EMIS Acquires Majority Stake in Pharmacy Software Company Rx Systems Limited
EMIS Group plc (AIM: EMIS), the UK's leading supplier of healthcare software to GPs, today announces that it has acquired 78.9% of the issued share capital of Rx Systems Limited ("RX"), a pharmacy software and services company, for a total consideration of up to £9.95 million.
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New Release of InterSystems TrakCare Extends Web-based Healthcare Information System
InterSystems announced the 2010 version of InterSystems TrakCare™. This release of the world's leading Web-based healthcare information system further empowers clinicians and administrators with significant enhancements including:
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First example of Green+ Hospitals in Germany
The Ethianum in Heidelberg is one of the first clinics in Germany to align itself consistently according to sustainability criteria, thus making it a hospital in keeping with the spirit of Siemens' Green+ Hospital Program.
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BridgeHead Software Appoints New EMEA Sales Director
BridgeHead Software, the Healthcare Storage Virtualization (HSV) company, has announced the appointment of Tony Tomkys to head up their sales operation in EMEA. In his new role as Director of Sales for EMEA, Tomkys aims to further increase BridgeHead's UK customer footprint in the NHS and private healthcare sector as well as driving pan-European initiatives.
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New Electronic Patient Record Supports Department of Health and Pension's Pathways to Work Programme
Tees Valley Condition Management Programme (CMP) has implemented a new electronic patient record (EPR) system based on AxSys Technology's Excelicare solution. The EPR, which replaces a manual system, has been designed to support all aspects of patient administration and medical management.
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Philips Joins New Venture Capital Fund to Foster Innovation in Healthcare
Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) today announced that it has joined Gilde Healthcare III - a new venture capital fund focusing on innovative early and growth stage healthcare technology companies in Europe and the USA that are active in developing and commercializing new patient-centric healthcare solutions, medical technologies and therapeutics.
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Denmark Protects Patients with CSC Adverse Incident Service
CSC (NYSE: CSC) announced that Denmark's National Board of Health will go live this summer with its adverse incident reporting solution. This project follows a successful EU tender last autumn to provide the National Board of Health with a web-based solution to allow patients, citizens and healthcare professionals to report adverse incidents in any part of the Danish health system.
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