Agfa HealthCare and the Free University of Brussels sign long-term research agreement
Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of IT enabled clinical workflow and diagnostic imaging solutions, and the Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel hospital, linked to the Vrije Universiteit Brussel university (Free University of Brussels), announce today they have signed a long term agreement to advance current research surrounding hospital IT and diagnostic imaging solutions.
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ROBOSOFT unveils ESTELE, worldwide first healthcare robot for tele-echography
ESTELE implements robuBOX™ leading technology of ROBOSOFT. This concept of tele-echography, validated by the LVR (Robotics & Vision Laboratory) of Bourges, on an original idea of Professor Arbeille and carried out first by the European Spatial Agency and the CNES, has been industrialized by ROBOSOFT, who, thanks to its experience in service robotics, succeeded in developing and producing off the shelf robots.
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Agfa HealthCare launches ORBIS(TM) in the United Kingdom
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.
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Now Better Searching for Health Professionals
Although a nearly infinite amount of information is nowadays accessible via the Internet, it is not easy to systematically sort out the right information. This problem is addressed by Transinsight GmbH in Dresden, a company that develops knowledge-based search technologies in close cooperation with the Technische Universität Dresden. Now, after a development period of only six months, Transinsight GmbH has created MeSHPubMed, the worldwide first knowledge-based search engine for the medical sciences to be made available on the Internet.
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Agfa HealthCare wins major German University Hospital IT contract after pan-European pitch
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).
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Agfa HealthCare presents its vision of the Electronic Patient Record to enhance cardiac patient care
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.
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Sagem Orga: Ideal start for the electronic health card in test regions
The smart card expert Sagem Orga describes the launch in the test regions of Schleswig-Holstein and Saxony (Germany) as an "ideal start for the new electronic health card." Around 10,000 insured persons have been able to use the electronic health card in selected medical practices since the beginning of the year. Sagem Orga is a key supplier of electronic health cards and terminals.
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