Danish RTX make telemonitoring user friendly
German telemonitoring service provider Vitaphone has announced a joint venture with Denmark based RTX Healthcare, at Medica in Düsseldorf
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SAP to start integrated care pilots later this year
Bernard Thibaut, head of the health-related software business at SAP Germany, tells Philipp Grätzel about the firm’s e-health future.
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German insurance firms merge IT departments
In January 2008 over 200 German health insurance companies will combine their IT departments to form one company. This is a significant consolidation on the customer side of the German health IT market. “The step will lead to a new company with a turnover of €300 million and around 1000 employees”, said Wolfgang Schmeinck, head […]
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NETC@RDS moves to phase two deployment
The initial deployment of phase two the NETC@RDS project, an online service for the European Health Insurance Card (eEHIC) has begun. A European Commission Information Society & Media spokesperson told E-Health Europe: “The NETC@RDS Project aims to improve the access of mobile citizens to trans-European health services by using advanced web-oriented applications either based on […]
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ICW add the Strüngmann brothers as shareholders
The Strüngmann brothers, founders of German drug manufacturer Hexal, have secured a 25% stake in eHealth specialists InterComponentWare. The deal has been completed after the Strüngmann’s investment company, Santo Holding, purchased newly issued shares from ICW’s recent increase in capital stock. Existing shareholders will not have to surrender any shares as part of the deal, […]
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Evolution, not revolution
Jens Naumann, head of the German industrial association of health IT companies, talks to Philipp Gratzel about the forthcoming roll out of electronic health cards.
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Bulgaria begins electronic health cards pilot
The Bulgarian Ministry of Health and the National Health Insurance Fund have begun piloting the issuing of electronic health cards, provided by ICW, in cooperation with Cisco and Kontrax. An ICW spokesperson told E-Health Europe: “As of this month, 1,000 citizens from the town of Slivnitza and the village Aldomirovzi will receive their personal electronic […]
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Health insurers offer smartcard access to websites
The biggest IT organisation of German health insurance companies, ISKV, has begun to offer a smartcard-based access solution to the websites of insurance companies. Patients can use the smartcards to access the insurance companies’ website to securely access services such as medical advice, together with accessing financial details of treatments received. The solution is presented […]
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I am not a gambler
Frank Gotthardt, head of Gemany’s fast-growing CompuGroup, tells E-Health Europe why he was not willing to buy iSoft at any price.
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Germany’s Barmer begins PHR trial
Barmer, Germany’s largest insurance company, is to begin a national evaluation of the effects personal health records (PHR) have on patient self-care and health service delivery. The trial is believed to be one of the biggest yet patient-controlled PHRs. During the course of the study Barmer will offer the system to all of its seven […]
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