Bosch buys Health Hero Network
German industrial giant, the Bosch Group, has acquired US telehealth specialist and innovator Health Hero Network Inc., which focuses on remote health monitoring. Stuttgart, Germany-based Bosch did not disclose terms of the deal with Health Hero Network, which is based in Palo Alto, California. Terms of the agreement were not be disclosed. Health Hero Network […]
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Anite helps raise social services ratings
Specialist technology solutions are helping local councils which provide adult social services to improve their performance, systems supplier Anite Public Sector said. The company found that 54% of the 24 councils with improved marks in the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI) Performance Ratings for Adult Social Services in England were using its SWIFT system. […]
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German doctors switch on to Web 2.0
The US has led the adoption of Web 2.0 applications in healthcare, but German doctors are catching up, Philipp Grätzel reports.
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2008: the year telecare grows up?
A large evaluation of assistive technologies across health and social care begins next year, Fiona Barr reports.
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Horizontal applications in health and social care
Denise Harrison, director and co-founder of Liquidlogic, on the growth of horizontal integration.
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Commission calls for an all-inclusive digital society
The European Commission has called for the creation of an all-inclusive digital society, embracing the one in three people across the EU currently excluded from digital society through lack of access and skills. The Commission estimates that economic benefits of €35-85 billion could be generated over five years, if broadband internet were available to all […]
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Health on Net chosen for French websites
The French National Authority for Health (Haute Autorité de Santé – HAS), has chosen the online health information accreditation body Health on the Net (HON) to be the official certifying body of all French health websites. The move builds on the longstanding collaboration between HON and HAS and means HON becomes the official accrediting body […]
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Mobiles help teen cancer patients stay in touch
Mobile computing technology could help adolescents coping with cancer keep in touch with their social world and reduce isolation, according to German researchers. Jan Marco Leimeister, Uta Knebel, and Helmut Krcmar from the Technische Universität, Munich, describe in the International Journal of Web Based Communities, their exploration of how mobile information technology could be used […]
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Ireland’s Ratemyhospital wins top e-health prize
Ireland’s Ratemyhospital.ie has been awarded the top prize for e-health by the Internet’s World Summit Award at a gala event in Venice. In its citation, the WSA said: "In line with the best of social software sites, Ratemyhospital provides a single and clear platform for feedback on hospital treatments and services…the site aims to provide […]
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More Europeans using internet for health information
The use of the internet for health purposes is increasing across the continent, a survey of seven European countries has found. Northern European countries led the use of the internet for health, followed by Eastern and Southern Europe. Of 7,022 interviewed over the telephone in Norway, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Latvia, Greece and Portugal, over half […]
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