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Radboud University Medical Center Becomes First Hospital in the Netherlands to Win HIMSS Stage 7 Award

HIMSS Analytics Europe, subsidiary of HIMSS Europe, has awarded Radboud university medical center with the Stage 7 Award, making it the first HIMSS Stage 7 hospital in the Netherlands and the third in Europe.

COCIR Participates in EuroSafe Call for Action and Raises Alarming Trend of Ageing Imaging Equipment

Today, at the European Congress of Radiation (ECR) 2015, COCIR participated in the EuroSafe Call for Action. A European Society of Radiology (ESR) initiative, 'EuroSafe 2 - EuroSafe imaging call for action' was the second EuroSafe session at ECR 2015. This campaign, now supported by a concrete 12-point action plan, aims to protect patient and healthcare worker safety and the session was an opportunity to bring multiple stakeholders together.

Dr Julia Fishman Joins TeleTracking Technologies

TeleTracking Technologies, Inc., and its UK subsidiary, TeleTrackingEU Ltd, today announced the appointment of paediatric specialist surgeon and former McKinsey consultant, Dr Julia Fishman, as UK vice president of clinical operations. TeleTracking Technologies provides a revolutionary real-time locating system (RTLS) that enables the real-time tracking of patient, staff and assets across a hospital.

The 2015 mHealth App Developer Economics Study

For the 5th time research2guidance in collaboration with mHealth Summit are conducting the largest mHealth research program. The study focuses on the mHealth app market, how apps generate revenue, how behavior could be changed by apps, use of APIs and sensors and many other related topics.

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Chooses System C as its Electronic Patient Record Supplier

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust has selected System C to supply and implement its Medway electronic patient record (EPR) system across all its hospitals. The Trust consists of three acute hospitals, five community hospitals, and a number of community services across the county.

NHS SBS's Healthcare Clinical Information Systems Framework Goes Live

A healthcare clinical information systems framework has gone live that will enable NHS providers to save time and money during the procurement process while still enabling them to localise their system requirements. In total, 26 suppliers have been awarded places on the framework that has been developed by leading business support specialist NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS) in close collaboration with Trusts and specialist bodies across the UK.

MEP Françoise GROSSETETE and Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis Welcome COCIR's Call for Action to Achieve Sustainable Healthcare Systems

During the launch of the Call for Action, hosted by Françoise Grossetête MEP, Vice President of the EPP Group, in the European Parliament on 2 February, Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis welcomed COCIR's Call for Action, emphasising that "the time for action to improve health across the EU is now." COCIR set out its aspirations for the EU institutions in its recommendations for how to move towards sustainable healthcare systems.

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