NHS IT Programme Forecasts Better Care and a Billion in Savings
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The new IT systems in the NHS are on course to deliver better care and an estimated £1.14 billion in savings by 2014, according to the first annual Benefits Statement published by the Government. It shows that since its introduction, the National Programme for IT has already delivered a total of £208 million in savings by providing quicker, more efficient and convenient patient care.
New ePractice Community - The eHealth Procurers Forum
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The ePractice.eu portal hosts an array of exciting communities which gather members with common interests, offering messaging, blogging, calendar and document sharing tools as well as networking opportunities. Communities are open and help ePractice.eu users to connect even better with other peers to share knowledge and news. Any ePractice.eu registered member can start a community or voluntarily join one.
Technology Imroves Odds for Critically Ill
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Large numbers of unnecessary deaths and avoidable medical complications in intensive care units (ICU) are attributable to the difficulties of treating high glucose levels in critically ill patients' blood. That is about to change for the better thanks to a new automated insulin delivery system developed by European researchers.
iSOFT Offers Healthcare Single Sign-on Solutions after Agreement with Sentillion
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IBA Health Group company iSOFT has today signed an agreement with US-based Sentillion to become its first healthcare channel partner in Europe for its single sign-on (SSO), context management, and user provisioning solutions.
CompuGROUP Experiences Strong Increase of Revenues
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Both revenues and earnings of CompuGROUP have increased significantly in the business year 2007, and the company is now looking back on the most successful business year in its history. All projected revenues and targeted results have been met. Both the Health Provider Services (HPS) and Health Connectivity Services (HCS) segments have shown an excellent development compared to the previous year's results and are meeting the company's expectations.
ICT-BIO 2008 Conference
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23-24 October, 2008Brussels, Belgium
"Computer modelling and simulation for improving human health" Conference jointly organised by DG INFSO and DG RTD in cooperation with NIH
Major diseases like cancer, neurological and cardiovascular diseases are complex in nature involving environmental, life style, ageing and genetic components.
New FP7 eHealth Project - ALERT
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Google Health in Google Finance Pictures
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Google Health project had a long way before it has been officially launched and hopefully the eHealth (Healthcare IT) sector will appreciate some useful lessons in announcing new products and learning from the "in advance" feedback. Nevertheless, one of the main lessons remains the power of the eHealth (Healthcare IT) blogosphere. If you still have some doubts, you are very welcome to explore the Google Health related articles applied to the Google Finance Pictures (Google stock).
Innovations Help Improve Radiology Processes and Research
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Developing networks, improving communication, simplifying work - the term "workflow" includes all of this and is playing an increasingly important role in modern healthcare. At the ECR (European Congress of Radiology) in Vienna, Austria, Siemens Healthcare is presenting a whole array of IT services for radiology and its communication within hospitals and with physicians' practices.
ECR 2008 - With a Special Focus on Women
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The European Congress of Radiology has been held in Vienna every two years since 1991 and, due to its large success, annually since 1999. As the established location for the ECR, the world cultural capital of Vienna, with its rich artistic heritage and unmistakable Viennese flair, offers the ideal backdrop for a scientific event of this magnitude.