Hi-tech bed sheets to monitor heart rate
Patient’s heart being monitored via bed sheet. Philips Research is to pilot a new bed with built-in sensors and the ability to measure heart rate, breathing rate and body movement of a patient whilst they sleep. It is hoped the bed could help with the treatment of heart conditions. The four-year pilot will be part of […]
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Life in Europe to become ambient assisted
Philipp Grätzel reports from Berlin on developments in ambient assisted living, a fast-evolving field combining the IT, medicine, social care and housing industries.
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Two pharmacy PHR projects launched in Germany
Two new pilots are underway to offer pharmacy personal health records (PHRs) in Germany. Both are based on a PHR including details of current medication and offer patients the potential to offer prescription ordering online. In the first of the two projects e-health vendor CompuGroup is partnering with the pioneering Dutch mail-order pharmacy DocMorris to […]
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German doctors say no to centrally stored patient records
Recent reports about incidents of data loss in the British healthcare system have alarmed medical doctors in other European countries.
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“Hospital information systems are not indispensable”
Hubert Haag says that with 12,000 European healthcare customers T-Systems is a vital player in European e-health, Philipp Grätzel reports.
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iPhone service locates open pharmacies
Apotheken.de has introduced a new Web 2.0 iPhone service in Germany, locating open pharmacies and providing directions to them.
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Finnish company trials cardiac telemedicine
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed remote healthcare services that allow patients to be treated globally, irrespective of the solutions provided by hardware and data system suppliers. In Finland, the first trial services for treating cardiac patients and patients suffering from chronic illnesses have been promising. A VTT spokesperson told E-Health Europe: “Remote […]
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iSoft’s medication viewer accredited
iSoft Netherlands has received accreditation from the National Institute for ICT in Healthcare to begin implementation of its Transmural Medication Viewer (TMV) in hospital pharmacies across the country. The company is part of the Netherlands’ national e-health programme, known locally as the NICITIZ. Before deployment can begin, all software must pass the qualification process, ensuring […]
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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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PDA software lets nursing assistants review drugs
Providing mobile drug management tools and web-based training on drugs management to nursing assistants can help cut prescribing problems among the elderly, according to a new Swedish pilot presented in Austria yesterday. The pilot was based on providing community nursing assistants with PDAs carrying mobile drug management software, provided by Pharmtech, that links in real […]
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