[This article was published in the November 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
For the business news updates of the health care industry for the month of November 2008, browse through the pages of eHealth.
HP has announced that it is working with healthcare providers across the globe to improve their operational and business processes through the HP Digital Hospital Solution.
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) is to use InterSystems Ensemble for the integration of all new applications it provides to existing trust systems.
Swindon NHS PCT has mainstreamed its use of telehealth solutions, to provide more timely and preventative care and support for people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
[This article was published in the September 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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German healthcare software specialist NoemaLife has acquired the radiology information (RIS) and picture archiving and communications systems (PACS), in addition to the service division, of UK-based Ferrania Technologies.
The first NHS online maternity guide, offering a wealth of information on pregnancy and birth, at just the click of a mouse, has been launched.
[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
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NHS Trusts across the UK are now looking to adopt a reminder service that helps reduce missed patient appointments and resulting losses in hospital revenues. Known as the Managed Appointment Reminder Service (MARS), the system aims to help NHS Trusts slash an estimated
The open source developer community, Open Health Tools (OHT), has announced a collaborative effort to develop common healthcare IT products and services. Its 26 members consist of national health agencies, government-funded organisations and agencies, major healthcare providers, international standards organisations and companies from Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States.
The Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has signed a multi-million-pound agreement to use Cisco technology to provide a state-of-the-art network infrastructure across the network of hospitals.
A telemedicine initiative first piloted in the NHS Grampian area is now to be trialled in Perthshire by NHS Tayside, it was revealed recently.
