patients

Archive
8 January 2008

“Hospital information systems are not indispensable”

Hubert Haag says that with 12,000 European healthcare customers T-Systems is a vital player in European e-health, Philipp Grätzel reports.
Read More
7 January 2008

Philips buys patient monitoring specialist Visicu

Royal Philips Electronics has agreed to acquire US-based clinical IT firm Visicu for around €290m, to expand its patient monitoring
Read More
3 January 2008

Bosch buys Health Hero Network

German industrial giant, the Bosch Group, has acquired US telehealth specialist and innovator Health Hero Network Inc., which focuses on
Read More
28 December 2007

Two hospital search engines launched

Two major German health insurance companies have presented new hospital search engines for citizens in order to increase transparency of
Read More
27 December 2007

EC may reconsider patient information rules

The European Commission is considering tabling legislation next year that would change the rules on the information that drug companies
Read More
24 December 2007

iPhone service locates open pharmacies

Apotheken.de has introduced a new Web 2.0 iPhone service in Germany, locating open pharmacies and providing directions to them.
Read More
21 December 2007

German doctors switch on to Web 2.0

The US has led the adoption of Web 2.0 applications in healthcare, but German doctors are catching up, Philipp Grätzel
Read More
20 December 2007

EU tables proposals for health single market

The European Commission says EU citizens will be allowed to opt to receive healthcare in any member state, under new
Read More
19 December 2007

US group calls for national patient IDs

America’s National Alliance for Health Information Technology has called for a national voluntary system of unique patient identification numbers to
Read More
18 December 2007

2008: the year telecare grows up?

A large evaluation of assistive technologies across health and social care begins next year, Fiona Barr reports.
Read More