Belgian Hospital Chooses IBM/Mainsoft Portal Solution to Serve Medical Community
IBM and Mainsoft Corporation, an independent software and IBM business partner, announced that the Belgian University Hospital Ghent (UZ Gent) has chosen IBM WebSphere Portal Version 6.0 to develop a self-service virtual information center for its 5,000 staff members, students, healthcare professionals, plus more than 380,000 patients and their families that visit the hospital each year.
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LifeSensor Technology Provides the Basis for Scientific Study
The eHealth specialist InterComponentWare AG (ICW) was chosen as technology partner, which is providing the web-based personal health record LifeSensor for the three-year research study. BARMER, Germany's largest health insurance provider, starts evaluating the effects of the personal health record on the health behavior and the situation for the provision of health care to its insured as part of a Germany-wide research study.
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Philips Simplifies Patient Care at ESC 2007
Cardiovascular diseases are the world's number one killer. Globally, over 17 million people die from such diseases each year, and it's estimated that the number of cardiac patients will increase by 34% over the next four years. For cardiologists, this translates into a growing pressure to treat more patients in less time. Technology is already helping cardiologists to meet this challenge at many stages in the care cycle. But too often new technology means new levels of complexity.
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The World's First Bioscience Spell Checking Software
Spellex Corporation announces the new release of the 2007 version of their popular bioscience spelling software for Microsoft and other programs. The new release includes more than 200,000 specialty words from the bioscience industry and new spelling engine enhancements.
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Healthcare Digital Pen and Paper Technology
Anoto Group, the pioneer in Digital Pen & Paper (DPP) technology, has launched the Anoto Forms Solution, a ready-made hardware and software package that will enable the healthcare market to roll out DPP applications more quickly and easily.
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PHTS Telemedizin with New Service Contract in Coburg
SHL Telemedicine Ltd. (SWX: SHLTN), a leading provider and developer of advanced personal telemedicine solutions, announced that its German subsidiary PHTS Telemedizin will provide telemedicine services in the Coburg region (north of Bavaria, Germany). Private health insurer HUK-Coburg-Krankenversicherung is joining insurer Deutsche BKK in a project with the Klinikum Coburg for the region of Coburg.
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Prof. Christoph A. Nienaber new member of Medical Advisory Board of PHTS Telemedizin
PHTS Telemedizin, the wholly owned German subsidiary of SHL Telemedicine Ltd. (SWX:SHLTN), has appointed Prof. Dr. med. Christoph A. Nienaber to its Medical Advisory Board. The renowned cardiologist strengthens PHTS Telemedizin with his cardiological competence and profound know-how in the implementation of telemedicine.
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