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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EU data privacy legislation speeding e-health
European legislation is helping to speed up development of healthcare IT infrastructure, whilst maintaining patient data privacy and security across the continent, researchers at Frost and Sullivan argue. According to research by the firm, the European Directive 95/46/EC (protection of personal data) ‘is recognised and accepted as the world’s highest privacy standard.’ The directive is aiding […]
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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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CompuGroup’s iSoft bid a German earthquake
If CompuGroup’s surprise £160m bid for iSoft is completed, the German health IT company will have become one of the top suppliers in the European health IT market. But many outside Germany know little of the fast-growing firm, that has put on a dramatic growth spurt in the past few years. If they don’t know […]
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RFID use in healthcare on the rise
The use of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in healthcare across the globe now accounts for almost 9% of global RFID projects, according to research by UK-based consulting firm, IDTechEx. The researchers found that the use of the technology in healthcare has risen over the years and is now the sixth most important applicational sector for […]
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Swiss agree compromise e-health strategy
After extensive political wrangling the Swiss Bundesrat – federal parliament – has endorsed a national e-health strategy, based on the implementation of electronic medical records by 2015. The adoption of the 58 page strategy was severely delayed due to protracted power struggles both between the federal and the regional governments and between regional governments and […]
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Strong growth predicted in European EMR market
The market in electronic medical record systems across Europe may be set to treble over the next six years because of the strong business and clinical benefits such systems deliver, a new Frost and Sullivan report argues. The report, titled European Electronic Medical Records Markets, says that the European EMR market is currently worth $349.6m […]
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Carestream expand eHealth business
Carestream Health has announced that it will be expanding the role of its eHealth Managed Services Business, which is dedicated to the protection, communication, sharing and distribution of patient information for healthcare institutions. The company are expanding the role of the organisation to include a range of services aimed at providing healthcare customers with secure, […]
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EHealthEurope.net health IT news portal launched
E-Health Media Ltd has today announced the launch of EHealthEurope.net, an independent news and business information portal covering the development of the healthcare information technology sector across Europe. The target audiences for EHealthEurope.net are health professionals, health IT executives, policy makers and influencers, together with their industry partners. The portal will provide them with the […]
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Picis expands presence in Europe
Picis, a providers of acute information systems, has announced a further five deals in Europe in the first quarter of this year. The company have been working in Europe for almost 15 years now and now has their systems used by more than 1000 hospitals in 19 European countries. Picis’s executive vice president of global […]
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