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Barcodes
Sir, The article on what you call the 'humble' barcode ('Can Bar Codes Revitalise The NHS? Issue 3, 2010) leaves out one major issue. Substantial momentum had been building up to promote barcodes, as far as healthcare technology (medical devices) were concerned until late 2004, when the industry group Eucomed released its position paper. This tried...
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Agfa Healthcare Introduces Impax Kiosk
Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of diagnostic imaging and healthcare IT solutions, is introducing IMPAX Kiosk, its latest workflow enhancement, designed to streamline check-in and improve the patient experience. IMPAX Kiosk is an interactive system that enables patients to register with, and check-in to hospital services without going through the...
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February 20–24, Orlando, Florida
HIMSS is a cause-based, not-for-profit organisation exclusively focused on providing global leadership for the optimal use of information technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of healthcare. Its annual congress and exhibition is taking place in February 2011, in Orlando, Florida The event is sure to provide high-level healthcare...
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1-5 March, Hannover, Germany
The overall motto of CeBIT 2011 is "The power of creativity and innovation". In just five short days, the CeBIT Global Conference provide a panoramic view of the digital world's mainstay markets: IT, Telecommunications, Digital Media and Consumer Electronics. In a hand-picked series of keynotes, talks and panels, top experts from around the globe...
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25–26 October, Hamburg, Germany - Global E-Health Forum
The Global e-health Forum highlighted best (e-)practices for sustainable healthcare delivery. Approximately 250 delegates from more than 30 countries followed the invitation to the inaugural Global e-health Forum on October 25 – 26, 2010 in Hamburg. In presentations, workshops and discussion forums, the attendees learned about e-health strategies,...
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17-20 November 2010, Dusseldorf, Germany - MEDICA
Yet again, MEDICA was a success with an enormous turnout of both exhibitors and visitors proving that the manufacturers of medical technology and medical products have successfully weathered the phase of economic and financial crisis. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Federal Health Minister Philipp Rösler took a tour of the congress on the opening...
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Proposed Health Priorities of Hungarian EU Presidency
Miklós Szócska MD, the Hungarian Minister of State for Health outlined the priorities of the upcoming Hungarian Presidency of the European Council at the European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG) in October 2010. The overarching theme of the proposed health programme of the Hungarian Presidency will be 'Patient & Professional Pathways in Europe'. Planned...
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Megatrends in Healthcare IT
As we turn the corner towards a significant staging post (Healthcare Information Technology Management's fifth year of publication), we thought it worthwhile to attempt a snapshot of the key drivers of healthcare IT, as seen by experts, for the next 5-10 years. Opinions on the fine points vary. However, a meta-analysis of several leading sources...
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Healthcare IT Reforms in the US
Healthcare reform was a pillar of candidate Barack Obama's vision during his presidential campaign. In HIT's analysis of his plans (Issue 1, 2009), we speculated that, in spite of huge challenges, the Obama reform package – known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) 2009 – would trigger fundamental structural changes in the US healthcare...
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IT @ Networking Awards 2011
25 projects from across Europe and beyond will compete in the IT @ Networking Awards 2011 on January 19 – 20 2011. This high-level competition will see candidates go through two rounds of presentations in an effort to persuade the expert audience and panel of judges why their solution deserves to win. If last year is anything to go by, attendees will...
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