Intelligent buildings workshop
A workgroup on intelligent buildings and assistive home technology will be held in Belgium at the end of September. The workshop will take place in two different venues across Belgium, in Bruges on the 24 and in Gits on the 25 September 2009. The workshop will be run by the CIB W098 workgroup for Intelligent […]
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GE builds body sensor networks
GE Healthcare has announced that it is developing a wireless medical monitoring system, which could replace the need for the numerous cables traditionally found at patients’ bedsides. The company is working with GE’s technology development division, Global Research, to develop the body sensor networks (BSNs). Once developed, GE hopes that the networks will consist of […]
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GE and TomTec announce co-operation
GE Healthcare and Munich-based TomTec Imaging Systems have announced a formal strategic co-operation in cardiology IT. The agreement is intended to ensure a seamless integration of TomTec’s CardioArena programme for analysing 2D, 3D and 4D data into GE Healthcare’s Centricity Cardiology portfolio. The companies say this will help to streamline cardiologists’ workflows, increasing efficiency and […]
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GE Healthcare links with ICW
GE Healthcare, a division of General Electric Company has signed a strategic agreement with German e-health specialist InterComponentWare (ICW). GE Healthcare will use ICW’s integration technology to develop the connectivity and integration capabilities of its Centricity products. "Connectivity is one of the biggest challenges in healthcare today and it directly impacts the quality and cost […]
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Intel and GE develop Health House
Researchers from Intel and GE Healthcare are working to develop a ‘Health House’ that will track a person’s everyday habits, check vital signs and predict whether they are at risk of a fall. The system will use sensors to track a person’s behaviour and send alerts when unexpected reactions or data are picked up. The […]
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GE offers $100m loans to boost EMR use
GE Healthcare has launched a programme of €72m ($100m) in interest-free loans to boost electronic medical record (EMR) adoption in the US. Hospitals and doctors will be offered loans to invest in GE Healthcare’s Centricity EMR software, without having to first raise funding for capital investment. Investment in certified EMR systems forms a key part […]
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GE to spend $6 billion on health tech
General Electric is to invest €4.5 billion ($6 billion) over the next six years in innovative healthcare technology, the firm announced yesterday.
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GE and Intel commit €184m to telecare research
General Electric and Intel have joined forces to develop hi-tech health care products that will allow patients to be treated at home. The companies will invest €184m ($250m) in the project over the next five years to market and develop home-based health technologies that will help older people live independently and patients with chronic conditions […]
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Over here
Is Cerner Millennium over big, over corporate and over hard to deploy? Or is it a great system that just needs time and investment ? Neil Versel reports.
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Nuance and GE complete RIS-SpeechMagic integration
Nuance Communications has successfully integrated its SpeechMagic technology into GE Healthcare Centricity Radiology Information System (RIS). The development is said to be the first RIS integration with a Citrix ready speech recognition for the European Middle East and Africa region. According to Nuance community hospitals, out-patient imaging centres and integrated delivery networks can now implement […]
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