HealthCom’10 to take place in France
The twelth International Conference on e-Health networking, application and services, HealthCom ’10, will be held in Lyon, France at the beginning of July. The conference aims to bring together clinicians, hospital administrators, IT professionals, researchers, healthcare system suppliers and consultants from across the world to collaborate, discuss health IT solutions and exchange ideas. The conference, […]
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EC puts health on Digital Agenda
The European Commission has set out its Digital Agenda, which includes measures to use technology to address rising healthcare costs and help member states to cope with their ageing populations. The action plan says the smart use of technology and the exploitation of information will help to address these and other challenges facing society, including climate […]
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CSAM looks for break into UK market
CSAM, the Norwegian specialist in hospital systems integration, has announced it will target the UK health market with its clinical information portal.
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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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EHE interview: Harald Deutsch
Sarah Bruce talks to CSC’s vice president, EMEA, healthcare, about the future of healthcare IT on both sides of the Atlantic.
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GE launches ehealth platform
GE Healthcare has launched its next-generation e-Health Solutions platform – which includes expanded services for health information exchange, a clinical portal and a patient health management system. The new platform is designed for international as well as domestic GE Healthcare customers and is said to be adaptable for regional markets in either hosted or deployed […]
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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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AnyDoc wins Swiss hospital deal
AnyDoc Software, an automated classification and data capture software provider, has been selected by Stephanshorn hospital in Northern Switzerland to digitize patient records.
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US doctors paid €30,000 to use EHR
North Shore Hospital Group on Long Island, New York is offering 7,000 doctors incentives of up to €28,500 each over five years to adopt digital patient records. The hospital has already made a €284m ($400m) commitment to digitise patient records throughout its system, which includes 13 hospitals, following the promise made last year by Barack […]
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iSoft signs first PACS deal in Germany
ISoft has announced that it has taken the first order for its new Picture Archiving and Communications System in Germany. The Diagnostische Zentrum am Vincentinum in Southern Germany has signed a €130,000 agreement to implement the system at its specialist diagnostic centre in Augsburg. The deal is worth €70,000 in licence and implementation fees and €60,000 […]
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