Västerbotten County Council in Sweden Chooses MetaVision County-Wide
iMDsoft announced that Västerbotten County Council in Sweden has chosen the MetaVision clinical information system for all their critical care departments. The council, which is comprised of Norrland University Hospital in Umeå, Lycksele Hospital, and Skellefteå Hospital, will install MetaVision in 160 beds, including NICUs, ICUs, CTICUs, intermediate care units, ORs and PACUs.
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Microtech and Trustmarque Join Forces to Support Scottish eHealth Drive
Scottish health boards can now enjoy quicker access to a broader range of IT services following a new partnership agreement between Microtech Support and Trustmarque Solutions. Under the NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) Software and Services framework agreement, all NHS organisations in Scotland can purchase software and IT services and benefit from favourable pricing and consistent contract terms.
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NHS Open to Global Innovation: Healthcare Leaders Launch Search for Best New Ideas from Around the World
A worldwide call has been launched for innovators to partner with local health and care systems in trialling new technologies, digital services and other innovations with the potential to deliver big benefits to patients and taxpayers alike.
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Transinsight Wins Public Tender for the National Academy of Sciences - Leopoldina for Creating a Semantic Search Engine on Demographic Change
Social consequences associated with demographic change are difficult to predict, but at the same time highly important. Predictions about the development of a predominately ageing society require a reliable database from which predictions can be calculated.
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Getting IT Right: Technology and the NHS
Opinion Article by Julia Ball, Assistant Director of Nursing at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.
When I walk through the doors of a supermarket, I usually have a very good idea of what I want to buy. When NHS trusts are looking to procure an IT system however, they will often only have a basic knowledge of their specific requirements. One example of this is when clinical and IT teams do not have a common understanding around what is needed from the technology.
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Carestream to Show Broad Range of New Medical Imaging and Healthcare IT Products at Health-IT Expo 2015
Carestream will demonstrate new developments to its advanced imaging IT platform during HIT 2015, the leading French exhibition for healthcare technologies and information systems to be held from 19-21st May at Paris Expo, Pavilion 1, Porte de Versailles, Paris, France.
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Philips and Reinier de Graaf Hospital Expand Existing Strategic Partnership
Royal Philips N.V. (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) and the 622-bed Reinier de Graaf hospital (Delft, the Netherlands) have announced the signing of an additional 15-year partnership agreement. The agreement, which will give the entire hospital long-term continuous access to Philips' advanced diagnostic and interventional ultrasound technologies,
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