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NFC Aid for the Visually and Hearing Impaired

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:00:01 +0000

As the proportion of senior citizens grows, their special needs are gaining momentum. Human eyesight, for example, weakens with age. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has been developing new NFC-based applications that make life easier for the visually impaired.

Carestream Shows Latest Innovative Medical Imaging Technologies at ECR 2012

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:00:00 +0000

At ECR 2012 Carestream Health will showcase a raft of new products and services designed to help radiology professionals improve patient care. These include new healthcare IT offerings, advanced features for its medical and dental/ENT imaging systems and a mobile X-ray imaging system:

Doctors 2.0 & You - The HealthCare Social Media and Web 2.0 Conference

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:00:01 +0000

23 - 24 May 2012, Paris, France.
The 2nd Annual International Doctors 2.0 & You Congress will convene in Paris to highlight how doctors and other healthcare professionals, patients, hospitals, government, pharma, and payers use Social Media, mobile apps, and Web 2.0 tools to connect and the best practices that emerge for each.

IBM Kiosks Power Patient Interaction at the Point of Care

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:00:00 +0000

CarePartners Plus announced the launch of a new technology that empowers patients to better manage their health and interact more effectively with their physicians.

Intel and United Nations Population Fund Committed to Boost Health Workers' Skills Around the World

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:00:02 +0000

In an effort to combat the high number of unnecessary deaths during pregnancy and childbirth, Intel and the United Nations agency, announced a joint commitment to strengthen the skills of midwives and community health workers through technology and training materials from the two organizations.

First Databank is First Clinical Decision Support Provider to Receive NICE Accreditation

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:00:01 +0000

First Databank (FDB) has become the first drug knowledge base and clinical decision support provider to be awarded accreditation by NICE's Accreditation Programme.

Advanced Health & Care Launches Community Healthcare System

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:00:00 +0000

Advanced Health & Care (Advanced) announced the launch of 'Advanced Community'. This is the first system designed specifically for community healthcare that has mobile working at its core.

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Order ePrescribing from Ascribe

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:00:00 +0000

Ascribe announced that Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have ordered Ascribe's Electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (ePMA) solution. The Trust has successfully used Ascribe's Web Pharmacy Solution for some time;

NHS Surrey Commissions Risk Stratification Tool from Docobo Ltd to Reduce Unplanned Admissions

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:00:01 +0000

Innovative technology developed by UK company Docobo Ltd, will support NHS Surrey in their initiatives to manage patients at home and reduce hospital admissions. NHS Surrey has commissioned Docobo Ltd to supply its new risk stratification tool, ArtemusICS™, that will enable GP practices in Surrey to better target their resources to deliver better outcomes for the 1.2 million people living in Surrey.

CompuGroup Medical Strengthens its Market Position in Italy

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:00:00 +0000

CompuGroup Medical signed a contract to purchase all shares in Effepieffe srl. via its Italian subsidiary CompuGroup Medical Italia spa. The company counts around 8,000 general practitioners as its customers and ranks number three in the provision of ambulatory information systems in Italy.

Denmark Selects InterSystems HealthShare for Countrywide Health Information Exchange

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:00:01 +0000

InterSystems Corporation, a global leader in software for connected care, announced that InterSystems HealthShare™ has been chosen to support health information exchange (HIE) throughout Denmark.

Birmingham City Council Showcases City-Wide Telecare Programme at Telecare Service Launch

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:00:00 +0000

Birmingham City Council has launched its large-scale, city-wide telecare service in partnership with Tunstall. The service, which is believed to be the first of its kind in the UK, will benefit up to 25,000 people over the next three years

Clinical Decision Support in Oncology: From Chemotherapy Planning to Collaborative Specialist Networks

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:00:02 +0000

7 February 2012, 3pm Central European Time.
This HIMSS Europe webinar provides theoretic background as well as practical insights from Onkologikoa, a specialized Oncology hospital, as well as MedicalExchange Medting, which offers a family of web products for eHealth, from collaboration platforms to online medical viewers.

Advanced Computer Software Group Announces "One stop shop"

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:00:01 +0000

Advanced Computer Software Group plc (Advanced), a leading provider of software and IT services to the UK health, care and business sectors, announces that it now supplies mobile devices inclusive of airtime as part of its iConnect and iNurse mobile working solutions - providing a complete "one stop shop" for mobile working in the community care sector.

New Hospital Customers Represent 103% Growth for FairWarning® in 2011

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 22:00:00 +0000

FairWarning, Inc., the inventor and world's leading supplier of cross-platform healthcare privacy auditing solutions for Electronic Health Records, announced important year-to-date milestones. FairWarning® now protects patient privacy in over 800 hospitals and 2,500 clinics across the UK, the United States, Canada and France, which represents 103% growth in hospital customers over the same time period in 2010.

Health Monitoring via Mobile Phone

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:00:01 +0000

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is coordinating a trial at Sipoo Health Centre and Helsinki University Hospital where patients submit test results to health care professionals by mobile phone. Nokia has developed a Wellness Diary app that helps users attain their exercise, nutrition and well-being goals.

IMS MAXIMS Delivers New PAS Functionality Across Ireland

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:00:00 +0000

IMS MAXIMS, one of the UK and Ireland's leading suppliers of clinical software solutions, has rolled out the latest version of their Irish patient administration system (PAS) across Ireland.

Philips' Fourth Quarter Results 2011 - Healthcare Sector

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:00:00 +0000

Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) reports fourth-quarter sales of EUR 6.7 billion; EBITA of EUR 503 million. Healthcare comparable sales were 3% higher year-on-year. Comparable equipment order intake grew 3% year-on-year. Equipment orders in growth geographies grew by 17%.

Virtual Physiological Human Projects Portfolio 2011

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:00:00 +0000

This resource book provides an overview of the set of Virtual Physiological Human (VPH) research projects managed by the ICT for Health unit of the Information Society and Media General Directorate, which are funded under the 6th and 7th (FP6 - FP7) framework Programme for Research and Development. At the core of the VPH lies the idea of translating all functions of the human body into a coherent set of multi-scale computer models. The scales of modelling span spatially from the whole body down to the cells and the proteins they synthesise, and temporally from years to microseconds.

Helix Health and First Databank Partner to Provide Ireland's Leading Advanced Pharmacy Solutions

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:00:01 +0000

First Databank (FDB), the UK's leading provider of drug knowledge bases and clinical decision support, today announced the continuation of the successful partnership with Helix Health. The contract provides Helix Health with FDB's trusted clinical databases for the next three years.