Intel personal health management system
A home medical device, designed to be part of a remote personal home care management system has been launched by Intel.
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Germany’s GEK picks Atos for e-health card
German health insurer, Gmünder ErsatzKasse (GEK), has signed a five-year deal with Atos World line, to implement and operate the new German electronic health card (EHC) on its behalf. During 2009, GEK plans to issue 30,000 cards per day in order to provide its 1.7million members in Germany with the new e-health card. Due to […]
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Clinical Solutions partners with Health Language
Clinical telephone triage software specialist Clinical has announced a partnership with Health Language Inc. (HLI), the US-based supplier of language engine technology for medical vocabulary. It is hoped the new partnership will to improve patient care and efficiency by standardising clinical record coding. The partnership will see the HLI Language Engine integrated into the clinical […]
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Dutch healthcare system rated Europe’s best
The Netherlands has been named as having the best healthcare system in Europe, emerging as the overall winner in the Euro Health Consumer Index 2008.
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Touch screens gather patient views
A touch-screen system that allows people to feed back their views on NHS services is being rolled out across North East Essex. The system was trialled at Clacton Hospital. Ten hand-held versions were also given to district nurses. The computerised terminals ask ten core questions about NHS services and then questions about the service patients […]
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Lorenzo officially launched
Lorenzo, the future strategic care records software promised to three-fifths of the English NHS has officially launched internationally in Sydney, Australia.
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Sunquest completes purchase of Anglia Healthcare
Sunquest Information Systems, the US specialist in laboratory and diagnostic information systems, has completed the acquisition of Anglia Healthcare Systems. Anglia, which had been privately-held, is a UK company providing laboratory connectivity, orders, reporting and messaging products. As of Monday the firm became a subsidiary of Sunquest Information Systems, Inc. The completion of the deal […]
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Europe aims to boost telemedicine
New guidance to improve access to telemedicine for EU citizens and healthcare professionals across Europe has been published. The European Commission telemedicine communication aims to increase and broaden telemedicine services, including diagnosis, treatment and monitoring at a distance across Europe. The communication, which has been adopted by the Commission after two years of consultation, sets out ten […]
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Harry Cayton to chair new patient data body
Harry Cayton OBE Harry Cayton OBE is to chair the new National Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care (NIGB), which becomes a statutory body later this month. Cayton was formerly the Chair of the Care Record Development Board (CRDB) – the predecessor of the NIGB – and chaired a ministerial task force on […]
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EHTEL publishes e-health patient charter
The European Health Telematics Association (EHTEL) has published a patient charter defending patient’s rights to “switch off e-health technology”. The charter sets out the potential of e-health to improve healthcare, particularly for older people and those suffering chronic conditions, but says this must not be at the expense of patient’s privacy. The charter calls on […]
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