Mounting Popularity of Wireless and Handheld Devices to Support Uptake of e-Prescription Systems
Trends indicate a growing acceptance of the concept of e-prescription across Europe. Healthcare in Europe is becoming increasingly digitised as the healthcare delivery system undergoes tremendous change. However, electronic technology that is transforming various areas of business is yet to be fully explored in the area of medication prescription with challenges related to the poor basic level of automation and technical barriers to the ease of use first needing to be overcome.
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VAMED and c.a.r.u.s. HMS Signed a Cooperation Agreement
Hospital service provider VAMED and c.a.r.u.s. HMS have signed a cooperation agreement to broaden working closely on the introduction of modern IT-systems into hospitals. This new partnership combines knowledge and experience from both companies: VAMED offers IT solutions, adapted to the demands of each clinic's environment; c.a.r.u.s. HMS develops and distributes high performance software for hospitals.
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Agfa HealthCare's ORBIS Hospital/Clinical Information System Obtains SAP Interface Certification
Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of diagnostic imaging and healthcare IT solutions, announces that the interface between its leading Hospital and Clinical Information System (HIS/CIS) ORBIS and SAP Controlling (CO), SAP Material Management (MM) and SAP Financial (FI) has been certified. The certification was carried out by an authorized team of experts from SAP after having conducted an in-depth audit on the individual functionalities.
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Prosurgics FreeHand on display at Royal College of Surgeons
Prosurgics' FreeHand, a robotic camera controller for keyhole surgery, will be on display at England's Royal College of Surgeons "Sci-Fi Surgery: Medical Robots" exhibition running 8 September 2009 to 23 December 2009. The exhibition explores medical robotics from sci-fi fantasy to current day reality and future developments.
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Investment by the Government Drives Growth in the European Hospital Information Systems Market
Although most hospitals in Europe have some kind of information system in place, very few have a fully integrated and functional hospital information systems (HIS) solutions installed. The adoption rate of HIS solutions in 2008 in Europe varied from about 73.0 per cent in Italy and Spain to 95.0 per cent in Scandinavia.
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New Tool to Transform Medicines Cost Management in Hospitals
In response to escalating demands for cost management in the NHS, medicines management specialist JAC has launched a medicines reporting module, which provides a rapid, easy to use view of medicines costs, usage and budgets for hospitals using JAC's Pharmacy Management system.
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SmartLife Technology Revolutionises Smart Garments for Healthcare
SmartLife Technology has advanced remote monitoring by integrating sophisticated, knitted sensors into any garment from shirts to socks to arm bands. Until now, traditional health monitoring was fashioned through adhesive pads/gels, wired to medical equipment and focused on torso monitoring.
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Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of diagnostic imaging and healthcare IT solutions, announces that the interface between its leading Hospital and Clinical Information System (HIS/CIS) ORBIS and SAP Controlling (CO), SAP Material Management (MM) and SAP Financial (FI) has been certified. The certification was carried out by an authorized team of experts from SAP after having conducted an in-depth audit on the individual functionalities. 
SmartLife Technology has advanced remote monitoring by integrating sophisticated, knitted sensors into any garment from shirts to socks to arm bands. Until now, traditional health monitoring was fashioned through adhesive pads/gels, wired to medical equipment and focused on torso monitoring.