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NHS Direct diverts patients from GP and A&E

NHS Direct has published research showing that four out of ten callers are advised to self-care and that three quarters
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JAOtech and mgate partner on bedside terminals

JAOtech and mgate partner on bedside terminals Smart terminal specialist JAOtech has signed a new technology partnership with German hospital
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iSoft installs order comms in Malta

Doctors and other clinical staff at Malta’s new Mater Dei Hospital can now order laboratory tests and x-rays online and
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TriZetto signs Netherlands marketing deal

A US company that is slowly helping to revolutionise the laborious procedure of processing claims for health insurance companies is
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Barco win large Brazilian contract

Belgian medical imaging firm, Barco has won a significant contract to supply high-grade PACS display systems to the ‘Hospital das
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First Dutch hospital connects to Switchpoint

St Jansdal hospital in Harderwijk, the Netherlands, has become the country’s first hospital able to retrieve patient medication information via
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EHTEL launch report on future of telemedicine

A new report from the European Health Telematics Association has issued a report detailing a series of recommendations for achieving
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Records of 38,000 Isle of Wight patients lost

An encrypted back-up tape containing the medical records of over 38,000 patients from the Isle of Wight PCT has gone
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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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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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