Healthcare Industry Joins Forces to Create New Digital Services
Twenty-one leading healthcare organisations have joined a formal partnership to tackle the nation’s healthcare challenges by accelerating growth in the digital healthcare market. Founded and led by D Health, the partnership known as ‘the Catalyst’ involves major brands Celisio (owners of Lloyds Pharmacy) and Johnson and Johnson's LifeScan. Other founding members include SMEs such as Isansys, Grey Matters and Cardio QT and healthcare providers Red House Practice Group, Just Checking and Physiomedics.
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Largest Global mHealth App Developer Survey
For the fourth consecutive year research2guidance, in collaboration with Continua Health Alliance, is conducting a global market research about mobile Health applications to uncover their potential. Are you developing or publishing apps that help patients to manage their disease better, organize doctor's appointments, send medical reminders, track steps, monitor blood pressure levels or provide medical imaging solutions for radiologists? Are you an mHealth expert, a healthcare professional using mHealth apps for your work or a manager in a Pharma, Med-Tech or Health Insurance company that oversees mHealth activities?
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Northumbria Successfully Implements New Patient Administration System
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has successfully implemented a new patient administration system (PAS). Silverlink PAS replaced the previous McKesson TotalCARE system which the trust had been using for 17 years. The trust had been planning for the new system since the seven-year contract was awarded to Stalis Ltd in December 2011. It included the use of the STALIS CareXML® product for the data migration and business intelligence systems.
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The EU SME eHealth Competition
The EU SME eHealth Competition is an initiative that rewards the best eHealth solutions produced by European Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). This 2014 competition organized by TICBioMed has the endorsement of the Health and Wellbeing Unit of the European Commission. The Competition recognizes the best eHealth SMEs at European level. They get visibility together with marketing opportunities to attract customers, partners and external capital.
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EU-wide Competition Showcases Leading Developers of Healthcare Technology
SMEs developing new healthcare technology have until 6 February 2014 to submit entries to this year’s European e-health competition, a satellite event of the internationally renowned World of Health IT conference (WoHIT). Organised by Spanish Healthcare cooperative TIC Biomed, with support from the European Commission, the contest rewards small to medium-sized developers of the best technology-based healthcare solutions.
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HIMSS Europe Opens Nomination Process for the 2014 HIMSS Europe eHealth Leadership Award
HIMSS Europe has launched the nomination process for the HIMSS Europe eHealth Leadership Award, which recognises an individual who, in the judgment of the HIMSS Europe Governing Council, has demonstrated significant leadership in promoting the use of information technology in healthcare in Europe[1].
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Research Shows GPs are Switched on to EPS
New research from doctors.net.uk has revealed that GPs' use of electronic prescriptions is gaining momentum. An online survey of 834 GPs in England found that 15% of respondents had already switched to EPS R2, with 25% of those not currently using electronic prescriptions planning to upgrade in 2014.
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HIMSS Europe has launched the nomination process for the HIMSS Europe eHealth Leadership Award, which recognises an individual who, in the judgment of the HIMSS Europe Governing Council, has demonstrated significant leadership in promoting the use of information technology in healthcare in Europe[1].