Carestream signs Dutch RIS deal
Carestream Health has been awarded a contract to supply a new radiology information system to eight departments at the University Medical Centre Groningen in the Netherlands following a competitive European tender process. The hospital, which is one of the largest in the Netherlands, will implement the RIS in December to interface with its existing Rogan […]
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Dutch hospital buys new Carestream PACS
The Nij Smellinghe Hospital in The Netherlands has signed a new multi-year contract with Carestream Health for radiology information and picture archiving and communication eHealth Managed Services. The new contract will deliver an enterprise-wide system that will allow for fast, secure image access by onsite and remote clinicians. Wim Loman, IT manager at Nij Smellinghe […]
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St Jansdal Hospital renews iSoft deal
St Jansdal Hospital in the Netherlands has extended its contract for iSoft Lorenzo for a further three years, in a deal worth €4.5m.
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Billion images in Carestream cloud
Coverage from World of Health IT 2010, Barcelona Carestream Health has announced that more than one billion images are now stored in its eHealth Managed Services storage cloud worldwide. The company, which made the announcement at World of Health IT in Barcelona, said the images represent more than 500 terabytes of data. They are held […]
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Barco wins Leeuwarden contract
Barco has announced that a top Netherlands hospital has chosen to use its clinical displays and MediCal QAWeb software service. The Medical Centre Leeuwarden is a teaching hospital based in Leeuwarden and Harlingen. It will use the Medical QA Web software service at both sites. MediCal QAWeb is an online software service that includes smart […]
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Carestream Health announces Dutch deal
Coverage from ECR 2010 Carestream Health has announced a long term digital imaging services agreement with Stichting Samenwerkende Ziekenhuizen Oost Groningen in the Netherlands. In a statement coinciding with the European Congress of Radiology meeting in Vienna, the company said it would provide its new eHealth PACS Services to the group’s three hospitals. eHealth PACS […]
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Dutch hospital deploys Lorenzo R3.5
ISoft has completed the implementation of Lorenzo 3.5 across all surgical departments at St Jansdal Hospital in the Netherlands.
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Dutch health system tops Euro survey
The Netherlands has the best healthcare system in Europe, according to the annual Euro Health Consumer Index. The index compares 33 national healthcare systems across 38 indicators. It is published by Health Consumer Powerhouse in co-operation with the European Commission DG Information Society and Media. The Netherlands has come out in first place two years […]
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Swedish hospitals lead on social media
A ground-breaking study into how European hospitals are making use of Web 2.0 social media tools, such as Facebook, YouTube and Blogs, is to be widened. So far, the research has shown that Swedish hospitals lead the use of social media tools, with 11% of Swedish hospitals studied using RSS feeds and 4% using blogs. […]
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Dutch set out European ‘robo roadmap’
Dutch innovation agency, TNO, has published a ‘robo roadmap’ on the way forward for robotics in the medical and health arena for the next fifteen years.
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