• Aerotel Medical System

    Patient GPS in Switzerland Aerotel Medical Systems have teamed with GEBOA SA to launch Aerotel’s GeoSKeeper™ personal safety and location system in Switzerland under the brand name AlarmTouch™ GPS.   AlarmTouch™ GPS is a GPS-based personal telecare safety device, intended for seniors, children and lone workers. The companies plan...

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  • GE Healthcare

    FDA Clearance for Portable ECG Solution The US Food and Drug Administration has authorised GE Healthcare’s latest ECG solution, the portable MAC 800, which is based on cell phone technology. Originally produced in China in 2008, the portable device combines the keypad of a phone with a full size colour display and diagnostic software....

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  • E-Health Conference 2009:Leadership in Action

    Considered to be one of the largest e-Health tradeshows in Canada, the e- Health Conference 2009 has prepared an excellent Conference Program and an Exhibition filled with practical experiences, workshops and activities. Above all, it is the place to be for social events and networking opportunities.   The Conference is jointly hosted...

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  • ECR 2009

    The 21st European Congress of Radiology took place in Vienna, Austria, from March 6th until the 10th. Accepted as one of the largest radiological meetings worldwide, the Congress showcased the newest products and achievements in technical medicine, pharmacology and specialized media.   Since 1991, the congress is held annually in early...

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  • Physician Practitioner Information System

    ECRI Institute Europe Weltech Centre Ridgeway Welwyn Garden City Herts AL7 2AA United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1707 871511 Fax: +44 (0)1707 393138 [email protected] www.ecri.org.uk   ECRI Institute, a non-profit organisation, de dicates itself to bringing the discipline of applied scientific...

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  • Value Modeling in Healthcare

    Author Paul Johannesson is Professor of Information Systems at the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. Erik Perjons is a research engineer at the Institute. Politicians, healthcare managers, and systems designers need new instruments for managing the complexity of today's healthcare systems. One of...

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  • Oncology HIS System

    Author Andrew Hoole, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University, UK. Edwin Claridge, University Hospital, Birmingham, UK. A Mini HIS for Oncology The selection and integration of appropriate information systems is one of the challenges facing hospital managers in their quest to achieve...

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  • Healthcare IT and E-Health in Italy

    Author Tosh Sheshabalaya,   Italy’s approach to healthcare IT, and more specifically e-Health, has three facets. These are based on: Ó National-scale techno-infrastructural requirements (the New National Healthcare Information System). Ó e-Health Board, to harmonise regional and national policies and implementation,...

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  • Italian Hospitals and New Managerialism

    Author Elena Cantu, is with Bocconi University, Milan, Italy From 1978, the Italian healthcare system has been organised according to the National Health Service model (Italian National Health Service, or INHS). Coverage is universal and, theoretically, uniform throughout the country. In 2003, public healthcare expenditure...

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  • Healthcare IT in India

    Author Tosh Sheshabalaya, The Indian healthcare system, like India itself, straddles the 19th and 21st centuries. But while the country’s 19th century face of slums and poverty is better known, the 21st century end is quietly readying itself to gain a major presence on the global healthcare IT scene.   HIPAA and IBM’s...

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