Nottingham Trust Goes Live with Medway Maternity
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Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, one of the largest hospitals in the country, has successfully deployed System C's Medway Maternity software to handle over 10,000 births a year.
Global E-Health Forum: Exclusive Interview with Mr. Chai Chuah, National Director of the National Health Board Business Unit of the New Zealand Ministry of Health
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Mr. Chuah, at the Global E-Health Forum in Hamburg, you presented on "Sustainable Personalized Healthcare - Challenges and Opportunities in New Zealand". How you would define "Personalized Healthcare"?
In New Zealand we are concentrating on getting the basics in place so that, when in need, a person can access health services:
Philips Launches Personal App to Measure Heart Rate and Breathing Rate
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Royal Philips (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG) launches a personal App for iPad 2 that measures your heart rate and breathing rate remotely, simply by using the iPad 2 camera. This breakthrough technology allows people to measure heart and breathing rates in an easy and unobtrusive way at home*.
Voting Opens to Select the Winner of the 2011 IN Cell Analyzer Image Competition
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GE Healthcare Life Sciences announced that voting for the 2011 IN Cell Analyzer Image Competition is now open. Both scientists and the wider public are invited to choose their favourite from 30 shortlisted images submitted by researchers worldwide.
Mater Hospital Implements Ensemble to Reduce IT Integration Interface Costs by up to 60%
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InterSystems announced that Mater Private Hospital has implemented InterSystems Ensemble® in its key hospital departments to help reduce its IT costs. Its plan is to use integration to assist with the consolidation of patient records,
Dartford Achieves Fast Payback on Patient Self-Service Kiosks
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Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust recouped its investment in patient kiosks from iSOFT, a CSC company, in under four months, after the system helped it meet a smoking cessation referral target and so secure an extra £120,000 in funding from South East Coast Strategic Health Authority.
Riversmead Housing Association Chooses Tunstall's Communicall Connect
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Riversmead Housing Association has invested in a grouped housing communications system from leading provider of telehealthcare solutions, Tunstall, to help support its new flexicare housing scheme, at Bircherley Court in Hertford.
Agfa HealthCare - Third Quarter 2011
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Excluding currency effects, Agfa HealthCare's third quarter revenue decreased 4.6 percent. In the Imaging segment, the growth for Computed Radiography (CR) and Direct Radiography (DR) was counterbalanced by the decline for traditional X-ray film products.
Tieto Introduces a New Integrated Triage Solution for the Central European Hospital Market
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Tieto's hospital information system iMedOne now offers the Manchester Triage System as an integral part of the solution. The Manchester Triage System is a tool for categorizing the priority of patients who need critical emergency treatment. The Tieto solution offers doctors and nurses faster access to all critical patient data and provides standardized procedures for the initial assessment of patients in need of urgent care.
Partnering for Better Health: Improving Care, Accelerating Growth and Efficiency
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30 November - 1 December 2011, Brussels, Belgium.Microsoft's third annual eHealth event will headline Commissioner Dalli, Members of the European Parliament, US Government and members of DG Information Society and Industry and Enterprise to discuss the role of ICT in the future of healthcare in Europe addressing the challenges and benefits of moving towards a digitized health system, success stories of health innovation and technology, and developing solutions together to better our healthcare system.