BridgeForward builds Viaduct
Software provider BridgeForward has announced the European release of its latest interoperability solution, Viaduct. The solution is a service oriented, teamwork-enabled, enterprise integration design studio and runtime that runs on any platform and any device. The company claims it enables users to design, build and deploy complex integration processes in the same way as they […]
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Prepare health systems for ageing EU told
European governments “grappling with the severe economic and financial crisis” still need to prepare for the costs of an ageing population, the European Commission has warned. In a communication dealing with the impact of an aging population in the EU, the Commission warns that if governments do not address work, pensions, health and social care […]
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iSoft to develop medication management
iSoft has announced that it will develop its own medication management solution, which will be embedded within Lorenzo. The announcement comes after IBA, iSoft’s Australian parent company, entered into a $15m agreement to acquire Hatrix, a provider of electronic medication management solutions for acute and community healthcare providers. The company says it will use Hatrix’s expertise […]
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Europe lags behind on IT research
The European Commission has said that Europe must boost its IT research policy if it wants to catch-up with countries such as the US, Japan and China. The Commission argued that the EU’s 27 members are not doing enough to promote IT research at the first European Future Technologies Conference in Prague, Czech Republic. It […]
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UK rejects EU-wide IT
The UK government has rejected the idea of developing interoperable IT systems across the EU and of delivering an EU-wide electronic prescription system. In its response to the European Commission’s proposals for a directive on patient rights in cross-border healthcare, the Department of Health said the costs of developing and implementing the NHS IT Programme […]
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Network resilience is a CERT
An EU agency has called for governments to set up a single Computer Emergency Response Team to improve the resilience of their computer networks. The European Network and Information Safety Agency (ENISA) says computer and information networks are now as important as power or water networks, and should be protected accordingly. In a report surveying […]
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Germany’s electronic health card stalls
The introduction of electronic health cards in Germany has been stalled because doctors are refusing to buy the necessary equipment to read them.
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King’s College to install 50 self-service kiosks
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is to become the first in Europe to install patient self-service kiosks supplied by NCR. The touch-screen kiosks are designed to simplify checking-in and out procedures for patients. A total of 50 MediKiosks will initially be deployed this autumn in the London hospital’s dermatology, haematology, orthopedics, urology and general […]
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EHTEL helps Swedish government review e-health
The Swedish government and healthcare authorities have called upon the European Health Telematics Association to discuss their national e-health strategy. The discussion took place in a two-day meeting in Stockholm last week and was the first time that e-health industry body EHTEL had been asked to advise a national government. EHTEL president, Martin Denz, told […]
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New partnership to boost e-health
The European Health Telematics Association has announced that it has signed an agreement with the International Society of Telemedicine and e-health to further their efforts in making telemedicine more widespread. The agreement highlights the need for a “synergistic partnership” to increase each organisations effectiveness and make a more positive impact than their individual efforts alone. […]
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