Microsoft launches HealthVault
Microsoft has launched a major personal health record initiative based on a secure website that allows users to store and share their health records using a free online service. The HealthVault portal allows users to store and share their medical histories, immunisation details, and data from monitoring devices such as glucose and cholestoral levels. A […]
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dbMotion extend interoperability in Franche-Comté
The French region of Franche-Comté is to receive an expanded interoperability platform based on their Personal Medical File (DMP-fc) system, supplied by Israeli-firm dbMotion. dbMotion’s interoperability platform is a complete package that creates an integrated Virtual Patient Record, based on information contained in existing healthcare IT systems such as: electronic medical records, laboratory and imaging […]
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Systema signs hospital IT-deal in Upper Austria
Austrian health IT vendor, Systema Human Information Systems, is to install information systems at eleven hospitals in Upper Austria.
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Malta’s Mater Dei Hospital to get iSoft
Isoft has been appointed as sub-contractor to Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (ACS) to provide and support laboratory information systems at Malta’s flagship 850-bed Mater Dei Hospital, the largest hospital on the island. Malta Information Technology and Training Services (MITTS) has also extended its 12-year relationship with iSoft for an upgrade of the current patient administration […]
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Malta awards Euros 15.8m health IT contract
The Maltese Government has awarded US Affiliated Computer Services, Inc a seven-year, Euros 15.8m ($21m) contract to provide modern health information systems. The new agreement is the first phase of the Maltese Government’s Integrated Health Information System (IHIS), which aims to improve the management of healthcare records. ACS will provide the hardware, software, and expertise […]
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Ireland to invest Euros 500m in e-health
The Irish Government will commit almost half a billion Euros of investment to e-health when it publishes its National Development Plan for health.
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Siemens acquire Dade Behring
Siemens have announced they are to acquire US-based clinical laboratory diagnostics company, Dade Behring in a deal worth Euros 5bn. Dade Behring provides clinical laboratory equipment and integrated solutions for routine chemistry testing, immunodiagnostics (including infectious disease testing), haemostasis testing (process whereby bleeding is halted) and microbiology. They currently have operations in […]
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SCM gain Gematik accreditation
SCM Microsystems have announced that their eHealth 100 card terminal has received approval from Gematik to participate in phase one of field tests of the electronic health card programme in Germany. The company claim to be the first to receive approval from Gematik for its new card terminal, which was developed specifically for the German […]
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German hospital group to roll-out EMR
A major German hospital player has announced that it will begin to develop a national network of electronic medical records within the next few weeks. The Sana-Kliniken – number four among the private hospital chains in Germany – have signed a contract with the Berlin-based GMD, a specialist provider for eHealth solutions. The latest announcement […]
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Cambio gets smart on patient wristbands
Scandinavian software provider Cambio Healthcare Systems has announced a new partnership with LaserBand, to deliver its patient wristband and labelling solution to the UK’s NHS. Spurred on by the release of the Department Of Health (DH)’s ‘Coding for Success’ report and a successful pilot of the solution in Sweden, Cambio will be releasing the solution to […]
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