Ortivus reports losses due to delays
Swedish health IT developer, Ortivus, has released its year-end report for 2007, announcing an operating loss of 53.9m Swedish Krona, despite initiating several projects in Europe. The company has been installing its MobiMed and CoroNet systems across the continent, but report profits have suffered due to “delayed product launches and certain misjudgements.” MobiMed is a […]
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CORDIS launch health research website
CORDIS, the European Union’s Community Research and Development Service, has launched a new health research web service for the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). The portal will provide an information point on the health of Europe’s citizens, advice on improving performance of health-related businesses and tackle global health issues. It will run on a budget of […]
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InterSystems named best integration platform
InterSystems has retained its status as providers of the best integration platform in US-based KLAS’s healthcare technology research annual year end report. The Ensemble rapid integration platform was voted the market leader in the integration engines field in the ‘KLAS 2007 Top 20: Year-End Awards’ report. Data compiled by KLAS for its premium research service […]
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Interoperability road map in development
A Turkish research consortium is developing a road map for e-health interoperability that would eventually link up the health information systems of EU Member States in a seamless web. Researchers at the Software Research and Development Centre, based in the Middle East Technical University (METU), have found that Europeans are more mobile than ever before, […]
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InferMed and Siemens integrate data
InferMed has announced a successful collaboration with Siemens to integrate data from electronic medical records with electronic clinical trials data. The joint solution from InferMed and Siemens offers a scalable, automatic transfer of data between the Siemens electronic medical record (EMR) system and the Macro Electronic Data Capture (EDC) system from InferMed. This overcomes interoperability […]
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Life in Europe to become ambient assisted
Philipp Grätzel reports from Berlin on developments in ambient assisted living, a fast-evolving field combining the IT, medicine, social care and housing industries.
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Building Europe’s e-health market
The European Commission’s Information Society and Media Directorate-General ICT for Health team speaks to E-Health Europe about the lead market initiative for e-health.
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National media attention for anti-smartcard group
In Germany this week doctors and civil rights activists joined forces to organise a boycott of the German smartcard programme, attracting huge media interest, including national TV. The new alliance went public last Friday with a joint press conference at which it proclaimed the explicit goal of halting the smartcard health programme and move to […]
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EU Parliament amends assisted living project
Members of the European Parliament have stressed that the new Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) programme must be cost effective and respect privacy. The AAL programme is an initiative by the European Parliament to improve the quality of life of older people and help them live independently for longer, through the use of ICT. It is […]
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Gene analysis site launches in Europe
The 23andMe kit now available across Europe A new consumer genetic test website, 23andMe, launched in Europe this week. The service which includes Google among its backers, aims to help individuals understand their own genetic information using DNA analysis and web-based interactive tools. Customers using the £500 service receive a barcoded tube for saliva collection; they then send […]
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