ehealth Weekly Newsletter: 16

eHEALTH Weekly Newsletter :: 16 - 23 June 2009 Vol. IV Issue 13

TOP NEWS

IT 2010 awards for pharmacy

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	First Data Bank Europe (FDBE) with The Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists (GHP) and the UK Clinical Pharmacy Association (UKCPA), are pleased to announce the 2010 FDBE/GHP/UKCPA Information Technology Award.... Read more

BUSINESS NEWS

University of Miami partners with Microsoft to improve care of the diabetic

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	It was reported that partnership between University of Miami and Microsoft was announced to take upon a study to find out is increased primary health care and software can help in improving health of patients with diabetes.... Read more

University of Miami partners with Microsoft to improve care of the diabetic

Vaccine plant in Singapore for pneumonia by GSK

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	On Tuesday, drug maker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), established a US $600 million plant in Singapore that is stated to begin producing anti-pneumonia vaccine in 2011... Read more

Vaccine plant in Singapore for pneumonia by GSK

Patient management system to be upgraded in Western Australia

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	As a part of the state's eHealth reform program, the Western Australian Department of Health is seeking upgradation of its patient management system. iSOFT's Patient Manager (i.PM) hospital information system has been chosen by the department in hope to provide a flexible, cost-effective and fully integrated patient health record system across multiple hospitals... Read more

Patient management system to be upgraded in Western Australia

TECHNOLOGY NEWS

Radiology goes digital at Royal free Hospital

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	SpeechMagic, Nuance Communications' speech recognition technology, now being used at London's Royal Free Hospital. Soliton IT, partner with Nuance Healthcare, implemented the same and the front-end speech recognition proved useful for over 50 radiologists... Read more

Radiology goes digital at Royal free Hospital

$18 m for building fiber optic network

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	US$18 million contract was awarded to Horizon Telcom by the Southern Ohio Health Care Network, to build a state-of-the-art fiber-optic network in 13 southern Ohio countries... Read more

MISC. NEWS

Doctor robots to roam in the halls of Memorial

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	Now halls of Memorial Health System of East Texas will witness a new robot doctor roaming about, saving precious in the treatment and diagnosis of stroke victims... Read more

Doctor robots to roam in the halls of Memorial

Telehealth a success: Report GPs and Clinicians

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	Telehealth has been growing in its acceptance with over 17.5 million people in the UK, who live with a long-term condition, to enhance quality of life for people with conditions such as COPD, chronic heart failure and diabetes... Read more

Telehealth a success: Report GPs and Clinicians

Medical Center at Rush University linked and automated

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	Fully electronic, aids allowing real-time communication and coordination of patient care across departments, medical records are available at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago... Read more

Medical Center at Rush University linked and automated

Berkshire choses UPMC for Cerner system

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	University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre has been selected as a partner by Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust to deliver a new electronic patient record system. Implementation of new Cerner system will take place outside of the National Programme for IT in the NHS... Read more

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