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Agfa Health has weak second quarter sales

Belgium-based Agfa-Gevaert reported that its healthcare division experienced falling sales for the second quarter of 2008. The company said that
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Agfa appoints new head of health IT

Belgian giant, Agfa Healthcare, has appointed a new executive vice president to head its healthcare IT division and grow the
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IMEC boosts wireless ECG patch

Flexible core of IMEC’s smart ECG patch. A new wireless patient monitoring ECG patch has been developed for cardiac monitoring
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Biotronik launches cardiac telecare system

Biotronik Lumax 540 German telemedicine device specialist, Biotronik, has launched a new home monitoring device offering remote, wireless advanced patient
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Berlin University opens telemedicine centre

The Charité University Hospital, part of Berlin University, has opened a centre for cardiovascular telemedicine.
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Philips buys Tomcat Systems

Dutch IT giant Royal Philips Electronics has announced it will acquire Tomcat Systems Ltd, a Northern Ireland-based supplier of cardiac
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Hi-tech bed sheets to monitor heart rate

Patient’s heart being monitored via bed sheet. Philips Research is to pilot a new bed with built-in sensors and the
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Growth predicted in cardiology information systems

The next big growth area for IT systems in radiology departments across Europe is predicted to be dedicated cardiology information
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Software to calculate cardiovascular risk for diabetics

The University of Oxford is planning to release software that calculates cardiovascular risk for patients with Type 2 diabetes based
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