Time pressure, cost cutting and reams of paperwork - the daily routine for health and social care workers often equates to tilting at windmills. Diakonie- Pflege Verbund Berlin - which provides social care services in Germany's capital - turned to technology to address these pressures more effectively and improve both quality of care and staff working conditions.

Diversified technology company 3M has announced the launch of its new RFID enabled Patient Record Tracking Solution. With a successful track record in RFID related markets and technologies, 3M now offers a solution that allows hospital staff to quickly and easily locate any of their Patient Records.

IBA Health Group Limited (ASX: IBA), Australia's largest listed health information technology company, announced that its iSOFT European business has signed contracts with two major hospital groups in the Netherlands totalling €8.8 million ($17.6 million).

A major project to implement full e-prescribing and drug administration across three acute care sites in Birmingham's Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust has commenced. The Trust's Board has chosen to implement JAC's E-Prescribing and Medicines Administration (EPMA) system to ensure best practice for patient safety.

Hospitals and other public institutions, just like private companies, feel the growing importance of optimizing their sourcing processes and organizing their procurement more efficiently due to financial reasons. "eVergabe", developed by the Hessian software provider Healy Hudson, is the first e-tendering solution for the European healthcare sector and is already in use by four procurement associations.

ETIAM has released a new version (3.40) of DICOM Izer, a powerful solution for capturing, converting and distributing non DICOM images to PACS. Improved productivity and conformance to connectivity and interoperability standards are the prime enhancements of this new version.

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