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Jersey Chooses InterSystems TrakCare for Island-Wide Integrated Care Record

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:00:00 +0000

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

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:00:00 +0000

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

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:00:00 +0000

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.

Philips and Project HOPE announce collaboration to improve chronic disease management in China

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:00:00 +0000

At an Inauguration Ceremony at Shanghai Ruijin Hospital today, Philips China and Project HOPE announced a unique partnership that will create a new chronic disease management model linking major hospitals and community healthcare centers in a collaborative approach.

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

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:00:00 +0000

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.

Microsoft EMEA Health Blog

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:00:00 +0000

This blog is a complementary space to the Microsoft Health Blog and will try exploring, informing, debating and discussing the many issues and opportunities surrounding the adoption and implementation of the latest information technology solutions in healthcare in EMEA region. Microsoft EMEA Health Blog looks forward to sharing experiences and viewpoints in healthcare especially in EMEA and across the world.

Le Mans Hospital (France) Selects Agfa HealthCare's ORBIS(TM) to Deliver an Integrated Electronic Patient Record Solution

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:31:23 +0000

Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of diagnostic imaging and healthcare IT solutions, announces today that the Centre Hospitalier du Mans in France has selected Agfa HealthCare's leading Hospital and Clinical Information System (HIS/CIS) ORBIS(TM) to support the implementation of a full Electronic Patient Record (EPR) solution.

Dual-Source Technology Gains Acceptance in Computed Tomography

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Being venturesome in business can pay off. And the Somatom Definition, the world's first CT scanner with two X-ray tubes, has the sales figures to prove it. Since its market launch at the end of 2005, this system has already been installed over 500 times in leading clinics throughout the world. This proves that dual-source technology is in demand not only in research, but in routine diagnostics as well.

GE Launches Program to Doctors, Hospitals to Accelerate EMR Adoption

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 22:00:00 +0000

GE (NYSE: GE) has announced, as part of its healthymagination initiative to increase access to technology and reduce cost, the launch of a new program, Stimulus Simplicity, which offers doctors and hospitals an easier path to electronic medical records (EMR) adoption. This program is a joint offering of GE Healthcare and GE Capital and contains two core elements - a commitment to ensure the EMRs are certified (a precursor to federal stimulus reimbursement eligibility) and an interest-free loan with deferred payments.

White Paper - Electronic Time Stamps

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:00:00 +0000

The present White Paper describes the legal framework conditions and technical requirements for the creation of electronic time stamps and also examines the differences between qualified and non-qualified time stamps, for differentiation purposes termed "other time stamps" below.