EHI’s industry round up 31.7.2009
This month’s E-Health Insider industry round-up covers new and upgraded products, system deployments and other developments at leading healthcare IT suppliers. Eizo supports Sectra in Northern Ireland Monitor manufacturer Eizo has been chosen to provide medical monitors for the Swedish medical IT company Sectra, which is installing PACS at Northern Ireland’s hospitals. The Northern Ireland […]
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Spain joins SNOMED body
Spain has become the eleventh country to join the international healthcare standards development organisation (IHTSDO), the organisation aimed at spreading the use of standardised clinical terminology SNOMED CT. Spain will join the global effort to develop, maintain and spread the use of the clinical terminology, which aims to promote consistency, accuracy and reliability of health […]
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ISoft business wins
ISoft has announced it has done A$7m (€4m) worth of business in Australia and New Zealand. The company’s latest agreements include a state-wide roll out of iPM in Tasmania and a “strategic foothold” in the Council of Australian Governments’ GP super clinics national programme. IPM is already being installed in Tasmania’s public hospitals under a […]
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New Zealand looks for wrap around IT
Seven of New Zealand district health boards have formed a collaboration to procure an “individual-centric” health management system. The seven health boards, which serve around 27% of the population, have issued a request for information (RFI) and are looking to attract interest from software suppliers in the UK. The New Zealand/UK-based Simpl Group is managing […]
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German universities to get access to BMJ
The British Medical Journal Group has signed a three year nationwide licensing agreement with the Bavarian State Library on behalf of the German research foundation, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG,) to provide BMJ Journals’ content to universities and other publicly financed research institutions across Germany. The deal will mean that 124 universities, medical schools, research institutes and […]
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International spotlight on Wales’ health IT
Experts from around the world are to gather in Cardiff later this month for a conference focused on the development of health and information technology in Wales. The invitation-only conference, IAG 2007 on 20-21 September will be hosted by Informing Healthcare, the Welsh Assembly Government’s programme to improve patient care with the better use of information technology. […]
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New Zealand’s i-Health sues iSoft
New Zealand electronic health records developer i-Health is suing UK-based health software firm iSoft for breach of a 2004 sale agreement. The legal action focuses on iSoft allegedly substantially ceasing development of the HealthViews electronic patient record software it bought from i-Health in early 2004. It alleges the iSoft Group failed to market the software […]
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New e-qualification launched for teen cancer care
Coventry University claimed a first today with the launch of what it describes as a “global virtual classroom created to teach health professionals.” The new e-learning facility will offer healthcare professionals the chance to obtain a postgraduate certificate in cancer care for teenagers and young adults which has been accredited by the Paediatric Oncology Nurse […]
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UK practices best for IT to track medical errors
GPs in the UK are well ahead of colleagues around the world in having information systems which track medical errors, according to a survey of primary care doctors in seven countries. The survey of primary care doctors’ office systems in seven countries, the 2006 Commonwealth Fund International Health Policy Survey of Primary Care Physicians, reveals […]
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SNOMED set 31 December deadline for new SDO
Plans to create a SNOMED CT Standards Development Organisation by the end of the year have taken a step forward following a successful meeting of the potential charter members in Copenhagen last month. Representatives from Australia, Denmark, Lithuania, New Zealand and the UK all met with the College of American Pathologists (CAP) to discuss the […]
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