e-health

31 March 2008

Europe-wide project to detect drug reactions

A new European-wide initiative, the ALERT project, has received €5m EU funding to detect adverse drug reactions (ADRs) using real-time

26 March 2008

e-Health without frontier conference details issued

Details of the European Union-backed ‘e-Health without frontiers’ conference to be held in Slovenia, 6-7 May, have been belatedly been

26 March 2008

Finland awards national patient archive contract

The Social Insurance Institution of Finland (KELA) has selected EMC to build a new centralised national patient record archive to

25 March 2008

Sweden chooses InterSystems for NPO

The Swedish National Patient Overview has chosen to use InterSystems HealthShare software, in a five year contract worth SEK 115m.

19 March 2008

Imperial integration

The UK's first Academic Health Science Centre is generating a significant systems integration challenge for the merged institution’s IT professionals.

19 March 2008

ePractice launches eHealth Procurers Forum

The European Commission’s ePractice website has launched a new eHealth Procurers Forum where practitioners involved in e-health procurement can meet

17 March 2008

ICW looks to integrate PHRs with iPhone

InterComponentWare (ICW) has announced plans to integrate the Apple iPhone and other smartphones with the Life Sensor personal health record

13 March 2008

Elsevier acquires Windhover Information

Netherlands-based Elsevier, publisher of science, technical and health information, has acquired healthcare business intelligence company, Windhover Information. Windhover provides analysis

10 March 2008