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Sectra signs multi-year PACS agreement with leading US provider
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Swedish IT and medical-technology company Sectra has been selected by Wooster Community Hospital of Wooster, Ohio, as its PACS provider. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - June 29, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Solutions & Services Source Type: news
Philips releases new portable ultrasound systemEmail this article to a colleague.
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A range of clinical procedures can benefit from Philips' new portable, compact ultrasound system touted as a solution to reduce failed bedside exams caused by low image quality. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - June 26, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Solutions & Services Source Type: news
Self-monitoring to boost European diabetes diagnostics marketEmail this article to a colleague.
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The European diabetes diagnostics market is poised for expansion with segments such as self-monitoring and point-of-care (POC) tests offering tremendous growth potential. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - June 25, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Medical Informatics Source Type: news
iSoft signs fifth Lorenzo site in GermanyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Health information technology company iSoft has announced that Klinikum Saarbrücken will become the fifth early adopter site in Germany for its Lorenzo next-generation solution, as part of a €1.08million deal for a hospital information system. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - June 25, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - ePrescribing Source Type: news
British Breast Screening Service chooses Sectra MicroDoseEmail this article to a colleague.
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Warwickshire, Solihull and Coventry Breast Screening Service (WSCBSS), which installed its first Sectra MicroDose system in 2005, has now invested in another two systems. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - June 23, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Provider Strategies Source Type: news
Doctors report on telehealth success in enhancing patient quality of lifeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Telehealth is enhancing the quality of life for patients and offers a cost-effective model of care for the management of long-term conditions, according to a panel of leading UK healthcare and local government professionals. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - June 22, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - National Initiatives Source Type: news
Digital mammography energizing European markets for display monitorsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Diagnostic display monitors have experienced slow growth since 2007 due to picture archiving and communication system installations across radiology departments of European hospitals having reached saturation. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - June 22, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Medical Informatics Source Type: news
IMS contracts Barco for new clinical displayEmail this article to a colleague.
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IMS, a breast imaging systems provider based in Bologna, Italy, has contracted Barco for new clinical review displays. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - June 18, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Provider Strategies Source Type: news
Western Australia Health implements patient managementEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Western Australian Department of Health has entered into a contract to deploy a state-wide patient management system. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - June 18, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Regional Projects Source Type: news
Annecy Smart Terminal installation one of largest in FranceEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Centre Hospitalier de la Region d'Annecy (CHRA) has installed over 600 Smart Terminals - integrating voice, data, and imaging - and believed to be the largest deployment of its kind in France, a press release said. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - June 17, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Solutions & Services Source Type: news
Sectra releases Sectra PACS 12.1Email this article to a colleague.
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Swedish IT and medical technology company Sectra has launched Sectra PACS release 12.1 with RapidConnect technology. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - June 17, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Solutions & Services Source Type: news
Philips unveils nuclear medicine and radiation oncology innovationsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Royal Philips Electronics has introduced its new BrightView X, a scalable SPECT camera that can be easily upgraded with CT when physicians are ready for the full capabilities of BrightView XCT. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - June 16, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Solutions & Services Source Type: news
Pioneer of World Wide Web to advise UK Government on data useEmail this article to a colleague.
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The man credited with inventing the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, will advise the UK Government on the delivery of public information, such as healthcare-related data. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - June 15, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - National Initiatives Source Type: news
European docs improve workflow with multimodal mammography workstationEmail this article to a colleague.
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The frustrations of proprietary workstations have led many European doctors to adopt multi-modality, vendor-neutral solutions. This need for efficient workflow is driving sales for Carestream's Mammography Workstation, which enables diagnostic review of all breast imaging exams (FFDM, ultrasound, MR, CR and others) as well as all general radiology exams. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - June 11, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Provider Strategies Source Type: news
Royal Free Hospital digitizes radiology reportingEmail this article to a colleague.
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London's Royal Free Hospital has gone live with Nuance Communications' speech recognition technology, SpeechMagic. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - June 11, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Provider Strategies Source Type: news
Agfa's IMPAX 6.4 introduces volumetric management featuresEmail this article to a colleague.
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Agfa HealthCare has released the latest version in the IMPAX PACS product line, IMPAX 6.4. Agfa said IMPAX 6.4 delivered new features and tools to aid users in managing complex multi-series studies that were the rule rather than the exception in today's imaging technology. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - June 10, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Solutions & Services Source Type: news
Patients have 'mixed views' on electronic health recordsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Two-thirds of patients are happy for their medical records to be stored electronically, but many patients still have concerns about security and confidentiality, according to a snapshot survey carried out in a UK community mental health setting. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - June 9, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Medical Informatics Source Type: news
Siemens Mammomat Inspiration wins design awardsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Mammomat Inspiration, the digital mammography platform designed by Siemens and Designaffairs, has received the iF Product Design Award 2009 and the red dot award: product design 2009. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - June 8, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Events Source Type: news
Toshiba expands PACS offerings with advanced visualization releaseEmail this article to a colleague.
