Open Health Tools accepts code donation
Open Health Tools (OHT) today announced it has accepted a code donation from the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) of key software components from a $10 million health information data exchange project. The code donation will allow distributed online collaborative development of tools to enable the secure exchange of healthcare information. The donation has been aided […]
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ICW says LifeSensor can handle 10,000 users
Simulated benchmark tests carried out on InterComponentWare’s LifeSensor personal health record (PHR) have shown that the system can handle 10,000 concurrent virtual uers and 10m records. Germany’s ICW conducted the test over a ten-day period at the Hewlett Packard European Performance and Benchmark Centre, Stuttgart, Germany. According to ICW the performance test verified LifeSensor’s capacity, […]
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Italian WiMAX ambulance project launched
A new ambulance communications system is using high speed, long distance WiMAX wireless connections to enable doctors to diagnose and begin treating critically ill patients before they reach hospital.
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Yorkshire HIS audits software assets electronically
The Health Informatics Service, which provides IT services to 12 healthcare organisations across South West Yorkshire, can now electronically audit all the software and devices in its area, using the Centennial SAM.Suite. IM&T portfolio manager, Neil Asling, told E-Health Insider that manual audits were taking engineers weeks to complete and the service was unable to […]
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Satellite-linked robot does ultrasound at sea
French robotic specialist Robosoft has partnered with the European Mobile and Robotised Telechography (MARTE) project, to carry out the first robotic tele-ultrasound examination via satellite. The company used its remotely controlled Estele robot with a wireless handset and developed using a robuBox software development kit, to perform an ultrasound from different locations, observed by a […]
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Open eHealth Foundation sets out priorities
The Open eHealth Foundation (OeHF), an open source initiative for improving the exchange of medical information using existing standards, has been incorporated as a non-profit organisation in Delaware enabling it to begin operations. The OeHF is intended to provide software components under an Open Source license that will boost the open standards-based exchange of medical […]
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InterSystems and Hayes partner on integration
Healthcare database and integration specialist InterSystems, has signed a partnership agreement with Hayes Management Consulting, to find new ways of offering expanded integration technology to healthcare IT markets worldwide. Management consultancy Hayes plans to develop affordable packaged software, such as business process and activity dashboards, using the InterSystems Ensemble integration platform to bring disparate healthcare […]
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Philips SpeechMagic Advanced launched in Finland
Royal Philips Electronics has released its speech recognition-based report management software, Philips SpeechMagic Executive Advanced (SMEA), in Finland. The software is to be made available to Finnish hospitals, in order to help speed up the availability of medical reports and information. SMEA can operate as a stand-alone application or as an integrated system. The Finnish […]
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International terminology toolset in development
The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO) has launched a campaign to build an essential health terminology toolset to improve access to the tools needed to develop, maintain, and use SNOMED CT in health systems around the world. The effort is part of an Open Health Tools Charter Project jointly sponsored by IHTSDO, the […]
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Gieseke and Devrient wins smartcard contract
Electronic Healthcare Card Munich-based identity technology specialist Giesecke & Devrient has won a contract from the German health insurer Kaufmännische Krankenkasse and 28 corporate health insurance funds to manufacture and supply around ten million electronic healthcare cards. The contract includes electronic personalisation of the smart cards so they include data relating to the insured persons […]
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