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Disease matching network spreadsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Software tools that can search and compare patient data at hospitals across Europe are being developed and rolled-out to find children with closely matched conditions. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - November 20, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Digital pen for diabetes care in GermanyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Stuttgart's Bethesda Hospital has introduced a mobile glucose monitoring system that combines digital pen and paper a wireless glucose monitor with wireless Bluetooth technology. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - November 19, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

EC creates storm over cloud computingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The European Commission is calling on member states to make better use of cloud computing and to develop online public services to better meet the needs of their populations. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - November 18, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Nuance launches SpeechMagic 7Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Nuance Communications has launched a speech recognition platform designed to revolutionise clinical documentation by facilitating large scale deployments. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - November 18, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Nuance launches SpeechMagic7Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Nuance Communications has launched a speech recognition platform designed to revolutionise clinical documentation by facilitating large scale deployments. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - November 18, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

AeroScout use extended by St TrudoEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
AeroScout has announced that St Trudo hospital in Belgium is extending the use of its AeroScout Healthcare Visibility solution to include the tracking of the location of patients and Wi-Fi devices. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - November 17, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Scotland opens almost paperless hospitalEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A new £100m hospital which supports a virtually paperless environment has been opened by the NHS Glasgow and Clyde Health Board in Scotland. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - November 16, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Sweden and GTC build e-health frameworkEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Global Trust Council (GTC) is in negotiations with the Swedish government to create an internationally recognised e-health framework. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - November 13, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Quirón Group implements PACSEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The QuirÓ;n Group of Hospitals in Spain has significantly improved workflows after implementing the Carestream Health Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) and Radiology Information System (RIS). (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - November 12, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Guernsey progresses InterSystems EHSCREmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
InterSystems has announced that Guernsey Health and Social Services Department has gone-live with key elements of its island-wide Electronic Health and Social Care Record (EHSCR). (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - November 11, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

EU biobank battle beginsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Netherlands and Luxembourg are competing to become the world's bio banking research hub. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - November 11, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Achmea chooses Philips for telehealthEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Royal Philips Electronics has partnered with Achmea Health, the largest healthcare insurer in the Netherlands, to develop solutions that will increase the independence of those living with chronic conditions. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - November 10, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Digital plaster trialled in LondonEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A digital plaster that can monitor patients' vital signs is being trialled at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust for the first time. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - November 6, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

InterSystems 'wins Scottish PMS deal'Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
E-Health Insider understands that InterSystems has won the contract to provide a national patient management system (PMS) to the NHS in Scotland. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Medavis RIS links speech recognitionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
German medical information systems company medavis has integrated speech recognition into its Radiology Information System (RIS). (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - November 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Agfa Healthcare’s sales continue to dropEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Agfa Healthcare's sales have continued to decrease dropping by 5.5% compared with last years figures (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - November 4, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

EU study uses RFID to track medicineEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The BRIDGE (Building Radio Frequency IDentification for the Global Environment) project has successfully concluded its three year initiative to research, develop and demonstrate the benefits of RFID. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - November 4, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Jordan unveils integrated health systemEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan has unveiled its integrated healthcare technology system for the first time in public. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - November 3, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

EC provides €300m to 'smarten' systemsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The European Commission has unveiled its strategy to put Europe at the forefront of the development of smart internet powered infrastructures. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - November 2, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

One Health Alliance gains new membersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
One Health Alliance, the 'best of breed' healthcare IT alliance aimed at delivering technology and information to both public and private sector organisations, has added two new members, Sunquest information systems and BridgeHead software. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - October 29, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Cerner completes first Spanish roll-outEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
US healthcare IT giant Cerner has completed the first implementation of Cerner Millennium in Spain. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - October 28, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Swedish pilot fights fake medicinesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Siemens IT Solutions and Services and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) have launched a medicine coding pilot project to help to combat counterfeit medicines. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - October 27, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

GE launches €167m innovation fundEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
GE has announced the availability of a €167m ($250m) equity fund that will make investments in highly promising and innovative technology companies across the world. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - October 26, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Europe launch for Cisco data exchangeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Cisco and Austrian software company Tiani Spirit have announced the availability of their new Medical Data Exchange Solution (MDES) in Europe. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - October 23, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Istanbul Oncology rolls out RamSoft PACSEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Istanbul Oncology Centre has announced that it has completed the roll-out of a Picture Archiving and Communication System from RamSoft. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - October 22, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

