Interpol issues swine flu spam warning
The international police organisation Interpol has issued a warning about the potential for criminals to exploit the swine flu outbreak through spam emails and websites selling illegal, unlicensed or fake medicines. The organisation based in Lyon, France, which has 187 member countries over five continents, said internet security firms were reporting that 3-4% of spam […]
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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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FDA clears Carestream Health product
The US Food and Drug Administration has given marketing clearance to the DRX-1 System from Carestream Health. The company claims the DRX-1 is the industry’s first wireless digital radiography detector, and that now it has FDA clearance it will start taking orders and shipping within weeks. The system incorporates a console and a wireless cassette-sized […]
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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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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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Nijmegen chooses UltraGenda for scheduling
Belgium health scheduling software specialist UltraGenda has been chosen by St Radboud University Medical Centre (UMC) in Nijmegen to supply its enterprise-wide appointment scheduling software. UMC St Radboud, which is part of the Catholic University in Nijmegen, selected UltraGenda Pro for its enterprise-wide appointment scheduling after a Europe-wide procurement exercise. The value of the initial […]
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HL7 and IHTSDO sign agreement
Health Level Seven, the international healthcare IT standards body, has partnered with the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation, a provider of standardised clinical terminology. The partnership is designed to foster interoperability and lead to improvements in patient safety by eliminating gaps and overlaps between the HL7 and IHTSDO standards. The focus of joint work […]
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ICW works on New York e-prescriptions
German e-health firm InterComponentWare has partnered with the New York E-health Collaborative and Surescripts, the operator of the largest US e-prescribing network. The partners will create an e-health prototype project to enable e-prescription transmission between different healthcare organisations across New York, through the Statewide Health information Network for New York (SHIN-NY). If patients provide their […]
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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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EMRs named top priority in HIMSS survey
Implementing electronic medical records has become the top priority for senior healthcare information professionals, a major US survey has shown.
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