Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust Supports Child Protection and Joined-Up Care Using InterSystems Technology
InterSystems, a global leader in software for connected care, today announced that Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust has chosen the InterSystems HealthShare® health informatics platform to access the Child Protection Information Sharing HSCIC service (CP-IS).
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Opinion Article: What Answers Does health IT Hold for the EU Baltic Region?
By Rainer Herzog, Managing Director, HIMSS Europe.
In May, the eyes of European health IT practitioners are going to be fixed in one place: Riga, Latvia, in the lovely Baltic region of North-Eastern Europe. Once frozen in time under a rigid Communist oppression, that country has rapidly opened itself up, becoming not just part of the wider European Union political structure but also becoming one of the most Internet-friendly, 'wired-up' countries in the whole continent.
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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.
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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.
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European Debut for Clinical Collaboration Platform
Carestream will debut its new Clinical Collaboration Platform that can boost collaboration around clinical data; break down walls between ancillary departments, sites and networks; and provide physicians with a single view of critical patient records and information at the 2015 European Congress of Radiology.
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Philips Completes Acquisition of Volcano
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHIA) has completed the acquisition of Volcano Corporation (NASDAQ: VOLC). Volcano's financial results will be consolidated as part of Philips’ image-guided therapy business group as of February 17, 2015. Volcano generated sales of approximately USD 400 million in 2014 and employs approximately 1,800 employees.
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Agfa HealthCare RIS/PACS Solution Provides Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery for Infectious Disease Center in Rome, Italy
Agfa HealthCare announces that it is implementing a high redundancy, high availability Elefante radiology information system (RIS) and IMPAX picture archiving and communication system (PACS) for the Lazzaro Spallanzani National Institute for Infectious Diseases (Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani - I.R.C.C.S.) in Rome, Italy.
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