Gibraltar launches electronic transcription application
The Gibraltar Health Authority (GHA) has launched a new prescription transcribing and dispensing application, incorporating First DataBank Europe’s (FDBE) Multilex Drug Data File. The application will enable Gibraltar’s public GP clinics and pharmacies to store and share patient medication information in a central web-based system. Using a combination of unique prescription IDs and unique patient […]
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Mobile monitoring for Barmer customers
Barmer Ersatzkasse, Germany’s biggest health insurance company, has begun to offer its 7m customers mobile phone based fitness monitoring. The monitoring service will become part of the company’s prevention programme and can be used to lower insurance premiums. Developed in conjunction with the IT service provider T-Systems, a division of Deutsche Telekom, it features a […]
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Markische Kliniken hospitals implement Orbis
The Märkische Kliniken hospital group, based in southern Germany, says it has integrated medical, nursing and administrative IT processes following the installation of the Agfa Orbis hospital information system (HIS) in its three main hospitals. The hospital group hopes that by switching to one HIS, they will be able to improve the quality of patient […]
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Atos Origin signs 5 year deal on German health card
Atos Origin has signed a new five-year contract with German health IT agency Gesellschaft für Telematikanwendungen der Gesundheitskarte mbH (gematik) for the implementation of the directory service for the German electronic health card project. The firm will be responsible for the design and implementation of the Directory Service in the IT infrastructure and the deal […]
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Berlin University opens telemedicine centre
The Charité University Hospital, part of Berlin University, has opened a centre for cardiovascular telemedicine.
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Finland awards national patient archive contract
The Social Insurance Institution of Finland (KELA) has selected EMC to build a new centralised national patient record archive to securely store over 5m health records in what will become Finland’s largest database. The project aims to deliver an electronic prescription service later this year, followed by the completion of a comprehensive patient record and […]
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German government unveils smartcard costs
The German ministry of health has issued details on recent and estimated future costs of the healthcare smartcard project in response to a parliamentary inquiry, initiated by the Liberal Democrats (FDP). Germany’s current government is made up of a ‘grand coalition’ of Conservatives and Social Democrats, with the FDP as the leading opposition party. The […]
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VDE paper supports telemonitoring for diabetics
German industry association, VDE, has published a paper on telemonitoring for diabetic patients. The paper urges politicians to make greater use of telemonitoring technology in order to reduce long-term complications of diabetes and costs for diabetic patients. The main function of telemonitoring in diabetes is to transmit blood sugar levels electronically, via landline or mobile […]
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Berlin health conference will focus on IT
Next week sees hundreds of senior health officials from across Europe congregate in Berlin, Germany, for the 4th Annual World Health Care Congress Europe. As a supporting publication, E-Health Europe will be reporting live from the event, bringing you all the latest developments in European e-health. As a taster of what’s expected to be announced […]
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Insurance companies to pay doctors for smartcards
After a year of negotiations, German health insurance companies have agreed to pay doctors for the smartcard readers and software upgrades that the new German healthcare smartcards necessitate. The German ministry of health has recently increased its pressure on insurance companies and doctors, following an announcement that the smartcard rollout will start later this year. […]
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