System C Sign Five-Year Contract with Pioneering GP Consortium
System C has signed a five-year contract with a Wiltshire-based consortium of GPs who are pioneering government plans to bring healthcare services closer to home. Called Wilcare Health Ltd, the consortium provides services in a community setting which are more traditionally associated with acute hospitals.
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Integrated IT Solution for Cardiology from Siemens
The Peine Clinic in Lower Saxony is the first hospital in Germany to interface its angiography systems with an image management and reporting system. All data generated prior to or during an intervention in the cardiac cath lab is now automatically transferred to the new IT system. The advantage: while the examination is still in progress, operating personnel can use important examination data to prepare a report for wards or referring physicians in just a matter of minutes.
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iSOFT Wins Two Major Projects in Spain
Australia's largest listed health information technology company announced that its iSOFT business in Spain has won contracts totalling A$5.79 million (3.01 million) with two regional healthcare services.
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Aerotel Medical Systems and GEBOA SA Introduce Advanced Personal Safety Solutions in Switzerland
Aerotel Medical Systems, a world leading manufacturer of modular, mobile and home-based telemedicine and telecare solutions and GEBOA SA, a leading distributor of interactive easy to use reliable, and innovative mobile solutions and services for security, location and communication, have launched Aerotel's GeoSKeeper personal safety and location system in Switzerland under the brand name AlarmTouch GPS.
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IBM Teams with Google and Continua Health Alliance to Move Data Into Google Health and Other PHRs
IBM (NYSE: IBM), in collaboration with Google and the Continua Health Alliance, announced new software that will enable personal medical devices used for patient monitoring, screening and routine evaluation to automatically stream data results into a patient's Google Health Account or other personal health record (PHR).
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Philips Revealed as Biggest Healthcare Winner in Prestigious Annual iF Product Design Awards
Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE:PHG, AEX:PHI) has been recognized with eight healthcare awards in the highly prestigious iF product design competition 2009, making it the biggest category winner ever in iF's history.
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Diakonie Berlin turns to Digital Pen and Paper
Time pressure, cost cutting and reams of paperwork - the daily routine for health and social care workers often equates to tilting at windmills. Diakonie- Pflege Verbund Berlin - which provides social care services in Germany's capital - turned to technology to address these pressures more effectively and improve both quality of care and staff working conditions.
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