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Toshiba Medical Visualization Systems, a group company of Toshiba Corporation, has expanded its Voxar 3D product line with two advanced PACS visualization solutions: Voxar 3D 6.3.2 Workstation and Voxar 3D 6.3.2 ActiveX. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - June 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Solutions & Services Source Type: news
iSOFT launches new diagnostic imaging PACS solutionEmail this article to a colleague.
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Health information technology company iSOFT Group has introduced its new iSOFT PACS (picture archiving and communications system), enhancing its global portfolio of IT products designed to create a seamless electronic health record. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - June 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Solutions & Services Source Type: news
Researchers to develop health IT-equipped clothing for elderlyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Researchers at the University of Ulster are embarking on a ground-breaking research project to develop hi-tech clothing which could improve older people's quality of life. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - June 4, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Medical Informatics Source Type: news
Sweden launches national electronic health recordEmail this article to a colleague.
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The first stage of the Swedish National Patient Summary project was successfully deployed last month, according to the project's partnering IT vendors, InterSystems and Tieto. It's the first national EHR for Sweden, and is billed as one of the first of its kind in the world. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - June 3, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - E-Health Records Source Type: news
User-friendly healthcare IT demand increases across EuropeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Demand for more user-friendly healthcare IT professional services has been increasing across Europe, according to a new Frost & Sullivan study. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - June 3, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Medical Informatics Source Type: news
IGEL thin client technology in use at Smart Healthcare LiveEmail this article to a colleague.
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Fast and secure access to patient files on the move is just one of the benefits IGEL Technology is demonstrating using thin clients at Smart Healthcare Live in London. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - June 2, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Solutions & Services Source Type: news
'Tremendous opportunity' for healthcare claims management solutions marketEmail this article to a colleague.
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Claims management solutions can help healthcare payers accelerate claims processing, fight fraud and retain customers - all of which have led to an increase in adoption of the systems, analysts say. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - May 29, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Medical Informatics Source Type: news
Agfa HealthCare and Segami integration agreementEmail this article to a colleague.
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Agfa HealthCare has signed an agreement with Segami Corporation to integrate Oasis workstation software into Agfa's 6th generation Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) known as IMPAX 6. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - May 29, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Solutions & Services Source Type: news
Cambridge Consultants advises on microdroplet technologyEmail this article to a colleague.
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A multidisciplinary team of technology strategists and scientists from Cambridge Consultants has provided advice to Cambridge Enterprise regarding potential applications for microdroplet technology in a high-growth sector of the drug discovery market, currently valued at US$140million. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - May 28, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Medical Informatics Source Type: news
US Shields Health Care Group selects Sectra RISEmail this article to a colleague.
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The US Shields Health Care Group has chosen Swedish IT and medical-technology company Sectra as its Radiology Information System (RIS) provider. Sectra will deliver its RIS products, integration services and direct support to Shields Health Care over a multi-year period. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - May 28, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Provider Strategies Source Type: news
Orange and Alcatel-Lucent sign European healthcare agreementEmail this article to a colleague.
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Telecoms giants Orange and Alcatel-Lucent have signed a cooperation agreement to address healthcare challenges in Europe and emerging markets. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - May 26, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Solutions & Services Source Type: news
Mobile card reader receives German certificationEmail this article to a colleague.
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A new upgradable card reader from SCM Microsystems has received certification from the German eHealth Program. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - May 22, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - E-Health Records Source Type: news
Mammography slated for PACS improvements in BelgiumEmail this article to a colleague.
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Three mammography healthcare programs in the French-speaking region of Belgium will get a boost from Carestream picture archiving and communication systems implementations. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - May 21, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Regional Projects Source Type: news
Slovenia to get smart card health insurance systemEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia is to roll out a new electronic health insurance card system based on IBM technology. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - May 21, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - E-Health Records Source Type: news
Siemens demonstrates subtraction angiography in colorEmail this article to a colleague.
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The new application syngo iFlow from Siemens Healthcare makes it possible for the first time to demonstrate a complete digital subtraction angiography (DSA) sequence in a single color image. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - May 20, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Solutions & Services Source Type: news
Swedish hospital opts for Barco PACSEmail this article to a colleague.
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University Hospital of Danderyd, Sweden will implement a Coronis Fusion 6 megapixel display system from IT vendor Barco in a move to give its radiologists access to color and grayscale studies on a single multi-modality PACS. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - May 20, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Provider Strategies Source Type: news
International care group enhances health information searchingEmail this article to a colleague.
