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Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Goes Live with New Trust Integration Engine

InterSystems Corporation announced that the Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has linked nine of its applications, including its Electronic Discharge Summary and Theatre systems, with data from its Patient Administration System using the InterSystems Ensemble® integration platform.

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SMS has Major Role to Play for Swine Flu Vaccination

From today GPs will be receiving deliveries of the Pandemrix vaccine and will begin contacting 'at risk' groups for Swine Flu vaccination appointments. It was recently reported that there are fears that the backlog of post following the current Royal Mail strikes will affect the programme, resulting in 'at risk' groups missing their appointments and therefore delaying getting their vaccination.

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SNOMED-Compliant e-Prescribing in New ALERT and First DataBank Partnership

SNOMED-compliant electronic prescribing will be rolled out at CircleBath Hospital in a new contract announced between First DataBank (FDB) and ALERT Life Sciences Computing (ALERT). FDB's Multilex Drug Data File (Multilex DDF) will be integrated with ALERTâ Paper Free Hospital to enable clinicians at CircleBath Hospital to benefit from innovative SNOMED-compliant electronic clinical decision support in prescribing, dispensing and administration.

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Carestream Health Announces Availability of New Web-Based Cardiology PACS

Carestream Health, Inc., announced availability of its new web-based cardiology PACS that provides an efficient enterprise-wide image and information management solution for cardiology data. The CARESTREAM Cardiology PACS is now available in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Netherlands and Italy.

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High Level Meeting on eHealth

Swedish Presidency plays host on 22-23 October to the European network of state secretaries responsible for eHealth, which met for the first time in Prague in February this year. The aim is to jointly produce a new European structure for cooperation to implement the Council conclusions in this area that are expected to be adopted on 1 December 2009.

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Tieto - Let's Care Together

Healthcare and welfare organizations are driven by increasing cost pressure, shortage of skilled labour, aging population, need of high quality and more expensive care options. Tieto helps communities and lifecare organizations overcome these challenges and improve the quality, safety and efficiency of healthcare and welfare services. The focus is integrated lifecare - a seamless care and service chain from birth to old age.

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Smart Integrated Biodiagnostic Systems for Healthcare

The SmartHEALTH project is designed to develop and deliver the next generation of smart bio-diagnostic systems capable of being fully integrated into healthcare systems in Europe. Driven by key applications in cancer diagnostics, SmartHEALTH will enable enhanced medical diagnosis leading to earlier and more precise results and thus contributing to an increased quality of life.

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Greenwich Patients Benefit from Text Messages from their GPs

Patients of GP practices in Greenwich will soon benefit from receiving text messages to support health promotion and patient 'access'. NHS Greenwich has recently funded iPLATO Patient Care Messaging for 39 Greenwich surgeries.

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Agfa HealthCare Installs First DX-D 500 Digital X-ray Room in France

Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of diagnostic imaging and healthcare IT solutions, announces that the private Maine Image Santé group in Le Mans has completed the installation of the first integrated DX-D 500 digital X-ray room.

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The Emergence of Personal Health Systems: Designing Technology for Patients and Clinicians

The ability to monitor patients from a distance, using electronic devices to record and send measurements of patients' vital signs, has been a mainstay in the use of medical technology for years. But the needs and expectations of patients with chronic conditions and of healthcare professionals who care for those patients have changed considerably since remote patient monitoring devices were first introduced. To fulfill these needs, emerging technologies must go far beyond simply monitoring standard vital signs, or just adding new technical features.

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