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East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust orders Ascribe's ePrescribing and Business Change Consultancy

Ascribe announced the order of their electronic Prescribing and Medicines Administration (ePMA) solution by East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust ("East Lancashire"), together with Business Change Consultancy services to assist with associated cultural, IT and process changes designed to improve patient safety and increase operational performance.

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AxSys Technology Unveils Enhanced Excelicare

AxSys Technology has unveiled its enhanced Excelicare clinical IT platform to provide NHS Trusts and primary care providers with a clear alternative to portals and a cost effective way to build electronic patient records (EPR).

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Hospitals in Russia's Regions Turn to IBM to Transform Healthcare

IBM (NYSE:IBM) announced that several hospitals and clinics from Russia's rapidly evolving regions outside of Moscow and St Petersburg are partnering with IBM to modernize infrastructure and improve patient care. A number of healthcare providers such as the Hospital of Murom Railway Station, the Clinic of Novosibirsk Institute of Blood Circulation Pathology in Siberia and the Emergency Hospital of Petrozavodsk have turned to IBM

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Redesigning Health in Europe for 2020

eHealth Task Force Report
In 2020 the health and health care of our citizens could look quite different. We find ourselves today on the threshold of a new era with many opportunities for radical improvements in the way we manage and receive health care. In order to ensure the sustainability of our health care systems, there is a need to tackle considerable challenges. This report focuses on how to achieve a vision of affordable, less intrusive and more personalised care.

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Carestream Introduces New Features for Its DIRECTVIEW Elite CR, Classic CR, Max CR Imaging Systems

Carestream debuted new software features for three of its computed radiography systems that offer important advantages in the areas of quality and exposure control, pediatric and ICU imaging and print output. These features are now shipping with new DIRECTVIEW Elite CR, Classic CR and Max CR systems and are available as upgrades for existing customers.

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Making the Case for Connected Health

Nations around the globe are taking significant strides to adopt healthcare IT as a path toward a connected health future The goals are clear-higher quality, more accessible and cost-effective healthcare - but the path is as intricate and diverse as the countries themselves. A comprehensive Accenture report, Connected Health: The Drive to Integrated Healthcare Delivery, takes an in-depth look at the progress toward connected health in eight countries.

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Clinical Portal Cornerstone to Make The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen "World-Class Hospital"

Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust has announced the success of its clinical portal and said that it is providing a cornerstone in helping the trust to become a world leading hospital. The clinical portal, which went live at the trust at the end of 2011, allows clinicians to view vital patient information, stored on a variety of systems, through a single view.

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eHealth Week 2012 Concludes in Copenhagen

eHealth Week 2012, the largest annual gathering of the pan-European eHealth communities, has ended. With an impressive programme, 98 exhibitors and over 70 supporting partners, the event gathered more than 2500 delegates over a three day period.

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Agfa HealthCare - First Quarter 2012

Agfa HealthCare's first quarter revenue decreased by 3.1 percent versus last year. In the Imaging segment, the market-driven decline for traditional X-ray film products continued, while the digital radiography business (consisting of Computed Radiography and Direct Radiography) was influenced by product mix effects.

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Norwegian eHealth Professional Dr. Steinar Pedersen Receives HIMSS Europe Award for eHealth Leadership

HIMSS Europe today delivered its annual Leadership award to Steiner Pedersen, MD, a Norwegian internationally renowned IT health professional "for having created Europe's first Research and Development Centre for Telemedicine and for making Tromsø,Norway the centre for development of Telemedicine."

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