine how different e-health solutions can improve diabetes care. The study, which will be at medium scale, will focus on people […]
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Estonia takes steps to e-health
The Estonian Government this week approved of the package of regulations which paves the way to the introduction of digital health records. In a press release issued today Estonia’s Minister of Social Affairs Maret Maripuu said that the regulations adopted on Thursday will create preconditions for the gradual transition to e-health. “Now it depends on […]
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Canada’s Infoway says 254 EHR projects underway
Canada’s electronic health record projects have quadrupled since 2004, according to the head of the Canadian health IT agency. Investment in EHRs is said to have increased by 12% in the past year alone. Canada Health Infoway – an independent, not-for-profit organization funded by the Canadian government – jointly invests with every province or territory […]
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