Noema Life completes EPR in Lodi
Italian healthcare IT company NoemaLife has completed its implementation of its Galileo Enterprise electronic medical record system in the Lodi hospital in Lombardy, Northern Italy, and is now continuing to add functionality. The hospital, which decided in 2008 that it wanted to enhance its clinical IT, says the system has already improved efficiency and while […]
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IBM Italy launches telemedicine project
IBM is to launch a telemedicine project in Bolzano, Italy, designed to improve elderly patients’ independence and quality of life, while reducing health care costs.
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CompuGroup posts strong sales growth
German health IT company CompuGroup has announced a 61% increase in sales in the second quarter of 2009 compared with 2008.
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CompuGroup expands in Italy
German health IT firm CompuGroup has continued its rapid growth with the purchase of Italian firm FimeSan SpA.
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IMS Italy integrates Barco displays
Medical imaging specialist Barco has been awarded a major display contract from IMS for the delivery of clinical review displays. IMS (Internazionale Medico Scientifica) is an Italian specialist in breast imaging technologies, best known for Giotto Image. It will integrate the new MDRC displays into its Raffaello image acquisition workstations. ”We thoroughly evaluated Barco’s MDRC […]
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European hospitals share real-time videos
Hospitals in Norway, Italy and Spain have been linked together using an advanced video conferencing system enabling them to share real-time images of surgery for training and diagnosis. The systems were linked as part of a demonstration at the Terena Networking Conference in Malaga this week, intended to show how similar telemedicine systems could improve […]
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Toumaz provides tech for DIAdvisor trial
Toumaz Technology, the specialist in wireless persoal monitoring and signals technology, has announced that its hardware, software and sensors that are being used for large-scale data capture in the DIAdvisor clinical trial.
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Nuance buys Philips Speech Recognition Systems
Philips has sold its Philips Speech Recognition Systems (PSRS) to US-based Nuance Communications for €66m ($96.1m).
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Medtronic to surf Europe’s ‘wave of telemedicine’
The US-medical device manufacturer Medtronic is planning to extend its presence as a telemedicine provider in Europe the company announced in Switzerland yesterday. “The wave of telemedicine is now hitting the medical devices industry, and Medtronic will take a lead”, said Peter Steinmann, vice president for distance monitoring at Medtronic Western Europe. CareLink was introduced […]
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Telecom firms have strong e-health presence
A report by IT and telecommunications researcher, InfoCom, has highlighted the strong presence of telecom carriers in the e-health industry. The report shows that a number of telecom carriers across Europe are now involved in the healthcare sector, providing a variety of services. Research of e-health applications across Europe has shown that carriers such as […]
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