InterSystems introduces DeepSee
US health IT systems specialist InterSystems has announced the international launch of its new business intelligence (BI) product, DeepSee. The DeepSee product, which is embedded into InterSystems and partners software, is designed to deliver real-time BI for operational business processes, using current transactional data. InterSystems says the embedded BI approach avoids the need for separate […]
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German hospitals count benefits of SAP
Hospitals in Germany say they expect regional e-health networks to deliver substantial cost savings of up to €2 million a year.
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ICW establishes Silicon Valley eHealth Lab
German e-health firm InterComponentWare (ICW) has announced the formation of ICW Labs, a Silicon Valley based R&D organisation focused on the development and use of ICW’s eHealth technology. Called ICW Labs the new organisation will be headed by Thomas Odenwald, described by ICW as a “veteran SAP technology leader and visionary”. Odenwald brings extensive experience […]
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Agfa leads in German health IT market
A new study has found that the German IT market remains extremely fragmented, with Agfa in the number one position.
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IT heads gather in Greifswald for ALKRZ
Increasing numbers of university hospitals in Germany are using shared IT systems for biomedical research. Greifswald university hospital, where the servers for two multicentre studies are located, is a key site. At Greifswald last week, the heads of information technology for 24 German university hospitals gathered for the ALKRZ conference, a meeting that takes place […]
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Research highlights pitfalls in Catalan e-health
Researchers at the Open University of Catalonia have released a new study which describes aspects of Catalan’s integrated electronic patient record as a ‘technological utopia’ due to technological and cultural barriers. The report also expresses concerns about cultural resistance to the region’s electronic patient record plans. The 22 page study, entitled “e-health and society: an […]
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“Hospital information systems are not indispensable”
Hubert Haag says that with 12,000 European healthcare customers T-Systems is a vital player in European e-health, Philipp Grätzel reports.
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IBM to implement SAP for Aragon health system
Luis Javier Bonilla The government of the Aragon region of Spain has signed an agreement worth a total of €3m with IBM and Ibermática to upgrade the back-office and business systems of its regional health system. The project will see the Aragonese health system move from the current situation in which every hospital and medical […]
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Mobile SAP helped Swindon’s flood victims
During the summer’s floods housebound patients in Swindon were visited and assessed by community practitioners, who used mobile devices running the web-based Single Assessment Process software from Liquidlogic. The software integrates health and social care data between Swindon Borough Council and Swindon PCT and allows practitioners to use a shared assessment platform via an internet-based […]
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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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