Google has announced the creation of a new parent company, Alphabet, and this strategy appears to target as well the healthcare business. Alphabet is described by Larry Page, as a collection of companies and the largest will remain Google. As examples were presented Google's health efforts: Life Sciences (glucose-sensing contact lens), and Calico (focused on longevity).
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Applications Open for the Health Social Innovators' Programme
Healthbox, UCL Business and Numbers4Good, in partnership with Trafford Housing Trust, and backing from the Cabinet Office's Social Incubator Fund and Janssen Healthcare Innovation have announced that applications for the Health Social Innovators' Programme (HSI) are now open. The Health Social Innovators' Programme is looking to accelerate the growth of ground-breaking, early-stage social health ventures in order to stimulate innovation and create positive change in healthcare.
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Advanced Health & Care Unveils Latest Release of its Homecare Rostering Solution
Advanced Health & Care (Advanced) today announces the launch of Staffplan Roster Version 5, the latest version of the software company's leading homecare rostering solution. The new version includes enhanced features and functionality to assist community care providers to increase financial transparency, improve communication and streamline legislative compliance processes.
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CompuGroup Medical AG Acquires the Leading e-Health Portal in Italy
CompuGroup Medical Italia SpA, a 100 percent subsidiary of the global leading eHealth company CompuGroup Medical AG (CGM), concluded a transaction to acquire Medicitalia Srl based in Savona, Italy. Medicitalia.it is the leading online portal for e-Health in Italy.
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Professor Simon Jones Joins MedeAnalytics to Help Drive Shift to Preventative, Integrated Health and Care
MedeAnalytics, a pioneer in healthcare analytics, has announced the appointment of Professor Simon Jones as Director and Chief Data Scientist. One of the leading authorities on healthcare intelligence, Professor Jones' mission is to help make predictive and preventative care a reality.
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CompuGroup Medical AG Second Quarter Results 2015
CompuGroup Medical AG today presented the financial report for the second quarter of 2015. The company, one of the leading global providers of eHealth solutions, achieved revenue of EUR 138 million, compared to EUR 126 million in the second quarter 2014. This represents an increase of 9 percent, of which 4 percent is organic growth.
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Wolters Kluwer Announces Partnership with the FNCP to Improve Clinical Decision-Making in Spain
Wolters Kluwer, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, has announced a new partnership with the Federación Nacional de Clínicas Privadas (FNCP), an organization representing over 550 of the private healthcare institutions in Spain.
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