IBM (NYSE: IBM) has entered into an agreement with Central Norway Regional Health Authority to provide information technology to support all hospitals in Norway and improve coordination and reporting of health information, logistics and finance.
New Zealand's status as a trailblazer in eHealth was confirmed at the inaugural Global E-Health Forum on October 25 and 26, 2010 in Hamburg, where approximately 250 delegates from more than 30 countries learnt about e-health strategies, solutions and services from around the world.
Royal Philips Electronics (AEX: PHI, NYSE: PHG) published the 'Philips Index for Health and Well-being: A global perspective'. The report reveals that people in India, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and Singapore feel significantly more positive about their state of health and well-being when asked than those in some of the most developed economies of the world, such as Japan, much of Europe and the Americas.
McKesson UK, the trusted healthcare technology solutions and services provider, announced that East Midlands' commissioning services organisation EMPACT (East Midlands Procurement and Commissioning Transformation) has selected InterQual to provide evidence-based guidelines assessment across the region's PCTs, acute trusts and community hospitals.
medavis GmbH will present portal4med at MEDICA 2010 in Düsseldorf, its new solution for facilitating communication across multiple locations and areas of specialisation. It is an innovative platform that combines various medical portals to manage workflow in medical networks.
By Harald Deutsch, Vice President Healthcare CSC EMEA.