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Agfa HealthCare - Third Quarter 2013

Severely impacted by adverse currency effects, Agfa HealthCare's revenue decreased by 7.7 percent. On a currency comparable basis, the decrease is limited to 2.5 percent, completely attributable to the decline of the Imaging segment's traditional X-ray film business. In last year's third quarter, the traditional film business' revenue was exceptionally strong.

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Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Implements New EPR System

A new electronic patient record (EPR) system is providing staff at Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust with faster access to the very latest patient information across reception areas, wards and clinics. The new system, Medway EPR, supplied by System C, a McKesson Company, went live on Saturday 2 November 2013. It replaces an old patient administration system which had been in place for nearly 30 years.

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The Most Important Meeting in Europe for Chief Information Officers

12 - 14 November 2013, Madrid, Spain.
HIMSS Europe, a cause‐based, not‐for‐profit organization exclusively focused on providing global leadership for the optimal use of information technology, will gather more than 300 healthcare IT experts in Madrid until this Thursday. In its fourth edition, the HIMSS Europe CIO Summit has consolidated its position as the leading European event in the field.

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Philips and AMREF Flying Doctors Announce Strategic Partnership to Improve Health Care in Africa

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) and AMREF (African Medical and Research Foundation) Flying Doctors, the largest health organization in Africa, will work closely together in an innovative shared-value partnership model designed to bring about a structural improvement in the health care infrastructure and provision on the African continent.

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Carestream's Latest Image Acquisition/Mini-PACS Software adds Support for DR Imaging Systems

Carestream's latest version of Image Suite Software offers a flexible image acquisition, processing and storage platform that now supports CARESTREAM wireless DR as well as CR imaging systems, and an optional mini-PACS. Image Suite offers Web-based patient scheduling, image review and reporting, and flexible archiving solutions.

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IMS MAXIMS Awarded Place on G-Cloud Framework

IMS MAXIMS, a provider of clinical information systems, has been awarded a place on the UK government's G-Cloud 4 framework, allowing healthcare organisations to purchase specialist cloud based digital services from the company.

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Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Implements Nervecentre Hospital at Night

Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has extended its implementation of Nervecentre to deliver the benefits of mobile working, workflow and governance across Blackpool Victoria Hospital. The extension includes: hospital-wide management of the Acute Response Team (out-of-hours working); hospital-wide Mobile Handover; management of patient referrals to 90+ specialties.

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MedeAnalytics Makes Strategic Appointments to Support Growth Agenda

Wayne Parslow, Mike Smith and Helen Parslow have been appointed to the leadership team of MedeAnalytics, a leading provider of healthcare performance management and business intelligence solutions. They will be responsible for continuing to extend the success of the company in the evolving analytics market across UK healthcare including within Clinical Commissioning Groups, Commissioning Support Units, acute and social care, while expanding the company's footprint across existing and emerging markets in EMEA.

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Contour Homes Recognised for Revolutionary Supported Living Scheme at International Telehealth and Telecare Conference

Contour Homes has been shortlisted for the most Creative Use of Technology in the TSA Crystal Awards at this year's International Telehealth and Telecare Conference, taking place at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole from the 11th - 13th November.

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What Future Do You Want?

In 2050, will the economy be fundamentally altered because home 3D printers mean you can press a button to print your own clothes, a new sofa or kitchen table? Will cancer be a thing of the past thanks to nano-robots which can detect and destroy tumours? What will society look like when many live to over 100 years old?

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