Dutch healthcare system rated Europe
The Netherlands has been named as having the best healthcare system in Europe, emerging as the overall winner in the Euro Health Consumer Index (EHCI) 2008.
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EHTEL publishes e-health patient charter
The European Health Telematics Association (EHTEL) has published a patient charter defending patient
Nova Medical Centers appoints Mr Sudhir Bahl as President and COO
NOVA Medical Centers, India
New York Health Plan Launches Online Service To Boost Care Delivery
BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York launched a Web-based service that connects members to in-network physicians.
Online Care NY is part of the insurer’s “virtual health” plan to improve health care delivery. Cynthia Ambres, senior vice president and chief medical officer at BCBS, said that the program will help to alleviate an expected shortage of primary care physicians in the next 10 years.
Panasonic launches new technology to monitor heart health
Panasonic has unveiled its new CardioHealth Station, a tool for personalized preventive medicine, at the 2010 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.
GE Healthcare
GE Healthcare recently announced that its Vscan pocket-sized visualization tool has been named the Grand Award winner for Health in Popular Science magazine
University of Virginia Health System expands deployment of Barco displays and online QA software
Medical imaging specialist Barco announced recently that it is supplying the University of Virginia Health System (UVA) with a growing number of diagnostic and DICOM-compliant clinical review displays throughout the institution as part of the facility’s ongoing technology purchases.
Medsynaptic Selected as a 2010 Red Herring Asia Top 100 Tech Startup
Red Herring announced its Top 100 Asia Award in recognition of the leading private companies from Asia, celebrating these startups
NHS Trust tests the RFID for tracking hospital equipment
The Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is testing the radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to track life-saving equipment.
Should you trust health advice from internet forums?
Health information on the internet used to be shaped by doctors. Now it’s being shaped by patients. And it’s patients, not doctors, who are making the real progress in providing health information that delivers what people really want to know. But how do you know if this information and advice is trustworthy, and worth heeding?
Fast forwarding cancer research using IBM World Community Grid
Canadian researchers expect to accelerate the war on cancer by tapping into a global network of hundreds of thousands of people who volunteer their idle computer time to tackle some of the world’s most complex problems.
Barco’s advanced visualization software fully integrated in Agfa IMPAX
Medical imaging specialist Barco has released a new version of its Voxar 3D advanced visualization software suite that is integrated in Agfa
HCG, Total join hands to fight breast cancer
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