Jordan picks Perot to help implement VistA
Perot Systems Corporation has been selected by the Kingdom of Jordan to manage the pilot deployment of the open source clinical information system VistA at two hospitals and a clinic in the capital, Amman. The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan plans to develop an integrated national healthcare infrastructure using VistA a single software platform. Terms of […]
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German health minister praises regional EPR project
The city of Bottrop, North Rhine Westphalia, has launched a private electronic patient record project that utilises the new German healthcare smartcard for patient identification. Knappschaft, one of the biggest health insurance companies in Germany, is co-ordinating the project which will run for three years with a budget of €5.6m. If successful, it will be […]
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United Healthcare settles on ‘fixed’ database claims
Two of the largest US health insurers have agreed deals to pay tens of millions of dollars to create independent claims rates databases, following an investigation into claims that databases had been rigged to manipulate payments. United Healthcare last week last week agreed to pay €221 ($350) million to settle three class-action lawsuits claiming the […]
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Fuji Film acquires Russian subsidiary
Fuji Film Corporation has acquired its Russian distributor of medical and imaging products. The acquisition, carried out through its European local corporation, Fuji Film Europe GmbH, will see the company buy Fuji Film-RU (herefater, Fujifilm Russia), a Russian independent distributor of its medical and imaging products, from Marubeni Corporation. The deal establishes a direct sale […]
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Study finds US PHR use remains low
Despite high levels of interest, the vast majority of US citizens have yet to use or create a personal health record (PHR) A new study by Manhatten Research estimates that seven million Americans accessed PHRs online in 2008, but says significant barriers still hinder wider adoption. The Cybercitizen Health v8.0 study says offerings from vendors […]
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Dubai hospital gets Philips iSite PACS
Tawam Hospital in Dubai, part of the United Arad Emirates, has celebrated the ‘go-live’ of Philips’ iSite Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS). The solution integrates with the hospital’s Cerner HIS/RIS, creating a paperless, filmless workflow for patients and care providers. In addition to being installed at the main hospital site, the iSite PACS also […]
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HL7 releases child health EHR standard
Health Level Seven (HL7), the healthcare IT standards development organisation, has released the first standard specifying the key functional requirements for child healthcare in an electronic health record (EHR) system. The HL7 child health functional profile for EHR systems, builds on the HL7 EHR system functional model. It is the first for children approved by […]
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Web coaching helps weight management, says study
Counselling via the phone and internet are better methods for helping people reduce their weight than simply giving them self-help literature, a Dutch study suggests. The project compared counselling via phone and e-mail with the standard practice of issuing self-help literature in approximately 1400 workers as an aid to weight management. The study, reported in […]
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Antwerp selects Agfa for cardiovascular imaging
The University of Antwerp Hospital has awarded a contract with Agfa to provide it with enhanced cardiovascular diagnostic imaging and reporting. Agfa HealthCare will install its IMPAX Cardiovascular solution, providing enterprise-wide access to cardiology patient records to meet the high volume diagnostic needs of the department. The deal is for eight-years and includes maintenance and […]
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Germany’s e-health smartcard scaled back
Key clinical components of Germany’s flagship national e-health smartcard programme look set to be dropped or delayed because of problems encountered in the first seven pilot sites.
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