New partnership to boost e-health
The European Health Telematics Association has announced that it has signed an agreement with the International Society of Telemedicine and e-health to further their efforts in making telemedicine more widespread. The agreement highlights the need for a “synergistic partnership” to increase each organisations effectiveness and make a more positive impact than their individual efforts alone. […]
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iSoft wins South American deals
ISoft has won two small contracts in South America, signing its first contract in Honduras and its fourth contract in Mexico. The deal with the Honduras government will see the company develop and implement a system to manage health services, providing a central register of information for government departments. ISoft is working with three local […]
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Carestream wins order in Scotland
Kodak Directview DR7500 Carestream Health has announced it has won orders to supply eleven Kodak Directview digital radiography systems in Scotland. The systems will be supplied to Greater Glasgow and Clyde and Fife Health Boards and come as part of the overall modernisation of Glasgow’s acute hospitals. Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board is in […]
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Wales publishes pathology shortlist
Six companies have been shortlisted as potential providers to develop a national pathology laboratory system for Wales. The procurement is expected to award a £7.9m national contract for pathology services to become available in 2010. The Welsh IT agency Informing Healthcare has announced that Cerner, Clinisys, EMIS, iSoft, InterSystems and Technidata have been selected to […]
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Wal-Mart to offer low cost e-health records
Wal-Mart, the world’s biggest retailer, has announced that it plans to start selling electronic health records to US doctors working in small practices. The retail giant plans to shake-up the US healthcare sector by offering dramatically cheaper electronic health records than have previously been available. It won’t offer electronic record systems in its stores but, […]
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Insider View: Michael Cross
The Database Report had some great points to make. Pity they were hidden by its errors, says Michael Cross.
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VeriFone targets German e-health programme
US firm VeriFone Holdings has announced it will target the growing demand in Germany for electronic health card systems. The company is a specialist supplier of payment and card systems, and has been operating in the US market since 1995. VeriFone currently offers a range of payment certified electronic card acceptance solutions in Germany, including […]
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Database mooted for healthcare professionals
The Department of Health is to investigate whether a national database should be set up to hold information on the fitness to practice of all healthcare professionals in the UK. The database would hold information on concerns about the performance, conduct and health of healthcare professionals and will be considered as part of a scoping […]
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Nuance releases Dragon Medical 10
Nuance Communications has released the latest version of its Dragon Medical 10 speech recognition software for the healthcare sector, in the UK and Ireland. The firm says the new software is nearly twice as fast as the previous version and offers improved accuracy. Dragon Medical 10 allows doctors to create medical documents and e-mails, search […]
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Med-e-Tel to focus on spreading telemedicine
The first Med-e-Tel telemedicine and e-health conference to be held since the European Commission’s Telemedicine Communication will take place in Luxembourg next week. The Commission’s Telemedicine Communication, which provides an ambitious framework for dramatically improving access to telemedicine for EU citizens and healthcare professionals across Europe, was published in November 2008, and will be a central focus […]
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