Orange and Alcatel partner on e-health
French telecomm giants Orange and Alcatel-Lucent have signed a cooperation agreement to develop services for e-health and enhanced assisted living.
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2009 Baltic e-health conference announced
The third Baltic Conference on e-health will take place in Hamburg on September 16, 2009, and this year focus on cross-border care. The conference, to be hosted in the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, will focus primarily on Cross-Border Healthcare, optimisation of clinical and business processes and telemedicine. The event aims to provide a cross sector […]
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Permanente way
Kaiser Permanente is making rapid progress with electronic health records. Jon Hoeksma reports.
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French primaries ban mobiles
Mobile phones are to be banned from French primary schools, under new government measures to reduce the health risk to children. The new measures will also require companies to provide text-only hand sets and phones that will only work when connected to headsets to limit the danger of electromagnetic radiation. At present, French schools ban […]
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Sectra reports strong growth
Swedish health IT firm Sectra has reported strong growth, with sales increasing by 16.2% to €82.6m (SEK 863.3m) (742.9) compared with the preceding fiscal year. Orders rose 13.1% to €110m (SEK 1,149.7m). Profit after financial items was €6.8m (SEK 71.4m), equating to a profit margin of 8.3%. In the fourth quarter of the year Sectra’s […]
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Cerner to create 40 jobs in Ireland
US health software firm Cerner has announced it is to create up to 40 new technology support jobs in Ireland. The jobs will be created as part of a new multi-lingual software support operation, focused on the European market. The new service could create up to 40 jobs by the end of 2009, with the […]
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Carestream wins Belgium PACS contracts
Carestream Health has won three contracts for Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) for mammography images in the French-speaking region of Belgium. The three PACS deals cover: a regional programme for mammography screening; mobile mammography screening; and screening in a private radiology clinic. The three deals will all support the regional Communauté Française mammography screening […]
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CompuGroup reports Q1 figures
German e-health firm CompuGroup AG has reported its revenues grew by 36% in the first three months of 2009. Profits decreased however from €12.8m in 2008 to €11.9m. The company attributed the difference to “acquisition related restructuring processes and regulatory implications”. The firm reported that business opportunities remained good and that it had begun delivering […]
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Virginia Department of Health hacked
An attack on the Virginia Department of Health Professionals (VDHP) website, resulted in a prescriptions website being hacked and a $10m ransom demand for the return of millions of allegedly stolen patient records. US press reports and blogs say the attack involved over eight million electronic patient records and some 35m prescription records. That an […]
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Slovenia rolls out e-health card
The Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia has announced that it will roll-out a new electronic health insurance card system across the country.
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