Alert makes big wins
Alert has signed a deal to implement its Alert Paper Free Hospital, Alert PDMS and MyAlert systems at La Tour Réseau de Soins SA hospital in Switzerland. The private hospital runs three facilities: La Tour Hospital, Carouge Clinic and Meyrin Medical Center. It covers specialists including cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, orthopedics and sports medicine, as well as general surgery […]
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AnyDoc wins Swiss hospital deal
AnyDoc Software, an automated classification and data capture software provider, has been selected by Stephanshorn hospital in Northern Switzerland to digitize patient records.
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Rotterdam hospital buys LabCentre
The Ikazia Hospital in Rotterdam has become the first Dutch hospital to purchase LabCentre, iSoft’s laboratory software application. LabCentre, was launched in the Netherlands last year to provide a modern, scalable and full graphic laboratory information system for clinical chemical, bacteriological disciplines and blood banks. The system was designed to support flexible workflows and improve […]
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European Health Insurance Card hits milestone
The European Commission has announced that over 180m European Health Insurance Cards (EHIC) have been issued in the five years since the card replaced the paper E111 form. The EHIC is a free plastic card that ensures cardholders receive the same access to public sector health care – a doctor, a pharmacy, a hospital or […]
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GPS patient tracking launched in Switzerland
Aerotel Medical Systems, a specialist in mobile and home-based telemedicine and telecare solutions, has partnered with GEBOA SA, to launch Aerotel’s GeoSKeeper GPS personal location system in Switzerland.
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Unilabs buys Belgian teleradilology firm
Swiss diagnostic services firm Unilab has acquired Belgium’s EuradConsult BVBA, a provider of teleradiology services.
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Austria kicks off Euro 2008 health website
The Austrian social security system, Sozialversicherung, has launched a new website to provide football fans with information on how to seek health advice in the country, during the three-week Euro 2008 tournament. The tournament, which kicked off on Saturday, will see fans from 16 European nations, following their teams in Austria and in neighbouring Switzerland […]
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Swiss clinic group implements MPI from ICW
Swiss private clinic group, Hirsladen, has installed a master patient index system supplied by German e-health specialist InterComponentWare. The master patient index (MPI) system will support the integration of heterogeneous hospital systems used in the 13 private clinics and 100 centres of excellence and specialised institutes of the Hirslanden group. The Hirslanden clinics already use […]
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Medtronic to surf Europe’s ‘wave of telemedicine’
The US-medical device manufacturer Medtronic is planning to extend its presence as a telemedicine provider in Europe the company announced in Switzerland yesterday. “The wave of telemedicine is now hitting the medical devices industry, and Medtronic will take a lead”, said Peter Steinmann, vice president for distance monitoring at Medtronic Western Europe. CareLink was introduced […]
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Axon Lab becomes iSoft’s new Swiss partner
iSoft has announced its re-entry into the Swiss market through a distribution agreement, just 18-months after it sold its Swiss operations. In June 2006 iSoft sold its operations in Switzerland to Nexus, a local provider of healthcare IT solutions, for €1.4m (2.25m Swiss Francs). Under its new distribution agreement Axon Lab AG, a service provider […]
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