Philips Offers Premium Image Quality in a Portable System
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Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHI) announced the launch of its advanced handheld ultrasound system, the Philips CX50 CompactXtreme. Designed to meet the needs of cardiologists for clear diagnostic data at the bedside, the new compact system combines the image quality expected of a traditional, premium, full-size system with the convenience of portability.
Agfa-Gevaert Announced Second Quarter Results - HealthCare Segment
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Agfa-Gevaert announced its second quarter results. Mainly due to currency effects, Group sales declined 8.1 percent to 777 million Euro. In local currency, the decline was limited to 2.6 percent. Agfa Graphics' sales slightly decreased (in local currency), whereas Agfa HealthCare's competitive position suffered from the strong Euro.
New FP7 eHealth Project - GAP
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iSOFT Wins $14 Million New Business in Europe
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- Category: iSOFT a CSC company
iSOFT, an IBA Health Group company (ASX: IBA) announced that it has secured new business together with renewal of contracts worth AS$14 million in the UK and central Europe over the past month. iSOFT Northern Europe has had a record month of new orders worth AS$5 million (3.1 million), while iSOFT UK and Ireland has agreed contract extensions worth AS$9 million (£4.22 million) for ongoing maintenance and support.
LifeSensor Passes Performance Benchmark Safely
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- Category: InterComponentWare AG (ICW)
10,000 virtual users access 10 million LifeSensor personal health records simultaneously. Response times are stable at less than two seconds. In a nutshell, this is the result of a ten-day performance test conducted by eHealth specialist InterComponentWare AG (ICW) at the Hewlett Packard European Performance and Benchmark Center. The result proves again: LifeSensor is ready for large-scale use.
Robotised Tele-Ultrasound Examination via Satellite
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Partners in the European MARTE (MOBILE And ROBOTISED TELEECHOGRAPHY) project, in collaboration with ROBOSOFT, carried out the first robotised tele-ultrasound examination via satellite. This demonstration was accomplished with an ESTELE robot entirely controlled by the robuBOX®.
Grid Technologies for eHealth: Applications for Telemedicine Services and Delivery
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"Grid" computing has emerged as an important new field, distinguished from conventional distributed computing by its focus on large-scale resource sharing, innovative applications, and, in some cases, high-performance orientation. Grid computing is increasingly being viewed as the next phase of distributed computing.
eHealth Planning and Management Symposium 2008
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EuroRec's Annual Conference 2008 takes place on the 3rd of November 2008 in Copenhagen in a joint meeting with EHTEL.Focus on: Change management for introducing clinical process orientation and archetypes across the community.
The First NHS Online Maternity Guide
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Collexis' BiomedExperts Rapidly Expanding its User Base
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Collexis Holdings Inc, (OTCBB: CLXS) a leading developer of high definition search and knowledge discovery software, announced that its premier professional scientific social networking site, Biomedexperts.com, has more than 30,000 registered users, enabling researchers across organizations and around the globe to collaborate more efficiently and effectively.