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Bupa, an international health and care company with more than 10 million customers in 190 countries, has selected the Vivisimo Velocity Search Platform to power enhanced site search capabilities for its Web sites. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - May 20, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Solutions & Services Source Type: news
'Connected patient' concept: Use IT to close healthcare loopEmail this article to a colleague.
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Cambridge Consultants has unveiled technology to connect patients and their treatment devices, such as inhalers, with healthcare support professionals and a range of online applications. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - May 19, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Medical Informatics Source Type: news
IT vendors partner on 'Trust In Digital Life'Email this article to a colleague.
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Philips, Gemalto, Nokia and Microsoft have partnered on an initiative to enforce public trust in the ability of digital systems to improve life in areas such as healthcare, commerce and communication. The IT giants announced the initiative May 15 at the Future of the Internet conference in Prague. (Source: eHealthNews) Read more... (http://www.ehealthnews.eu/content/view/1606/26/)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - May 19, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Events Source Type: news
Sectra RIS chosen by US ProMedica Health SystemEmail this article to a colleague.
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Swedish IT and medical-technology company Sectra has been selected by ProMedica Health System as its radiology information systems provider. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - May 18, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Solutions & Services Source Type: news
US, UK healthcare IT vendors launch The One Health AllianceEmail this article to a colleague.
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A group of American and British healthcare IT vendors have banded together to package their products for overseas use. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - May 14, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Solutions & Services Source Type: news
EU project uses IT to empower elderly to live independentlyEmail this article to a colleague.
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Researchers in the EU-funded PERSONA (Perceptive spaces promoting independent aging) project are drawing on a range of advanced technologies to empower the elderly and support them in their efforts to maintain both their independence and a good quality of life. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - May 12, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Solutions & Services Source Type: news
Fujitsu to develop EHR for Balearic IslandsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Balearic Islands health service IB-Salut has awarded the tender for the development of the "La Historia de Salud" (The History of Health) to Fujitsu Services and technology partners Oracle and Orion Health. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - May 12, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Regional Projects Source Type: news
Agfa signs agreement with multi-site Belgian hospital groupEmail this article to a colleague.
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Agfa HealthCare has signed an agreement with Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen - Hospital Network Antwerp (ZNA) for the delivery of the IMPAX 6 image management solution to support and centralize the diagnostic and clinical imaging needs of its nine sites across the Belgian city. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - May 11, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Solutions & Services Source Type: news
System C Healthcare acquires Bluestar UKEmail this article to a colleague.
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Healthcare IT products and services provider System C Healthcare has acquired Bluestar UK Group for a maximum consideration of up to £3.0million. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - May 11, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Solutions & Services Source Type: news
Digital switch will boost European mammography systems marketEmail this article to a colleague.
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Analog screening systems are gradually being replaced by digital mammography systems, with screening programmes for breast cancer detection responsible for driving the market. A majority of screening programmes have already been implemented in European countries. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - May 8, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Medical Informatics Source Type: news
Philips acquires image-guided technology innovator TraxtalEmail this article to a colleague.
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Dutch-based Royal Philips Electronics has acquired Traxtal, a Canadian innovative medical technology company in the field of minimally-invasive instruments and software for image-guided intervention and therapy. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - May 8, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Solutions & Services Source Type: news
German e-health card gets Gematik final approvalEmail this article to a colleague.
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Gieseck and Devrient, a company specializing in healthcare smart cards and system solutions, has received final approval from Gematik to issue an e-health card with a qualified electronic signature function (QES). (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - May 6, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - National Initiatives Source Type: news
iSoft enters Italian market with private healthcare dealEmail this article to a colleague.
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iSoft has won a €600,000 contract to install its hospital information system in four hospitals operated by Consorzio Regionale Servizi Sociali (CRESS), a private healthcare group based in Italy's Liguria region. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - May 6, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Solutions & Services Source Type: news
Barco sets up flagship reference siteEmail this article to a colleague.
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Medical imaging specialist Barco is further expanding its clinical collaborator network with a new customer reference site at the Dienst Medische Beeldvorming, the radiology practice serving the General Hospital Group AZ Groeninge in Kortrijk, Belgium. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - May 5, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Solutions & Services Source Type: news
Scandinavian countries look to UK for telehealth modelEmail this article to a colleague.
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Health officials in Sweden and Finland have visited the United Kingdom to learn how telehealth and telecare link into the transformation of social care and can help to deliver the most effective use of available resources and delivering person-centered care. (Source: Public Technology.net) Read more... (http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=19869)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - May 4, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Telehealth Source Type: news
Internet tech keeps tabs on increasing number of swine flu casesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Web-based technology continues to play a critical role as more cases of swine flu are being reported throughout the world. (Source: Healthcare IT News)
Source: Healthcare IT News Europe - May 1, 2009 Category: Information Technology Tags: Topics - Regional Projects Source Type: news
