Health

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.

20 March 2008

German government unveils smartcard costs

The German ministry of health has issued details on recent and estimated future costs of the healthcare smartcard project in

19 March 2008

VDE paper supports telemonitoring for diabetics

German industry association, VDE, has published a paper on telemonitoring for diabetic patients. The paper urges politicians to make greater

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

Scotland to pilot new sexual health system

A new Scottish national sexual health IT system, known as NaSH, will be piloted in the next few weeks in

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

12 March 2008