iSOFT collaborates with Intel and Motion Computing on launch of Mobile Clinical Assistant
Following months of development and collaboration, iSOFT has announced its intention to support its customers in their adoption of the Mobile Clinical Assistant (MCA). The platform, announced earlier by Intel Corporation and Motion Computing, will allow clinicians to spend more time with patients, help improve patient safety and reduce medication administration errors.
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Maccabi Healthcare Services Announces Availability of its Advanced Solutions
Leading Israeli HMO Maccabi Healthcare Services today announced that it is making its technology-driven health value-added knowledge base, which it currently uses to manage over 30 million patient-HMO interactions annually among its 1,7 million members - more than one-quarter of Israel's total population available for adoption by HMOs worldwide.
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Philips cardiovascular technology earns prestigious KLAS award
Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) was recently recognized in the 2006 Top 20 Year End Best in KLAS Awards report. KLAS, an independent research firm specializing in monitoring and reporting performance of healthcare information technology vendors, announced that the Philips CALYSTO technology was named the KLAS Specialty Niche Category Leader for Cardiology Hemodynamics.
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Growing Integration and Need for Single Point of Contact Drives Healthcare IT Platforms Market
Increasing integration in the European healthcare industry is creating the need for a single point of contact for healthcare IT (HIT) systems, which in turn, is driving the market for HIT platforms. Across Europe, healthcare providers are in search of a single, unified platform for clinical and administrative solutions and healthcare IT vendors with comprehensive product portfolios are attempting to address these needs though individual as well as group solutions.
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HIMSS EMEA To Launch Monthly eMessenger Service
A new monthly eNewsletter will be delivered to healthcare ICT professionals across the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region from mid-February 2007.
Produced by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) the eMessenger service will focus on one topical aspect of healthcare ICT each month and include a specially commissioned interviews with two experts in that field.
The RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG and Siemens Medical Solutions signed a contract just over a year ago for the construction and operation of a particle therapy facility. With the permit approval process and application hearing now underway, the high-tech project is beginning to take shape. Construction is expected to begin in the summer of 2007.
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Demonstrating Value Created by In-silico Solutions
Suppliers in the highly competitive and fragmented European virtual screening market face challenges such as limited scientific audience and the lack of common technology standards. Also, despite the high demand for software tools, companies need to develop and introduce the right kind of tools and solutions to broaden their customer base.
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