Agfa HealthCare launches ORBIS(TM) in the United Kingdom
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Agfa HealthCare announces that it is launching ORBIS(TM) in the United Kingdom. Displayed for the first time in the UK, at the Healthcare Computing 2007 in Harrogate, ORBIS has been designed to provide hospitals and healthcare facilities with an Electronic Patient Record (EPR) solution, which includes scheduling activity management and communication software.
eHealth priorities and strategies in European countries
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The European Commission, Directorate General Information Society and Media, supports the eHealth ERA Coordination Action project to contribute to the coordination of Member States' eHealth strategy formulation and implementation as well as eHealth-related research and technology development. The project surveys and analyses eHealth roadmaps and programmes across Europe, identifies common priority issues, and develops suggestions for joint actions.
eHealth Project of the Month - Health-e-Child
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Health-e-Child: an integrated e-healthcare platform for European paediatrics
Healthcare processes and models will progressively require coordinated European e-health solutions in order to cope with demographic changes, current demands, future crises and growth in expectations.
The European Microsoft Innovation Center (EMIC) is starting the project EMERGE
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Currently, the European Microsoft Innovation Center (EMIC) is starting the project EMERGE, supporting elderly people with innovative emergency monitoring and prevention.
Delayed calls of emergency medical services - in case of physical or mental disorders resulting from strokes or falls, for example - lead to increased hospitalization and movement of elderly people into nursing homes.
Surgeons Sharpen Skills with New Training Simulator
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A groundbreaking computerised simulator currently being tested at hospitals in France will enable trained and trainee orthopaedic surgeons to sharpen their skills without having to actually do so on patients during "live" operations.
Developed by an interdisciplinary team of experts through a project called Technology Enhanced Learning for Orthopaedic Surgery (TELEOS), the simulator softens the boundaries between theory and practice, taking vocational training into a new dimension.
ICT drives 50% of EU growth, says Commission's annual report on the digital economy
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Now Better Searching for Health Professionals
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Agfa HealthCare wins major German University Hospital IT contract after pan-European pitch
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Agfa HealthCare announces today that the Managing Board of the University Clinic of Schleswig-Holstein, one of the three largest university hospitals in Germany, awarded Agfa HealthCare the contract for the cross-campus introduction of its ORBIS(TM) Hospital Information System (HIS), with an integrated Radiology Information System (RIS) and IMPAX(TM) Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS).
Computer says "yes" to more accessible therapy
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Computer-based therapy for milder, but more common mental health conditions such as depression and anxiety should be made available to any patients in England who could benefit from it from April, Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt said today.
Agfa HealthCare presents its vision of the Electronic Patient Record to enhance cardiac patient care
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Agfa HealthCare announces that, with its integrated approach to cardiology information management, it continues to intensify its efforts to meet and exceed the expectations of cardiac care customers. The global healthcare solutions company applies its vision of pervasive access to complete and timely patient information across the enterprise, to its growing family of products.