CompuGroup Medical AG today presented the financial report for the second quarter of 2015. The company, one of the leading global providers of eHealth solutions, achieved revenue of EUR 138 million, compared to EUR 126 million in the second quarter 2014. This represents an increase of 9 percent, of which 4 percent is organic growth.
Wolters Kluwer, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, has announced a new partnership with the Federación Nacional de Clínicas Privadas (FNCP), an organization representing over 550 of the private healthcare institutions in Spain.
Agfa HealthCare has signed an agreement for the first Enterprise Imaging platform to be implemented in the UK with City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust. The agreement includes the integration and installation of the Enterprise Imaging platform - the first in the UK - as well as an upgrade of the Trust's existing PACS solution.
Comtact Healthcare, a leading provider in mobile digital healthcare and informatics solutions has been selected by respiratory experts at Southampton Children’s Hospital to provide clinicians with a leading-edge mobile device solution at the point of care.
Evidence from Sixth Framework Programme Science and Society (S&S) and Seventh Framework Programme Science in Society (SiS) programmes shows that more consistent policy development in Science and Technology requires systematic cooperation and a shared knowledge base on which European, national and sub-national research and innovation policy decisions can be drawn from.
The EU funded GET project delivers four high-impact services to digital Health SMEs and entrepreneurs in order to boost their growth and move them to the next level of competitiveness. The Get Funded service is designed for SMEs looking for follow up funding (typically between 0.5-2M€) and provides them with training, resources and networking opportunities with investors at the European level.
Carestream has been awarded ISO 27001 certification covering the management of information security for the countries in which Carestream has Vue Cloud Services in operation. The certificate is initially valid for three years, with BSI surveillance audits at the end of each year.
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital has gone live with a mobile web application that will enable staff to respond even quicker to patients at risk of reaching critical conditions in hospital. The hospital has started rolling out 100 mobile devices to staff so they can use the ThinkVitals electronic observations tool to monitor patient vital signs.
The WHO estimates the share of prescribed medication that is not taken or not taken correctly at 50%. In the EU alone an estimated 200,000 patients a year die earlier than necessary due to non-adherence. With a new strategic partnership, Berlin-Chemie Menarini and the German adherence specialist smartpatient are setting out to change this.