Hungary signs e-health deal with GE Healthcare
The Hungarian government has awarded GE Healthcare a €3.3m deal to lead a project on developing telecare services for elderly citizens.
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Lincor tops Deloitte’s Irish technology awards
Ireland-based Lincor Solutions, a provider of bedside patient entertainment and clinical access systems, has been named number one in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 awards.
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Nuance buys Philips Speech Recognition Systems
Philips has sold its Philips Speech Recognition Systems (PSRS) to US-based Nuance Communications for €66m ($96.1m).
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GE’s Centricity cardiology system wins award
GE Healthcare’s Centricity cardiovascular information system has won Frost & Sullivan’s 2008 ‘product line leadership’ award. The GE CIS system recognised is Centricity Carddas Xi². The CIS is designed to meet cardiologist’s needs for advanced data management and PACS capabilities in a common infrastructure for cardiology and radiology. According to GE Cardass provides a single […]
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Balearic Islands connect to joint network
All public hospitals and around 80 connected Primary Health Centers in the Balearic Islands are now connected to a joint network, where the use of a master patient index is enabling Balearic doctors to access patient data and medical findings anytime. This includes the use of GE Healthcare Web-Viewer, which enables them to retrieve digital […]
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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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GE buys Image Diagnost International
GE Healthcare has acquired German based Image Diagnost International, a provider of IT systems used in the diagnosis of breast cancer. GE says that Image Diagnost’s software offering will expand its capabilities in breast cancer detection, offering clinicians and national screening services one of the most comprehensive ranges of systems available. David Caumartin, general manager […]
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Guernsey awards EPR contract to TrakHealth
The Health & Social Services Department of Guernsey has awarded TrakHealth a ten-year deal to provide all healthcare providers on the island with an integrated electronic patient records (EPR) system. The integrated EPR, based on a system called TrakCare, will be used to support the delivery of comprehensive health and social care services to the […]
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Business as usual
Charlie McCaffrey, Carestream Health’s UK and Ireland managing director tells Linda Davidson about the company’s new name, new owners and its commitment to ‘business as usual’.
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BT’s big mission
In an exclusive interview BT Health’s managing director Patrick O’Connell updates EHI’s Jon Hoeksma how BT is progressing on its three NPfIT contracts.
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