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Misys completes merger with Allscripts

British software firm Misys has completed its merger with US health software firm Allscripts to create Allscripts-Misys. The company will
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Version 3 of HL7 released

Developer of global healthcare standards, Health Level Seven, has announced the release of Version 3 Normative Edition 2008, a globally-defined
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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
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US-wide EHRs priced at $150 billion

The full implementation of a digital US healthcare system, with integrated networked electronic health records (EHR) in all US doctors’
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Europe aims for borderless electronic health records

The European Commission has launched two major e-health initiatives aimed at achieving interoperable e-health systems across Europe
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Klinikum Chemnitz hospital links radiology to EHR

Klinikum Chemnitz, one of the largest hospitals in Germany, has become one of the first to link its teleradiology service
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Call for semantic health interoperability

A leading UK academic has called for a new push on the development of semantic electronic health records based on
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Danish software extracts records digitally

Denmark’s largest hospital, Odense University Hospital, has implemented OnBase, Hyland Software’s suite of enterprise content management (ECM) software applications. The
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US building momentum by accrediting health IT

Accreditation of vendor applications, based on core interoperability standards, is helping to spur adoption of ICT within the United States
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Warning on health systems’ vulnerabilities

Commercial electronic health record systems are vulnerable to exploitation given existing industry development and disclosure practices, according to a study
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