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Since the successful launch of the CRM tool in Europe about 4 years ago, the application has recently been deployed in the U.S. After an initial pilot team, over 200 US sales people use this web based application. The overall results are positive,...
Charlotte, NC, USA - November 16, 2011 - IMIX Americas Inc. today announced that it will introduce three state of the art digital detectors along with its expanded line of integrated digital radiography products at the RSNA...
The new service – called Side by Side – launches today following a successful trial by NHS Western Isles and O2 Health which demonstrated improved clinician productivity, a 30% reduction in travel costs and fewer appointment...
Lansing, Nov 22, 2011 - Well known and respected global buyer and seller of refurbished medical imaging equipment, parts and services, Block Imaging International, announced today Joshua L. Block will assume the role of President effective...
Chicago – Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) is announcing 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the company’s first commercially available whole body positron emission tomography/...
As one of the highlights at Medica 2011, Siemens Healthcare will present products andsolutions that help streamline workflows in practices and hospitals. For example, state-of-the-art angiography systems help the doctor make an accurate and fast...
HP Digital Hospital Solution to be technology foundation for seamless workflow, better patient outcomes
Hewlett-Packard Australia has announced it has signed a technology services agreement to design, build and maintain a portion of the...
InterSystems Corporation has announced the strategic acquisition of Siemens Health Services (SHS) France from its Siemens parent company. SHS, a long-term leader in the delivery of healthcare solutions to hospitals in France, will now operate as...
Royal Philips Electronics today announced the global release of IntelliVue MX40, a wearable patient monitor that can be used for the monitoring of ambulatory patients and during patient transport.
The MX40 combines the benefits of the...
Archive and storage specialists Proact have helped Skistar to install a new storage platform with integrated backup and disaster protection, in combination with major improvement of the group’s IT environment, consolidating its data halls in S...
Escalating healthcare expenditure, the introduction of expensive medical technology and intensifying consumer demand are necessitating healthcare reforms. Such reforms will alter the conditions under which the medical technology industry operates,...
Launch to coincide with CSC report on how telemedicine can enable
emerging care models in the US, Europe and Australia
CSC has announced the launch of its Global Institute for Emerging Healthcare Practices with the mission of monitoring worldwide...
BridgeHead Software has won a contract to provide data backup and protection solutions to support The London Clinic, the UK’s largest independently owned non-profit hospital, transition to a brand-new, interoperable IT infrastructure....
Philips and e-Learning for Healthcare (e-LfH) have signed an agreement to distribute and promote online learning, via the Philips Learning Centre, to healthcare professionals around the world.
e-LfH partners with a number of professional...
GE Healthcare IT, a leading provider of health information technologies, announces the successful completion of interoperability testing at the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) Europe 2011 Connectathon in Pisa, Italy.
During the...
The Central Finland Health Care District was the first health care district to introduce the patient information system according to the new Finnish Health Care Act. In addition to the Central Finland Health Care District, Tieto's system covers...
Known for Gothenburg’s impressive harbor and canals and its picturesque coastline and countryside, the Västra Götaland region (VGR) is Sweden’s second largest, with over 1.5 million residents. It is also home to one of Europe...
Information technology (IT) companies need to bring in doctors and other healthcare stakeholders in order to ensure that new technologies and applications are actually useful to the healthcare system – something which is currently fragmented...
CSC, an international healthcare IT supplier, is introducing its range of solutions developed to meet the needs of Middle East healthcare providers. The company has been active within the Middle East for more than 25 years and formed its CSC Arabia...
LifeWIRE®, with offices in Toronto, Canada and Annapolis MD has announced it has entered into a strategic relationship with Medting (based in Baleares, Spain) a provider of web based platforms for collaboration and sharing of medical images,...
CompuGroup Medical, one of the leading eHealth companies, expanded its European position by acquiring the Belgian company Belgiedata BVBA. The company now has a presence in 24 countries.
Belgiedata develops and sells doctor information...
GE Healthcare has announced its eHealth Image Exchange software solution: a flexible, standards-based platform for sharing images and integrating workflows across a healthcare community. The eHealth Image Exchange helps improve the quality of...
McKesson UK has been awarded 'IT Supplier of the Year' by The British Computer Society (BCS) & Computing UK IT Industry Awards 2010. The award recognises McKesson's outstanding achievements and contributions in delivering innovative...
Microsoft's HealthVault team announced the launch of Assignio, a health platform based on the HealthVault Microsoft technology, at Medica 2010 which took place last week in Dusseldorf, Germany,
The platform, which will be operated and...
The county of Blekinge in Sweden is the first customer outside Denmark for its LABKA II Laboratory Information System. After going live in late October, the system will be used to support the Karlskrona and Karlshamn hospitals within the Swedish...
Medavis GmbH will present portal4med, its new solution for facilitating communication across multiple locations and areas of specialization, at MEDICA 2010 in Düsseldorf. portal4med is an innovative platform that combines various medical...
Pocket Anatomy, a subsidiary of e-Media Interactive, a company specialising in 3D medical animations, has had its critically-acclaimed Pocket Heart medical application created as an iPad application.
The Pocket Heart medical app has been...
Wipro Technologies, the Global Consulting, System Integration and Outsourcing Business of Wipro Limited conducted a workshop on "E-Health: A perspective", during the Global E-Health Forum, held on the 25th and 26th October in Hamburg,...
Healthcare innovator Protomed, a leader in British-born pharmaceutical design, has won the E-Health Insider award for its contribution to reducing drug errors with its intelligent medication management software.
The ‘IT Product...
Carestream Health has sold its 1,000th medical imaging system using its CARESTREAM DRX-1, the industry’s first wireless, cassette-sized detector that can help streamline overall imaging workflow, while simultaneously improving productivity and...
InterSystems today celebrated the award of the UK’s first fully compliant Interoperability Toolkit (ITK) accreditation by the National Integration Centre and Assurance (NICA) Technology Office.
The InterSystems ITK is built upon InterSystems...
The Intel Health Guide remote patient monitoring system will help physicians better communicate with their patients that have chronic conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and heart failure.
Patients will...
