Microsoft moves into genetic-data
Microsoft Corporation has made a move into genetic data management, following its acquisition of Rosetta Inpharmatics LLC, a subsidiary of pharmaceutical firm Merck & Co. The Rosetta technology will be used to add genetic and genomic data management abilities to Microsoft’s recently announced Amalga Life Sciences effort. The agreement calls for Microsoft and Merck to […]
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German doctors use iPods for PACS
Clinicians at Jung-Stilling Hospital in Germany are using an iPod Touch to access patient data and diagnostic images at the hospital bedside.
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Agfa Healthcare integrates Oasis
Agfa Healthcare, part of Agfa-Gaveart, has signed an agreement to integrate Oasis workstation software from Segami Corporation into the workflow of its latest Impax PACS system. The new software is said to enable physicians to review, process and report studies, helping to streamline patient care in nuclear medicine by providing a single system that automates […]
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ElderGames targets silver surfers
European trials of an interactive game platform, resembling a vintage video game table, specifically designed for the elderly have completed their first phase. The new video game table looks like a small dining table with an embedded flat panel display, around which players sit and play a series of games with one another. The suite […]
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Cerner to create 40 jobs in Ireland
US health software firm Cerner has announced it is to create up to 40 new technology support jobs in Ireland. The jobs will be created as part of a new multi-lingual software support operation, focused on the European market. The new service could create up to 40 jobs by the end of 2009, with the […]
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CompuGroup reports Q1 figures
German e-health firm CompuGroup AG has reported its revenues grew by 36% in the first three months of 2009. Profits decreased however from €12.8m in 2008 to €11.9m. The company attributed the difference to “acquisition related restructuring processes and regulatory implications”. The firm reported that business opportunities remained good and that it had begun delivering […]
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Slovenia rolls out e-health card
The Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia has announced that it will roll-out a new electronic health insurance card system across the country.
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French ‘home’ monitors elderly
The French Centre for Construction Research (CTSB) is trialing new sensor technology aimed at monitoring people’s movements when at home. Project Gerhome is developing new sensory products and technologies to monitor the elderly and those who suffer from long term illnesses. The technologies on trial determine when movement is different from normal behavioral patterns, which can indicate […]
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NHS National Services Scotland won the Best Use of IM&T to Promote Patient Safety at last year’s BT e-Health Insider Awards for the Emergency Care Summary.
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Microsoft licenses HealthVault for Canada
Microsoft has signed a partnership with Canadian telecoms firm Telus, which will become the first firm outside the US to offer Microsoft’s HealthVault personal health platform.
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