healthcare

30 December 2008

Australia warns of e-health fragmentation

Australia requires a national co-ordinated approach on e-health, or risks creating duplication and fragmentation, states a new national e-health report.

24 December 2008

Obama urged to commit $25 billion to health IT

The US Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society have urged President Obama to invest a minimum of $25 billion in

23 December 2008

HL7 publishes draft PHR standards

International healthcare IT standards body Health Level Seven (HL7), has published the Personal Health Record System Functional Model (PHR-S FM)

19 December 2008

Siemens works with Hospital Clinic, Barcelona

Siemens Healthcare has signed an agreement with Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, to integrate its diagnostic, imaging and information technology systems.

17 December 2008

Vodafone invests in mobile health firm

Newbury, Berkshire-based, mobile phone giant Vodafone has invested in t+ Medical, a UK provider of mobile health services acccessed across

15 December 2008

Commission sets out steps on patient safety

The European Commission has published proposals designed to improve patient safety and reduce the number of patients who suffer harm

15 December 2008

Philips scores top in patient monitoring

Royal Philips Electronics says its customers have rated Philips Healthcare in first place in overall service performance for Patient Monitoring

12 December 2008

Europe launches CommonWell project

A new telecare project will use technology to improve the quality of life for older people in four European countries,

11 December 2008

Nuance and GE complete RIS-SpeechMagic integration

Nuance Communications has successfully integrated its SpeechMagic technology into GE Healthcare Centricity Radiology Information System (RIS). The development is said

10 December 2008