Australia's largest listed health information technology company has announced that Klinikum Saarbrücken will become the fifth early adopter site in Germany for its LORENZO next-generation solution, as part of a 1.08 million (A$1.9 million) deal for a hospital information system.
The Lead Market Initiative (LMI) for Europe was launched by the European Commission following the EU's 2006 Broad based innovation strategy. The Lead Market Initiative for Europe will foster the emergence of lead markets of high economic and societal value.
The Extremadura Regional Government of Spain and IBM (NYSE: IBM) have launched an electronic prescription system in 680 pharmacies in Extremadura, where health centres and pharmacies are now computerised and able to prescribe and dispense prescription medications electronically.
At present, dental technicians can only make dentures using a bite impression. The silicone template for this plaster model is made by the dentist, in a procedure which is unpleasant for the patient. In future a 3-D digitizer will provide the teeth contours - without plaster model.
24-26 June 2009, Oslo, Norway.
This year's workshop will focus how to face the health care needs in the near future. A primary focus will be user centred development and successful implementations. Workshop participants would demonstrate successful technology implementation at hospitals and in the health care sector, and present and discuss new possibilities and solutions of tomorrow.
June 26 2009, Murnau, Germany.
EpiHelp will host the first eHealth summit in Murnau, Germany to discuss the latest Healthcare IT challenges, trends and opportunities. This event will bring together national and international Healthcare ICT key players, eHealth professionals and experts to discuss the proposed topics:
European healthcare facilities are turning to vendor-neutral, multi-modality breast imaging workstations to streamline reading of digital breast exams. The KODAK CARESTREAM Mammography Workstation enables diagnostic review of all breast imaging exams (FFDM, ultrasound, MR, CR and others) as well as all general radiology exams.
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) is investing $12 million to create a new research center that will explore advanced graphics and visual computing technologies. The Intel® Visual Computing Institute is located at Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany. The investment, to be made over 5 years, represents Intel's largest European university collaboration.
dbMotion, a provider of health interoperability and intelligence solutions, and SNOMED Terminology Solutions(STS), a division of the College of American Pathologists (CAP), and a leading organization in offering customized, best-practice terminology implementation and education services, today announced a partnership aimed at delivering a solution that enables their clients to reach the highest levels of interoperability and raises the industry's bar for advanced interoperability.
First DataBank Europe (FDBE) is pleased to announce, in association with The Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists (GHP) and the UK Clinical Pharmacy Association (UKCPA), the 2010 FDBE/GHP/UKCPA Information Technology Award.