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System C Founders Set Up a New Company

Dr Ian Denley and Markus Bolton, founders and former directors of System C Healthcare, have set up a new company to provide growth capital and hands-on expertise to IT businesses in the health and social care sector. Shearwater Healthcare Solutions will invest in and develop innovative and entrepreneurial companies that can transform the delivery of care services in the UK.

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Advanced Launches iNurse on Android Devices

Advanced Health & Care (Advanced) has announced the launch of iNurse on Android devices. Advanced was first to market with iNurse - a secure mobile patient management solution for community nurses - and is now leading the way by making the solution available on all Android devices, including Smartphones and tablets.

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Children's University Hospital, Dublin, to Improve Workflow and Information Sharing

InterSystems Corporation, a global leader in software for connected care, today announced that the Children's University Hospital, Dublin has implemented the InterSystems Ensemble® rapid integration platform. The Children's University Hospital, Temple St., was founded in 1872 and is one of Ireland's leading centres of excellence for paediatric care.

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Building the Business Case for Clinical Portals

A new white paper, sponsored by Harris Healthcare, has been released which provides practical advice for NHS organisations looking to deploy clinical portals. The white paper, 'Write a sound business case to justify investment in a clinical portal', was written by Alison Clare, a freelance EPR programme manager who worked with the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust (RLBUHT) on the successful deployment of its clinical portal.

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Highland Marketing to Confirm EHI Live as Leading Event for the eHealth Community

Highland Marketing has been appointed by EHI to deliver a range of PR and social media activities in support of the EHI Live 2012 event, which takes place from 6 - 7 November 2012 at the NEC Birmingham. Now in its fifth year, EHI Live provides a forum for the entire healthcare IT community to meet and discuss a wide range of eHealth issues.

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IMS MAXIMS to Announce New NHS Partnership at EHI Live 2012

IMS MAXIMS will announce a new partnership that will provide a unique opportunity for healthcare organisations to work with one of the most technologically advanced trusts in the country and one of the UK's leading electronic patient record system providers at EHI Live on the 6-7 November 2012.

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Humber Extends Lorenzo Functionality

Humber NHS Foundation Trust has started extending the functionality of its Lorenzo electronic patient record less than five months after the trust became the first mental health organisation to use the system. The trust, which went live with CSC's Lorenzo in May 2012, has been working to optimise the system and is now planning and testing additional functionality including day care and care plans,

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Elekta and Philips Establish Research Consortium

Elekta AB (NSE: EKTAb) and Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) will expand a joint program to develop a breakthrough in cancer care with an imaging-treatment platform that merges radiation therapy and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology in a single treatment system.

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Agfa HealthCare to Launch Latest Version of IMPAX for Nuclear Medicine

Agfa HealthCare announces that it will launch the latest version of its IMPAX for Nuclear Medicine solution at the 2012 Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) in Milan, Italy. Delivering the benefits of integrated care to the nuclear medicine department, this solution supports the patient's entire exam flow.

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Rochester General Health System Purchases Carestream's Cardiology PACS to Streamline Workflow, Enhance Patient Care

Rochester General Health System (Rochester, N.Y.) purchased CARESTREAM Vue for Cardiology to achieve greater efficiency through the integration of cardiology exams with its radiology PACS and its EMR. The hospital also plans to leverage its existing Vue Archive as a centralised repository for cardiology and radiology imaging studies.

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