Ireland set to decide on PACS
The Republic of Ireland is in the final stages of selecting a supplier for a multi-million euro nationally integrated radiology and picture archiving and communication system, E-Health Europe has learned. The Health Service Executive went out to tender for the PACS and RIS procurement in October 2008. Several acute hospitals already have PACS implemented, principally the […]
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E-Health Europe’s Jon Hoeksma interviews Juergen Reyinger, European head of General Electric Healthcare Information Systems.
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Agfa sells CardioNow unit
Agfa Healthcare has sold its CardioNow unit, a secure provider of clinical trial services, to BioClinica. CardioNow specialises in electronic transmission and analysis of medical images for clinical trials. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The firm says it aims to integrate the CardioNow technology within 45 days, offering immediate benefits to 200 existing […]
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GE and TomTec announce co-operation
GE Healthcare and Munich-based TomTec Imaging Systems have announced a formal strategic co-operation in cardiology IT. The agreement is intended to ensure a seamless integration of TomTec’s CardioArena programme for analysing 2D, 3D and 4D data into GE Healthcare’s Centricity Cardiology portfolio. The companies say this will help to streamline cardiologists’ workflows, increasing efficiency and […]
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Siemens deal for India’s Medicity
Siemens Healthcare has entered into one of the largest technology partnerships in India to provide imaging and IT solutions to the new Medanta-The Medicity Hospital. The Medanta is one of India’s largest upcoming hospitals made up of a research centre, a medical and nursing school and 1,250 beds, as well as 45 operating theatres catering […]
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Web-based cardiology PACS launched
Carestream Health has launched a new web-based cardiology Picture Archiving and Communications System. The new cardiology imaging system offers a single integrated platform for diagnosis, image review and reporting for echocardiography, cardiac catheterisation and nuclear cardiology procedures as well as electrocardiogram management. Groene Hart Ziekenhuis in Gouda, the Netherlands, has been named as the launch […]
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Carestream win Dutch data archiving deal
Carestream Health has won an e-Health Managed Services (eMS) agreement to provide remote storage of diagnostic images for the Maasstad Ziekenhuis Hospital in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. the company declined to comment on the value of the contract, citing commercial confidentiality. The five year agreement will include the migration of more than 70 terabytes of legacy DICOM (digital […]
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Agfa Healthcare sales continue to fall
Agfa-Gavaert has announced that its healthcare sales have decreased by 5.8% from €313m to €295m for the second quarter of 2009.
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World’s first virtual heart produced
HeartWorks virtual heart demo Three London-based cardio anaesthetists have developed the world’s first virtual heart, providing a breakthrough in the way cardiothoracic anaesthetists are trained. The virtual heart, known as HeartWorks, is a realistic computer generated model of the heart and an echocardiology simulator. By using it, medical students will be able to practice peri-operative […]
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Philips reports falling health sales
Dutch technology and healthcare giant Philips has reported a big fall in second quarter profits and sales, but says conditions may be improving. Philips’ sales for the second quarter period totalled €5.23 bn, 19% less than a year before. Sales of its healthcare products were 5% lower. The firm’s net profit sank to €45m for […]
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