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 […]
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Cisco looks ahead to ‘virtual healthcare’
Network technology and services giant Cisco has a ‘vision’ of the services and capabilities required to make e-health a reality, Joe Fernandez reports.
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Danish software extracts records digitally
Denmark’s largest hospital, Odense University Hospital, has implemented OnBase, Hyland Software’s suite of enterprise content management (ECM) software applications. The solution, which integrates with the hospital’s Cosmic Electronic Health Record (EHR) System, has helped users to retrieve documents associated with a patient’s EHR 64 times faster than previous manual paper processes, the hospital says. Odense […]
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Orange Healthcare launched in France
Global mobile phone network provider Orange has created a division to compete in the e-health market. Named Orange Healthcare, the division will initially launch in France, as part of Orange France Télécom’s partnership in the country, with plans to expand across Europe over the next few years. Eric Le Bihan, vice-president of the health program […]
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Helios begins national ‘Neuronet’ roll-out
German private hospital chain Helios has begun roll-out of a nationwide tele-neurology consultation network ‘Neuronet’ to all of its 58 hospitals.
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3G Doctor launches videophone consultations
Patients in the UK and Ireland can now access a self-created medical record on their mobile phone, and also have a video consultation with a doctor using a 3G smartphone. The service, launched by 3G Doctor, allows registered individuals to create a web-based health record and video consult with a doctor using a 3G video […]
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Wireless solutions simplify communication
Creative applications of wireless technology are simplifying communication within localised communities in Europe, reports Neil Versel from MedInfo 2007 in Brisbane, Australia. In a surgical ward at Horsens Hospital in Denmark, nobody wastes time anymore hunting for clinicians, technicians or even the cleaning crew, thanks to electronic RFID tracking of all key personnel. Pagers are […]
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Rehabilitation video game developed in Denmark
Danish researchers have developed a new game system to aid the rehabilitation of patients after illness and surgery. The idea for the game came after physiotherapists in the Funen Hospital in Denmark realised that patients needed a new way to help them get more mobile after lengthy periods in hospital beds. “We needed to develop a […]
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New telemedicine network in Bavaria
The Southern German state of Bavaria has announced the setup of a new major hospital telemedicine network that aims to improve the care for children with inborn cardiac defects. Within the next few months, nine regional hospitals in Bavaria and one in Austria will be connected electronically to the German Heart Centre in Munich, one […]
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Welsh GP surgery offers video podcasts
A rural general practice in Wales has started offering video podcasts for its patients covering a variety of subjects, starting with inhaler technique. Builth & Llanwrtyd Medical Practice in Powys, which stretches over two sites and covers 7,700 people, has uploaded its first video, instructing patients in effective use of an inhaler, onto its site […]
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