Eighty per cent of European GPs using e-records
A new Europe-wide survey on e-health has found that 87% of European GPs now use a computer, 80% of whom are using electronic patient records. The survey, which involved almost 7,000 General Practitioners, was carried out in late 2007. It examines issues including how European GPs store and send patients’ data such as lab reports […]
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Berlin health conference will focus on IT
Next week sees hundreds of senior health officials from across Europe congregate in Berlin, Germany, for the 4th Annual World Health Care Congress Europe. As a supporting publication, E-Health Europe will be reporting live from the event, bringing you all the latest developments in European e-health. As a taster of what’s expected to be announced […]
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E-Health Europe’s industry news roundup 29.02.08
In the first of a new fortnightly series, E-Health Europe rounds up the European industry news for the week ending 29 February. GEN2PHEN Project – using the Web to study genetic variations A new project funded by the European Union now aims to harness the Web to capture and unify genetic information that impacts a […]
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Elsevier launches medical information Wiki
Elsevier, the Netherlands based publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products, has launched a medical information Wiki online, WiserWiki. A Wiki is a web-based software that allows users to easily create, edit, and link web pages. WiserWiki will allow board-certified physicians to collaboratively contribute and update medical information online. The site is open to […]
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Axon Lab becomes iSoft’s new Swiss partner
iSoft has announced its re-entry into the Swiss market through a distribution agreement, just 18-months after it sold its Swiss operations. In June 2006 iSoft sold its operations in Switzerland to Nexus, a local provider of healthcare IT solutions, for €1.4m (2.25m Swiss Francs). Under its new distribution agreement Axon Lab AG, a service provider […]
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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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Remote monitoring first for Amsterdam hospital
St. Lucas Andreas Hospital has become the first in the Netherlands to introduce a remote monitoring system for cardiac patients into its daily operations.
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SAP to release integrated solution in December
Germany’s largest software company SAP and its partner Accenture will release an integrated care solution, called the Collaborative Health Network, in December. The new solution will then be tested in pilot projects in several European countries, including Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Belgium. With the CHN solution, SAP/Accenture will compete with a number of […]
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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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Austria named best healthcare system in the EU
Austria has the best healthcare service in the European Union, a survey by watchdog Health Consumer Powerhouse has found. The Euro Health Consumer Index is an annual ranking of national European healthcare systems across five areas that are key to the consumer: patients’ rights and information, waiting times for common treatments, care outcomes, the generosity […]
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