Reimbursement to Determine Future Course of European Continuous Glucose Monitoring Systems Market
The European market for continuous glucose monitoring systems is in its nascent phase. Despite its promising potential, industry participants remain wary due to concerns over reimbursement and acceptance by conservative clinicians. However, the projected integration of continuous glucose monitoring systems with insulin pumps will support market expansion.
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Siemens Group Forms the World's First Full Service Diagnostics
Siemens has been given the green light to acquire the diagnostics division of Bayer Healthcare without restrictions. The approval was granted yesterday by the European Commission, following the earlier approval by U.S. antitrust authorities at the beginning of October. This follows the acquisition of the U.S. firm Diagnostic Products Corporation (DPC), which was completed at the end of July.
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Siemens has bundled its expertise in the area of healthcare telematics by transferring the product business of Com's enterprise systems security unit to Med. The transfer includes Com's smartcard-based security solutions unit, which is responsible, among other things, for developing the electronic health card. Med will also acquire the product business of Com's identity and access management unit and network and systems security unit.
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HIMSS Opens European Office in Brussels, Belgium
The new HIMSS initiative is focused on bringing together healthcare IT professionals in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, or EMEA, who share the common goal of improving the delivery of healthcare through information technology and management systems.
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Barriers to eHealth deployment must be overcome
At the first World of Health IT Conference and Exhibition in Geneva, representatives of the European healthcare IT and ICT industry gathered to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing eHealth solutions in Europe today.
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Philips presents a healthcare IT portfolio at The World of Health IT
At The World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition, in Geneva, Philips will present IT applications for specific areas of the patient care cycle â including workflow and information systems for Radiology and Cardiology, as well as iSite PACS.
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Saving time with Cardiac MRI (CMR)
At the WCC 2006 in Barcelona, Siemens Medical Solutions presented a new software tool for Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) especially developed for application in cardiology.
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Siemens has been given the green light to acquire the diagnostics division of Bayer Healthcare without restrictions. The approval was granted yesterday by the European Commission, following the earlier approval by U.S. antitrust authorities at the beginning of October. This follows the acquisition of the U.S. firm Diagnostic Products Corporation (DPC), which was completed at the end of July. 
The new HIMSS initiative is focused on bringing together healthcare IT professionals in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, or EMEA, who share the common goal of improving the delivery of healthcare through information technology and management systems. 
At the first World of Health IT Conference and Exhibition in Geneva, representatives of the European healthcare IT and ICT industry gathered to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing eHealth solutions in Europe today. 
At The World of Health IT Conference & Exhibition, in Geneva, Philips will present IT applications for specific areas of the patient care cycle â including workflow and information systems for Radiology and Cardiology, as well as iSite PACS.