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  eHEALTH Weekly Newsletter :: 28 July - 4 August 2009 Vol. IIIV Issue 18   
 



TOP NEWS
    iSOFT secures future in Northern Ireland with A$ 17.4m (US$ 13.63m) agreement
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iSOFT Group Limited, Australia's largest listed health information technology company today announced contract extensions in Northern Ireland totaling £8.4 million (A$ 17.4 million) (US$ 13.63m) for long-term support and maintenance services of its health information systems, including an option for one of the hospitals to progress to iSOFT's next-generation Lorenzo solution... Read more
 
 
  iSOFT secures future in Northern Ireland with A$ 17.4m (US$ 13.63m) agreement
 
BUSINESS NEWS
     Toumaz Technology Co-Founder and Chairman Professor Chris
Toumazou Wins 2009 World Technology Award for Health and Medicine
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Toumaz Technology Limited, the leading provider of ultra-low power wireless infrastructure for body monitoring solutions, today announces that Toumaz Technology Co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Technology Officer Professor Chris Toumazou FRS has won the 2009 World Technology Award in the Health and Medicine category... Read more
 
 
  Toumaz Technology Co-Founder and Chairman Professor Chris Toumazou Wins 2009 World Technology Award for Health and Medicine
 
    UnitedHealth Group and Cisco partner to build National Telehealth network
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UnitedHealth Group and Cisco announced that they inked a deal to build the first national telehealth network, which will allow patients access to physicians and specialists when in-person visits are not viable... Read more
 
 
  UnitedHealth Group and Cisco partner to build National Telehealth network
 
    Customers get new connectivity options from Intel Health Guide
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In an announcement Intel Corporation told that additional connectivity options for customers for the Intel Health Guide, reflecting increased momentum for Intel's next-generation remote patient monitoring solution... Read more
 
 
  Customers get new connectivity options from Intel Health Guide
 
TECHNOLOGY NEWS
    SPRINT funded by Wellcome Trust
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Genetic analysis is becoming increasingly complex and can be greatly enhanced by exploiting the power of high-performance computing (HPC), but the software may pose difficulty while being used, for the researchers... Read more
 
 
  SPRINT funded by Wellcome Trust
 
    Cancer researchers now have access to New Online Portal
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A free online research portal was launched by The National Cancer Research Institute, ONIX, has launched to the public... Read more
 
 
  Cancer researchers now have access to New Online Portal
 
MISC. NEWS
    Vancouver: Ministry uncovers eHealth privacy measures
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Now for disclosure directives from the Ministry of Health Services can be applied for, by the British Columbians wanting to limit the amount of access that the health care providers have to their respective electronic health records... Read more
 
 
  Vancouver: Ministry uncovers eHealth privacy measures
 
    $250K grant for system upgrade to Fairfield County Health Department
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Patients who would visit the Fairfield County Community Health Center, very soon, won't require to fill out forms before every visit or wait a long time to receive the results of a medical test... Read more
 
 
  $250K grant for system upgrade to Fairfield County Health Department
 
    GE Healthcare Joins Hands with Government in Tamil Nadu
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GE Healthcare, the US$17 billion healthcare business of General Electric Company and a group of its Asian American employees have adopted the Banavaram Primary Health Centre (PHC) in India's Tamil Nadu state in an effort to provide that community with better access to affordable healthcare... Read more
 
 
  GE Healthcare Joins Hands with Government in Tamil Nadu
 
    eHealth, Inc. launches website for health reform
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On Wednesday eHealth, Inc. launched Ready2Connect.org. This is a website created and designed to focus national attention on the issue of enrollment as a critical part of health reform legislation... Read more
 
 
  eHealth, Inc. launches website for health reform
 
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