Tunstall sell controlling interest to Charterhouse
Charterhouse Capital Partners, a private equity firm, has acquired a controlling interest in The Tunstall Group, in a transaction totalling £514m. The company’s existing management and selling shareholders will retain an interest valued at £66m on the same terms as Charterhouse. James Buckley, chief executive of Tunstall Group, said: “I am delighted to be working […]
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Patient information: how ICTs can help
Fiona Barr looks at the role information technology can play in providing greater information for patients.
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Mobile health and EPR feature at CeBIT
CeBIT in Hannover is the biggest consumer IT show in the world, and is the place for laptop-maniacs, iPod-addicts and sat nav junkies to get their techno-fix. But as well as gadgets, it is also becoming a key place to watch out for e-health innovations. While the main show runs from 4-9 March, a special […]
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Berlin health conference will focus on IT
Next week sees hundreds of senior health officials from across Europe congregate in Berlin, Germany, for the 4th Annual World Health Care Congress Europe. As a supporting publication, E-Health Europe will be reporting live from the event, bringing you all the latest developments in European e-health. As a taster of what’s expected to be announced […]
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EHI’s industry news roundup 15.02.08
E-Health Insider’s industry news round up for the week ending 15 February 2008 featuring supplier news, product launches, awards and events. Supplier news Agfa reaches 100 million mark on NPfIT PACS Agfa Healthcare has announced that the100 millionth study using a digital picture archiving and communications system (PACS) has been captured by NHS trusts using […]
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Private GP service provider pilots telehealth
A private company that runs almost 40 NHS general practices is piloting a telehealth solution in one of its surgeries. Chilvers McCrea has set up a separate company in conjunction with telehealth providers ITAL to provide telemonitoring services to patients with long term conditions. The pilot site in Harlow, Essex has given pulse oximetry equipment […]
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Private GP providers’ technology
The private providers winning contracts to run general practices have information technology close to the top of their agendas, Fiona Barr reports.
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Aberdeen A+E pilots video booths
Emergency patients in North-East Scotland can now remotely consult with a doctor using video conferencing technology.
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Evidence gap on telehealth needs to be filled
More work is needed to fill the evidence gap on telehealth if it is to enter the mainstream, according to a Department of Health agency. The Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP) has issued a review of the academic literature on the use of telehealth in the management of patients with long term conditions (LTCs). The […]
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Belfast gets European Connected Health centre
Belfast, Northern Ireland, is to be the home of a new ‘European Centre for Connected Health’, intended to help test technologies that enable people with chronic conditions live independently at home. NI Health Minister Michael McGimpsey and Economy Minister Nigel Dodds announced the establishment of the centre at last week’s Connected Health Conference, held in […]
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