German hospital group to roll-out EMR
A major German hospital player has announced that it will begin to develop a national network of electronic medical records within the next few weeks. The Sana-Kliniken – number four among the private hospital chains in Germany – have signed a contract with the Berlin-based GMD, a specialist provider for eHealth solutions. The latest announcement […]
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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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Granger says IBA will take control of iSoft within week
Richard Granger, chief executive of Connecting for Health, has inidacted that IBA Health will have control of iSoft within the next week. However, Granger also warned that he was prepared to ditch iSoft’s Lorenzo software, and make arch rival Cerner’s Millennium the national system across England, if the late-running software doesn’t work or meet NHS requirements. […]
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Siemens at the crossroads
Klaus Kleinfeld who resigned as Siemens’ chief executive last week was also the mastermind behind the company’s healthcare IT development. William Payne assesses his legacy.
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Siemens at the crossroads
Klaus Kleinfeld who resigned as Siemens’ chief executive last week was also the mastermind behind the company’s healthcare IT development. William Payne assesses his legacy.
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iSoft Germany expand lab services customer base
iSoft Deutschland has announced their first laboratory system deployments in the private sector and drug research sector, plus laboratory and radiology implementations and the first tests of a new compulsory electronic health card. Last week, the company announced it had signed its first private laboratory services contract after deploying its LabCentre system at the private […]
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Wearable patient monitor transmits over WiFi
A new wireless monitor which is worn by the patient has been developed by German medical equipment manufacturers Dräger Medical. The Infinity TeleSmart system (below) has similar functionality to a full-sized monitor but still can be worn on the patient’s body. Like a normal telemetry device, it is attached to the patient’s skin with plasters and collects data such […]
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Accenture & SAP to develop collaborative health network
German software providers SAP are to partner with National Programme for IT system providers Accenture to co-develop a collaborative health network (CHN) solution designed to help healthcare organisations improve patient care by streamlining the way they access, integrate and share information. The solution will be designed to integrate people, information, business processes and technology standards […]
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Germany’s team
The World Cup is not Frankfurt’s only major event this summer. Phillipp Grätzel reports from ITeG, the German healthcare IT industry conference.
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Courage to build
A European framework for interoperability is cruical to the success of e-health across the continent, industry leaders have argued at a high level conference in Malaga.
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