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2009-07-13T00:00:00+01:00

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New EU Project to Probe Standards in European Hospitals

2009-07-10T00:00:00+01:00

A research project focusing on quality and patient safety in hospitals has been offered �3 million from the European Commission's 7th Framework Programme - Health. The J�nk�ping Academy for Improvement of Health and Welfare is one of six collaborating project partners.

EU-policy Initiative on Telemedicine: Why and how?

2009-07-09T00:00:00+01:00

The Commission issued on 30th June 2009 an explanatory document that includes details of the extensive consultation process which led to the 'Communication on telemedicine for the benefit of patients, healthcare systems and society' adopted on 4th November 2008. The telemedicine communication proposed a set of actions aimed at enabling wider deployment of telemedicine services, focusing on three main priorities:

Important Steps Forward at Health Ministers' Meeting

2009-07-08T00:00:00+01:00

"We can free up millions of hospital beds and avoid millions of incorrect prescriptions. There is an enormous potential in eHealth," said Minister for Health and Social Affairs G�ran H�gglund at a press conference on the second day of the informal ministerial meeting in J�nk�ping on 7 July.

Jersey Chooses InterSystems TrakCare for Island-Wide Integrated Care Record

2009-07-06T00:00:00+01:00

InterSystems Corporation announced that the States of Jersey Health and Social Services Department has selected InterSystems TrakCare� to facilitate an island-wide Integrated Care Record supporting its acute, community, mental health and social care services.

Super Thin Detector Provides Improved Image Quality for Better Patient Care

2009-07-03T00:00:00+01:00

With rapid change taking place in the surgical environment as the range of interventional and minimally invasive procedures continues to expand, Royal Philips Electronics (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG) has announced the availability of the Veradius X-ray system. A mobile C-arm with a super thin, flat detector, Philips Veradius is designed to give the surgeon more flexibility and to improve patient care by streamlining workflow and improving image quality.

GE Healthcare to Grow its Health Information Exchange Services by Joining Global eHealth Leader

2009-07-02T00:00:00+01:00

GE Healthcare, a division of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), and global eHealth specialist InterComponentWare, Inc. (ICW), have signed a strategic agreement to integrate and co-develop their health information exchange (HIE) solutions.

FASS Uses Tunstall Telecare to Keep Service Users Safe and Healthy

2009-07-01T00:00:00+01:00

The Fundaci�n Andaluza de Servicios Sociales (FASS) of the Junta de Andaluc�a has announced its 100,000th telecare deployment in Spain, helping to increase independence and improve quality of life for service users by enabling them to receive the care and support they need in their own homes.

iSOFT Signs Sixth LORENZO Site in Germany

2009-06-30T21:07:11+01:00

iSOFT Group Limited (ASX: ISF) - Australia's largest listed health information technology company today announced that Christophorus-Kliniken will become the sixth early adopter of iSOFT�s LORENZO next-generation solution in Germany as part of an agreement to upgrade hospital information systems (HIS) at its three hospitals in the Coesfeld district of North Rhine-Westphalia.

BCS Health Scotland Conference: Empowering Patients to gain more from eHealth

2009-06-30T00:00:00+01:00

21st and 22nd September 2009, Scottish Health Service Centre, Edinburgh. The conference will draw together clinicians, IT, Academia, Informaticians, developers and industry from across Scotland and the wider UK and Europe. Themes include Patient Portals, Patient Access to Health Records and Personal Health Records, Information consistency, Sharing and Security and Governance of Patient Records.