careon and dbMotion Partner to Meet Germany's Needs for Personal Health Records
careon, Germany's premier provider for personal health records and dbMotion, a prominent supplier of health interoperability and intelligence solutions, are partnering in the German-language eHealth market to meet the increasing needs for the exchange of medical information.
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Agfa HealthCare at ECR 2009
ECR 2009 will kick off in Vienna on Friday, March 6th and is expected to attract over 17,000 attendees from across Europe and the world. Agfa HealthCare will be presenting an expanded portfolio of digital radiography solutions showcasing its new DX-D line of DR solutions, low dose solutions for pediatrics and neonatal, dedicated solutions for mammography and affordable modular solutions for going from analog to digital and Imaging Informatics for clinics, imaging centers, hospitals and integrated healthcare networks.
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Text Messaging Contributes to Improved Attendance for Breast Screening in Tower Hamlets
Recent results from a Tower Hamlets PCT text messaging campaign have shown that text messaging contributes to improved attendance for Breast Screening in Tower Hamlets. The iPLATO supported campaigns that ran throughout last summer were implemented alongside a number of tools and techniques to improve the rate of screening, all designed to encourage women in Tower Hamlets PCT to attend their breast screening appointment.
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empirica Representative Joins the Editorial Board of Healthcare IT Management
Healthcare IT Management, a publication of the European Association of Healthcare IT Managers, covering the European healthcare IT sector, has invited Dr. Karl Stroetmann to join the editorial board for a three-year period. The magazine reaches an impressive and advanced audience from hospital IT managers to policy-makers.
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Study Highlights Tragedy of Avoidable Adverse Drug Reactions
Following the publication of a study into the frequency of Adverse Drug Reactions, First DataBank has spoken out at the tragedy of these avoidable and sometimes fatal errors. The study by PLos One entitled "Adverse Drug Reactions in Hospital In - Patients: A Prospective Analysis of 3695 Patient-Episodes" was covered this week by the BBC and highlighted that "one in seven hospital patients experience adverse drug reactions, half of which are completely avoidable".
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Carestream Health Awarded Early KBV Certification for its RIS Software
Carestream Health is amongst the first healthcare companies to be awarded the KBV Certificate "eGK-Release-0" as part of the initial rollout of the electronic healthcare card to be used in Germany. The Federal National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians awarded the certificate for the CARESTREAM Radiology Information System (RIS) Software.
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Ib-Salut Earns Top Award For Improving Island Healthcare
Orion Health congratulates the Ministry of Health and Consumer Protection of Balearic Islands (Ib-Salut) for its 2007 Quality Award from the Spanish Ministry of Health. The award was presented to the organization in December, 2008, for the Ministry's Ib-Salut Medical History project in the category of innovation in the overall improvement of quality of care.
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