Agfa HealthCare's fourth quarter sales decreased 2.8 percent to 316 million Euro. Excluding currency effects, sales would be at the same level as in the fourth quarter of 2008.
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Siemens Healthcare Wins Biggest Single Order Contract in the Middle East
Siemens Healthcare will supply state-of-the-art diagnostics imaging equipment to all Ministry of Health hospitals (around 100) across Iraq. The recently signed contract has a value of around $70 million and is the biggest single order contract to be awarded to Siemens Healthcare in the Middle East.
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IBM to Acquire Initiate Systems
IBM (NYSE: IBM) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Initiate Systems, a market leader in data integrity software for information sharing among healthcare and government organizations. Initiate's software helps healthcare clients work more intelligently and efficiently with timely access to patient and clinical data.
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System C Wins 'Best Company to Work For' Award
The 2010 Best Companies accreditation scheme has found 'outstanding' levels of employee engagement at System C. Workplace engagement has been identified as one of the key drivers behind sustained business performance.
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Tunstall Response Receives Top Industry Accreditation for High Quality of Telecare Monitoring
Tunstall Response has received a top industry accreditation as a result of the high quality of telecare monitoring and support it provides thousands of older and vulnerable people in the UK.
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Picis and iSOFT Enter into Global Strategic Alliance for Picis Solutions
Picis, the leading provider of information systems for the high-acuity areas of hospitals, and iSOFT, one of the world's biggest healthcare information technology (HIT) companies, have entered into a strategic alliance whereby iSOFT will distribute, implement and provide international support for selected solutions from the Picis CareSuiteĀ® family of high-acuity solutions, focusing initially on ICU and anesthesia in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Scandinavia, Australia and New Zealand.
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European Physician Adoption of Advanced Mobile Activities is Increasing
As mobile devices become more advanced, European physicians are turning to them for a number of uses in their professional practice, according to a recent study by Manhattan Research. About half of online European physicians check email on their mobile devices while nearly four in ten search on a mobile web browser.
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