SATO Welcomes New ISB Standard for Patient Identification
GS1 Solutions Partner, SATO UK, a subsidiary of the barcode and RFID technology company, SATO Holdings Corporation, has welcomed the recent publication of the Information Standards Board (ISB) for Health and Social Care Standard 1077, which will see every patient in England given a wristband with a barcode to ensure enhanced patient management.
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Kliniken des Landkreises Göppingen Replaces its HIS/CIS with Agfa HealthCare's ORBIS Solution
Agfa HealthCare announced that its ORBIS HIS/CIS (Hospital Information System/Clinical Information System) will replace the existing, 25-year old HIS/CIS at Kliniken des Landkreises Göppingen GmbH in Germany.
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Philips and VU University Medical Center Amsterdam Sign Agreement for PET/MR Scanner
Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) and the VU University Medical Center Amsterdam (the Netherlands) have signed an agreement to install one of Philips' highly innovative Ingenuity TF PET/MR (Time-of-Flight Positron Emission Tomography/Magnetic Resonance) scanners at the center.
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ITK 2.0.0 Compliance for InterSystems Ensemble Makes it Easier and Cheaper for NHS Trusts to Exchange Information
InterSystems announced that the National Integration Centre and Assurance (NICA) Technology Office has awarded InterSystems Ensemble® full release 2.0.0 compliance on all its existing Interoperability Toolkit (ITK) specification service bundles, as well as a range of additional correspondence service bundles.
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GE Healthcare Invites People to Join its Efforts in Making an Impact on Neurodegenerative Diseases
GE Healthcare's MIND campaign is going online to give those affected by neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia and parkinsonian syndromes a platform to share their stories.
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IMS MAXIMS Celebrates Major New Investment
Leading healthcare IT supplier IMS MAXIMS has announced a major new investor, laying the foundations for future growth. Thomas Anderson, who has taken full ownership of the company, and CEO Shane Tickell, have now outlined their ambitions to build IMS MAXIMS into a substantial force in international healthcare IT.
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Agfa HealthCare's ORBIS Solution Replaces Existing HIS/CIS at Städtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe
Agfa HealthCare announced that its ORBIS solution will replace the existing HIS/CIS (Hospital Information System/Clinical Information System) in the Städtisches Klinikum Karlsruhe, Germany. The 1500-bed hospital is a German 'maximum-care hospital', with 22 medical departments and four institutes providing care to 57,000 in-patients and 161,000 out-patients every year.
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