Over 1 billion EUR of Guarantees for Small Businesses
The European Investment Fund (EIF), the European Union's specialized financial body for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), has provided over 1 bn EUR of guarantees for SMEs through the European Union's Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) via 9 intermediaries in 6 countries, 1 year after being awarded the management of the EU programme.
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Asklepios Signs Master Agreement with medavis
Asklepios, Germany's largest chain of private clinics and medavis GmbH, a leading provider of medical information systems, have signed a framework contract to equip six Asklepios clinics in Hamburg with medavis' radiology information system. The conversion to medavis RIS as the central radiology information system for the Hamburg clinics will be carried out in the course of the OneIT project for the standardisation of the entire IT infrastructure.
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Carestream Health Wins Orders for Eleven DR Systems in Scotland
Carestream Health has won orders to supply a total of eleven DR systems to Greater Glasgow & Clyde and Fife Health Boards, building further on the company's recent successes in Europe. Greater Glasgow & Clyde Health Board are currently completing the building of two new, purpose designed Ambulatory Care Hospitals in and around Glasgow - the Victoria Infirmary on the south side of the city and Stobhill Hospital on the north.
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Agfa-Gevaert Reports Full Year 2008 Results - HealthCare Segment
Excluding currency effects, sales decreased 8.6 percent to 1,223 million Euro. The traditional film segment continued its market-driven decline. In the second half of the year, Agfa HealthCare's sales figures were affected by the economic slowdown as some care organizations are postponing their investments in Enterprise IT, Imaging IT and Computed Radiography (CR) equipment.
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ICW Master Patient Index Passes HITSP Certification and IHE Tests
eHealth specialist InterComponentWare (ICW) has successfully demonstrated its technological leadership in healthcare IT connectivity at the IHE North American Connectathon, the only large-scale interoperability testing event for the healthcare industry. For three years in a row, the interoperability of ICW's Master Patient Index (ICW MPI) has been designated as IHE conformant.
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Clinical Solutions and Fujitsu Deliver Improved Access to Healthcare in Spain
Clinical software specialist Clinical Solutions has announced a partnership with Fujitsu Services, which will help improve access to healthcare and advice for the people of Spain. With an ageing population and chronic conditions on the rise, the escalating cost of healthcare provision is a growing concern for the Spanish Government and regions.
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Siemens, SAP, and T-Systems in Austria Intensify their Cooperation for the Global Healthcare Market
Presumably effective April 1, 2009, Siemens Medical Solutions GSD GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Siemens Healthcare Sector, will take over all use and exploitation rights to the software i.s.h.med, which are today held by T-Systems in Austria. The transfer is subject to customary closing conditions. In addition, Siemens, SAP, and T-Systems Austria plan to intensify their existing cooperation.
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