NEWS REVIEW
[This article was published in the May 2010 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
News: May 2010
HEALTHCARE
Achieving with Achievers
[This article was published in the May 2010 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
The healthcare sector has become one of the most glorified sectors of the Indian economy with launch of world-class facilities, cutting-edge technologies, government initiatives, indigenous manufacturing, and unprecedented growth rates.
Carestream Health Gains Official Approval to Host Personal Healthcare Data in France
The Ministry of Health and Sports in France has officially named Carestream Health as an approved host for personal health data and the first medical imaging company to receive accreditation.
Washington, New Mexico Awarded Federal Money for EHR Work
Washington and New Mexico Medicaid programs will receive thousands of dollars in federal matching funds for state planning activities necessary to implement the electronic health record incentive program established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
Tieto’s Mobile Solution for Operation Planning
Tieto is intending to present a prototype for a new mobile ICT system for doctors and healthcare staff at the healthcare conference Vitalis 2010.
Agfa Signs Agreement with Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam
Agfa Healthcare, a leading provider of diagnostic imaging and healthcare IT solutions, has signed an agreement with the Academisch Medisch Centrum (Academic Medical Center Amsterdam – AMC) in The Netherlands to upgrade its existing Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) and install a Radiology Information System (RIS) and Nuclear Information System (NIS).
Siemens Introduces a Cockpit for Intervention Rooms
Siemens Healthcare presents the Artis zee Cockpit, a new workplace designed to significantly ease the tasks performed in the control room of radiology and cardiology interventional suites.
Agfa Healthcare announces 28 New Healthcare IT Customers in Germany
Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of diagnostic imaging and healthcare IT solutions, announced that it has signed 28 new customers’ agreements in Germany for its leading healthcare IT solutions ORBIS, IMPAX and HYDMedia in the first quarter of 2010.
Scottsdale Hospital, USA earns top Cancer Accreditation
Scottsdale Healthcare in the USA has been granted Accreditation with Commendation by the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons for its cancer programme.
Knowledge Management policy for Health – Service, Education and Research
Secretary, Department of Health Research was requested to chair a Committee on Health Care, Education, Research and Delivery to identify the applications that could use National Knowledge Network.
Colombia rushes to plug USD 500 million health budget gap
Colombia’s government will rush a tax bill to Congress this week to fill a budget hole that opened up when the Constitutional Court struck down a presidential decree aimed at funding healthcare.
iSOFT Enters Partnership with Gateway Computing for EDMS Solution
iSOFT Group Limited, one of the world’s largest healthcare information technology companies, has entered into a partnership with Gateway Computing Ltd to deliver an electronic document management solution (EDMS) to the NHS, called WinDIP Enterprise.
AHA targets health IT as priority for 2010
The American Hospital Association is rallying for rapid uptake of healthcare information technology in one of 12 issue papers it released recently in advance of its annual meeting April 25-28 in Washington.
