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German insurer AOK requires doctors to digitise

The AOK Baden-Württemberg, a regional German health insurance company with three million members, has signed a direct primary care contract
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EC publishes Potorož Declaration

The European Commission has published the Potorož Declaration, a list of objectives to achieve before the next EC e-health conference.
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Web 2.0 revolution underway in healthcare

Internet developments that brought us sites such as Facebook, YouTube and Wikipedia are now set to revolutionise healthcare.
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Madrid’s iSoft incident reporting wins prize

iSoft Spain’s incident reporting system due to be rolled out to seven Madrid hospitals has been awarded the prestigious Spanish
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Fraunhofer study backs German smartcard plans

Germany’s health smartcard project uses up-to-date technology and is suitable to guarantee both data security and accessibility. This is the
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E-health 2.0: health’s consumer revolution

E-Health Insider this week publishes a new research report on web 2.0 in healthcare. Lindsey Birnsteel reports.
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Google Health launched

Internet search giant Google yesterday unveiled Google Health, its online personal health record service.
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NCR to launch patient kiosks in Europe

The Adventist Healthcare Solution Kiosk A new touch-screen kiosk is to be launched in Europe by self-service specialist NCR, designed
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Researchers develop mobile diagnosis system

A new system to transmit medical images via mobile phones has been developed by researchers at the Hebrew University of
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Continua promises products by year end

Continua Health Alliance says the first interoperable personal telehealth products, able to work with each other out ‘of the box’,
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