medical

31 August 2007

Wireless solutions simplify communication

Creative applications of wireless technology are simplifying communication within localised communities in Europe, reports Neil Versel from MedInfo 2007 in

23 August 2007

Scotland completes digital retinopathy roll-out

NHS Scotland has completed the national roll–out of its diabetes digital retinopathy screening service, delivered using web-based e-health technology from

23 August 2007

IMIA and WHO to ‘revitalise relationships’

Reporting from Medinfo in Brisbane, Australia, Neil Versel, interviews the World Health Organisation's e-health co-ordinator.

21 August 2007

Germany’s Barmer begins PHR trial

Barmer, Germany’s largest insurance company, is to begin a national evaluation of the effects personal health records (PHR) have on

20 August 2007

Bill Gates backs Belgian huggable robot

Bill Gates, the creator of Microsoft, has backed a firm specialising in the creation of robots to aid child care

17 August 2007

German smartcard rollout brought forward

In a surprise move, the German health IT agency, Gematik, has accelerated the schedule of the German national smartcard project

16 August 2007

Robotic future of patient care

As technology advances, robotics is the new revolutionary in healthcare. Kevin Fickenscher, MD and chief medical officer at Perot Systems

16 August 2007

Gematik approves RFID smartcard terminal

Smartcard technology provider, Assa Abloy Identification Technologies Group, has received approval from Gematik to participate in phase one of field

15 August 2007

Carestream boost European presence

Carestream Health have signed five deals covering five countries for its Carestream Picture Archiving and Communications System and Radiology Information

14 August 2007