Foundation of the Cellitinnen Expands Use of Agfa HealthCare's ORBIS HIS/RIS and HYDMedia
Agfa HealthCare announces that the Foundation of the "Cellitinnen zur hl. Maria" (Cellites of St. Mary) in Germany is extending its use of Agfa HealthCare's ORBIS hospital and radiology information system (HIS/RIS) across its sites.
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St. Vincenz Hospital in Limburg, Germany, to Replace Existing HIS and DMS
Agfa HealthCare announces that the St. Vincenz Hospital in Limburg, Germany, is replacing its existing hospital information system (HIS) with Agfa HealthCare's ORBIS. In addition, the company's HYDMedia document management system (DMS) will replace the existing digital archive.
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iSOFT Recommends Cash Proposal from CSC
iSOFT Group Limited (ASX: ISF) has entered into a Scheme Implementation Agreement with CSC Computer Sciences Australia Holdings Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Computer Sciences Corporation ("CSC") for the proposed acquisition by CSC of all the ordinary issued shares in iSOFT(1).
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GE Healthcare Names Jan De Witte as President and CEO of Healthcare IT
GE Healthcare announced steps to more effectively bring its world-class technology and domain expertise to bear while strengthening its ability to help its customers solve some of the healthcare industry's toughest problems - lowering costs while improving access to quality patient care.
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CSC Enters into Agreement to Acquire iSOFT's Global Operations
CSC (NYSE: CSC) has signed an agreement to acquire all of the outstanding equity of iSOFT Group Limited (ASX: ISF), one of the world's largest providers of advanced healthcare IT solutions, by way of a court-approved scheme of arrangement.
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Opinion Article: The Power of Patient Information
By Shane Tickell, CEO IMS MAXIMS.
A quick question for NHS managers - who would like to see complaints plummet and satisfaction levels increase without any change in care services? I strongly suspect this is possible and part of the reason I raise it is that it feeds into all the issues surrounding electronic patient information.
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New iSOFT Service Connects Pathology at Leeds and York
NHS trusts in Leeds and York are the first to adopt a new iSOFT solution to connect their pathology systems so requests and test results are exchanged electronically, which will prevent errors and delays and saves money.
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