EHI Awards 2009 winners announcedEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
NHS Waltham Forest's implementation of the RiO community and mental health system emerged as the overall winner of the E-Health Insider Awards in association with BT last night. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - October 21, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Private medical records offered for saleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Medical records of patients treated at a private British hospital, The London Clinic, have been illegally sold to undercover investigators. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - October 20, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

€22.5m for Dutch biobank networkEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Dutch government has awarded a consortium of health research groups €22.5m to establish a national biobanking infrastructure. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - October 20, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

JAC and InterSystems get European awardsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
JAC and InterSystems have been presented awards for their work in the European health IT sector, by market analysts Frost and Sullivan. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - October 19, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

ISoft strengthens presence in GermanyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
ISoft has signed a technology agreement with Klinikum Oberlausitzer Bergland in Eastern Germany, the 555-bed hospital is already using iSoft's Hospital Information System (HIS). (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - October 16, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Irish hospital digitises recordsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Galway Clinic in West Ireland is implementing a data archiving and management solution from BridgeHead Software to create an electronic patient record. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - October 15, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Philips makes move to pathologyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Royal Philips Electronics has developed a digital pathology solution aimed at easing workloads and providing decision making support in central and hospital-based pathology departments. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - October 14, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Texts double smokers' quit rateEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
An international study has shown that programmes that use text messaging to help people stop smoking can double the chances of them being able to kick the habit for up to a year. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - October 14, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Google spreads Flu TrendsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Google has expanded its Flu Trends tracking tool to include 16 more countries. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - October 13, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Tim Kelsey at E-Health Insider Live '09Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Tim Kelsey, chair of Dr Foster Intelligence, and a noted champion of the need for the state to hold and use personal data, has been announced as a keynote speaker at E-Health Insider Live '09. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - October 12, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

e-Health Week 2010 announcedEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The World of Health IT (WoHIT) Conference and Exhibition and the ministerial event known as the High Level e-Health Conference will be jointly run next March in an initiative called e-Health Week 2010. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - October 12, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

NI awards €78m contract to HPEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Northern Ireland's Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety has awarded a contract worth up to €78.5m to Hewlett-Packard to update the technology behind the country's hospital patient administration systems. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - October 9, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Carestream Health launches latest RISEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The latest version of Carestream Health's RIS promises significant new features, including role-based configurability to suit different users and a low glare mode to stop the RIS screen distracting radiologists as they focus on medical images. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - October 8, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Ballmer bullish about Windows 7Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer says the firm's new operating system will provide companies and public sector bodies with a more resilient, secure and cost effective IT infrastructure. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - October 7, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

EU criticised over online medicinesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The EU executive's decision not to legislate against online pharmacies is a major omission in its plans to fight counterfeit medicines, the politicians responsible for pushing a new law through the European Parliament have said. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - October 7, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Dutch health system tops Euro surveyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Netherlands has the best healthcare system in Europe, according to the annual Euro Health Consumer Index. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - October 6, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Cerner and Quintiles partner on trialsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Cerner, the US healthcare IT giant, has announced a partnership with Quintiles, the biopharmaceutical services firm specialising in clinical trials management and data services to life sciences companies. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - October 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Tweeting medics breach confidentialityEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Medics posting gossipy messages and stories about patients they encounter on networking websites like Facebook and Twitter are routinely breaching confidentiality rules. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - October 2, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Electronic records used to spot abuseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Electronic patient records can be used to predict a patient's risk of receiving a future diagnosis of domestic abuse, according to research published this week. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - October 2, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Paper records more actively managedEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A study has found that paper records are more likely to be actively managed than electronic counterparts. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - October 1, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Best practice showcase announcedEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Trusts and primary care trusts from across England will be presenting at the best practice showcase at E-Health Insider Live '09. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - October 1, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Wearable cardiac sensor gets CE approvalEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
An advanced new wearable wireless patient monitoring system has received CE mark approval, allowing it to be sold in Europe. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - September 30, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

Commission says e-health is on trackEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The European Commission has published an update on its lead market initiative for e-health, reporting that it is too early to tell whether work has had an impact on growing the continent's e-health market. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - September 30, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

PHRs a hit with Indiana studentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Personal Health Records have proved popular with students in a trial at The Indiana University Health Centre. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - September 29, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news

IBM Italy launches telemedicine projectEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
IBM is to launch a telemedicine project in Bolzano, Italy, designed to improve elderly patients' independence and quality of life, while reducing health care costs. (Source: E-Health Europe News)
Source: E-Health Europe News - September 28, 2009 Category: Information Technology Source Type: news