21 January 2009

German health minister praises regional EPR project

The city of Bottrop, North Rhine Westphalia, has launched a private electronic patient record project that utilises the new German
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7 January 2009

Germany’s e-health smartcard scaled back

Key clinical components of Germany’s flagship national e-health smartcard programme look set to be dropped or delayed because of problems
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25 November 2008

Siemens partners with Asklepios chain

Siemens is to make its hospital information system i.s.h.med part of the Asklepios Future Hospital Programme.
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26 September 2008

Dutch EPR rollout on track

The Dutch national electronic patient record project is progressing slowly, but steadily. Sixty five doctors have been connected to the
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25 September 2008

IHE publishes tendering recommendations

The German section of Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) has published a paper advising hospital representatives on how to phrase
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24 September 2008

CompuGroup restructures

CompuGroup’s subsidiary systema is integrating its hospital information system and rehabilitation and social care IT business. The ultimate goal is
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19 September 2008

TEN4Health improves cross-border cooperation

Representatives of the European Commission and of the European Parliament have highlighted the TEN4Health project as an example for improving
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17 September 2008

Doctors and pharmacists join smartcard critics

With its rollout coming closer, critics of the German smartcard project are once again becoming louder. Three regional political representative
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17 September 2008

Medtronic to open CareLink for atrial fibrillation

Patients with atrial fibrillation or suspected atrial fibrillation could soon be monitored via Medtronic’s CareLink platform. This could substantially increase
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17 September 2008

Vodafone and Spanish Red Cross partner on 3G care

The Vodafone Espana Foundation, the Spanish Red Cross and Qualcomm, have joined together to launch a project using 3G broadband
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