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Use IT more to promote safety, says WHO

The World Health Organisation has called on health bodies to use IT more for data collection in healthcare settings to
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Major trial of PHRs starts in Germany

Germany’s largest health insurance fund, Barmer, is working with InterComponentWare AG (ICW) on a three year research study looking at
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Medica 2007: smartcard lows and EPR highs

Although there was good news for medical smartcard projects at the trade fair Medica 2007 in Düsseldorf, doctors critical of
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Danish RTX make telemonitoring user friendly

German telemonitoring service provider Vitaphone has announced a joint venture with Denmark based RTX Healthcare, at Medica in Düsseldorf
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Danish software extracts records digitally

Denmark’s largest hospital, Odense University Hospital, has implemented OnBase, Hyland Software’s suite of enterprise content management (ECM) software applications. The
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Ireland’s Ratemyhospital wins top e-health prize

Ireland’s Ratemyhospital.ie has been awarded the top prize for e-health by the Internet’s World Summit Award at a gala event
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Carestream boosts European profile

Carestream Health is expanding its European presence with three new European ‘Centre of Excellence’ sites, adding to the six existing
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Digital pen supports breast screening in France

Anoto Group is helping breast cancer screening centres in France to speed up mammogram analysis using its digital pen and
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US building momentum by accrediting health IT

Accreditation of vendor applications, based on core interoperability standards, is helping to spur adoption of ICT within the United States
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BridgeForward launches European interface engine

BridgeForward Software has launched a new interface engine called Edge4, designed especially for the European market. The product is based
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