Electronic patient records

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1 April 2008

Study praises Norwegian EPRs

A study by researchers at The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has found that GP electronic patient records
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3 March 2008

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
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28 February 2008

The bigger picture at HIMSS

Jon Hoeksma visits the ever-expanding US healthcare IT show, HIMSS, where business intelligence and consumer-led e-health were big themes.
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28 February 2008

Insurance companies to pay doctors for smartcards

After a year of negotiations, German health insurance companies have agreed to pay doctors for the smartcard readers and software
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22 February 2008

Ortivus reports losses due to delays

Swedish health IT developer, Ortivus, has released its year-end report for 2007, announcing an operating loss of 53.9m Swedish Krona,
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16 January 2008

German doctors say no to centrally stored patient records

Recent reports about incidents of data loss in the British healthcare system have alarmed medical doctors in other European countries.
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21 November 2007

Medica 2007: smartcard lows and EPR highs

Although there was good news for medical smartcard projects at the trade fair Medica 2007 in Düsseldorf, doctors critical of
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20 November 2007

Industry agrees standardised interface for EPRs

After one year of negotiations – faster than expected – more than 30 health IT companies have agreed on a
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3 October 2007

Austria named best healthcare system in the EU

Austria has the best healthcare service in the European Union, a survey by watchdog Health Consumer Powerhouse has found. The
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27 September 2007

IBM uses 3D imaging to visualise patient records

Researchers at IBM have developed new visualisation software that will allow doctors to view personal medical records on an animated
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