ICW Makes a Substantial Strategic Commitment to Focus on the U.S. Market
InterComponentWare AG (ICW), an international eHealth company headquartered in Walldorf, Germany, has invested substantially over the last two years to strongly focus on the current and future needs of the U.S. healthcare market, especially in the areas of Care Coordination and Care Management.
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Philips Inaugurates a New Imaging Systems Refurbishment Facility in Best, the Netherlands
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) has inaugurated a new healthcare imaging systems refurbishment facility in Best, the Netherlands. The new facility marks the next step in bringing the financial and environmental benefits of circular economy to the healthcare industry.
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Agfa HealthCare - Third Quarter 2014
Still impacted by adverse currency effects, Agfa HealthCare's revenue decreased by 5.5 percent. On a currency comparable basis, the decrease amounted to 4.3 percent, which is a clear improvement compared to the previous quarters of the year. The economic weakness in most of the emerging markets continued to impact the business group's top line.
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Technology Partnership Between InterComponentWare AG (ICW) and Roche Diabetes Care Results in Launch of Overarching Web-based Solution
ICW technology sits in the center of the new online portal Accu-Chek® Connect which was recently introduced by Roche Diabetes Care. This new web-based solution empowers healthcare professionals and people living with diabetes to ease daily diabetes management. It enables seamless collaboration based on a central information view across blood glucose measurement devices, smartphone-apps, and offline solutions in current use.
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Andalusia Health Service Selects Accenture and Carestream for Digitizing Medical Imaging Across 1,600 Health Facilities
Andalusia Health Service has selected Accenture (NYSE:ACN) and Carestream Health to deploy a picture archiving and communications system (PACS) that will allow clinicians to manage, store and share diagnostic imaging data across more than 1,600 healthcare facilities in Spain.
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St. George's Goes Live with First-of-Type Cerner Critical Care System
St. George's Healthcare NHS Trust has become the first trust in the UK to implement Cerner's critical care solution with device integration, driving improvements to clinical quality and efficiency in St. George's paediatric intensive care unit (PICU).
The iBus CareAware solution gathers real time readings from bedside monitors and ventilators in the PICU.
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FICHe Open Call Attracts over 300 European eHealth SMEs and Startups
The Future Internet CHallenge eHealth (FICHe) accelerator attracted European eHealth SMEs and startups: In total 308 applications were submitted in a period of 6 weeks. Top three countries are Spain (68 applications), Finland (60 applications), and Netherlands (48 applications). Each of the applicants have the chance to receive up to € 217.000 in funding to speed up their process to go from idea to market.
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