InferMed and Siemens integrate data
InferMed has announced a successful collaboration with Siemens to integrate data from electronic medical records with electronic clinical trials data. The joint solution from InferMed and Siemens offers a scalable, automatic transfer of data between the Siemens electronic medical record (EMR) system and the Macro Electronic Data Capture (EDC) system from InferMed. This overcomes interoperability […]
News
Philips buys patient monitoring specialist Visicu
Royal Philips Electronics has agreed to acquire US-based clinical IT firm Visicu for around €290m, to expand its patient monitoring business.
News
2008: the year telecare grows up?
A large evaluation of assistive technologies across health and social care begins next year, Fiona Barr reports.
Feature
DH telecare demonstrator trials to start work
Small scale trials for the Department of Health’s Whole System Long Term Conditions Demonstrator Programme are to begin in the New Year, ahead of the full implementation in the spring. The two year programme will officially start in April 2008 but the three selected areas, Newham, Cornwall and Kent, will begin testing the concepts involved […]
News
Finnish company trials cardiac telemedicine
VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed remote healthcare services that allow patients to be treated globally, irrespective of the solutions provided by hardware and data system suppliers. In Finland, the first trial services for treating cardiac patients and patients suffering from chronic illnesses have been promising. A VTT spokesperson told E-Health Europe: “Remote […]
News
iSoft chosen as reseller of mobile clinical assistant
Motion Computing have chosen iSoft to be the first UK-based solution reseller for the C5 Mobile Clinical Assistant, a rugged and washable tablet-PC style device specifically designed to provide doctors and nurses with access to updated patient records and the ability to document a patient’s condition. Incorporating Intel’s latest wireless technology the MCA features a […]
News
SCM gain Gematik accreditation
SCM Microsystems have announced that their eHealth 100 card terminal has received approval from Gematik to participate in phase one of field tests of the electronic health card programme in Germany. The company claim to be the first to receive approval from Gematik for its new card terminal, which was developed specifically for the German […]
News
Ascribe trials medicine management in Manchester
A new electronic medicines management solution, developed by software provider Ascribe, is being trialled at the Manchester Royal Infirmary. The software allows medicines prescribed from the patient’s bedside to be automatically screened and recorded, then ordered and dispensed from the hospital pharmacy, which also runs Ascribe software. Mark Hindle, group project manager at Ascribe, told […]
News
Can Clinical Trials Be Done on the Internet?
The Internet offers opportunities for studying some treatments quickly and effectively, according to a feasibility trial published in the British Medical Journal. There appear to be limits to the usefulness of the method explored, however. The study, conducted by rheumatology staff at the at the Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, suggested that the Internet-based approach […]
News