• Healthcare in Spain

    Author Tosh Sheshabalaya, Spain’s General Health Care Act of 1986 constitutes the foundations of the Spanish healthcare system. It provides universal coverage, free access to healthcare, and is principally funded through taxation. It also has a regional organizational structure. A guaranteed healthcare benefits package is stipulated...

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  • Healthcare Information Technology in Iberia

    Author Tosh Sheshabalaya, Portugal The hub of the healthcare IT system in Portugal is the Administração Central do Sistema de Saúde or ACSS - Central Administration of the Health System. It coordinates, supervises and manages the IT facilities, systems and equipment of the NHS. The ACSS also has responsibility for the definition of...

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  • Spain Takes Over Presidency of EU Council

    Spain has pledged to drive forward the realisation of the European Research Area (ERA) during its six-month Presidency of the Council of the EU, which started on January 1st. Innovation and equality are at the heart of the Spanish Presidency programme, explained Science and Innovation Minister Cristina Garmendia who added, “Promoting the construction...

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  • Commissioner Promises"Action and Delivery"for Research,Innovation and Science

    The European Commissioner designate for Research, Innovation and Science, Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, pledged to move research, innovation and science “to the heart of European policy” in a hearing at the European Parliament. Speaking to the European Parliament's committees on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) and Culture and Education (CULT), the new...

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  • iSOFT, Ultragenda

    ISOFT Acquires Ultragenda iSoft, the largerst Australian health IT company, has acquired UltraGenda adding more innovation to their existing IT solutions. The acquisition is part of a strategy to increase sales through Bolton acquisitions. The Belgium-based IT company UltraGenda will add scheduling software that is already integrated in different...

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  • GE Healthcare

    GE Healthcare Provides IT Solution for Vancouver Olympics The solutions provided by GE Healthcare IT benefitted both medical facilities and athletes in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia. The implementation of GE’s Centricity® Radiology-IW (PACSIW and RIS-IC with Precision Reporting) in polyclinics at the Vancouver...

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  • Terso

    Terso Expands in European Market Terso has expanded operations to the European market with a new German-based facility.   Due to an increasing demand for the company’s radio frequency identification technology, Terso Solutions, Inc. Has set-up a new production facility in Mannheim, Germany. Terso’s RFID-enabled appliances that include refrigerators,...

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  • Health 2.0 Paris 2010

    The Health 2.0 Conference is the leading showcase of online and mobile technologies in healthcare. After five successful conferences in the United States they are making their way to Europe.   The agenda will span the key elements of Health 2.0 and showcase how consumers and professionals can: Ó Search for more appropriate health...

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  • HIT Paris 2010 "Better Care,Better Management,Better Decisions"

    HiT Paris, the European healthcare information technologies congress, was launched in 2007 on the initiative of the FHF (French Hospital Federation) to respond to the need of healthcare players for information and training on the modernisation and development of information systems.   After three successful years HIT Paris will take place...

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  • HealthHINF 2010

    The third international conference on health informatics, HEALTHINF is part of BIOSTEC - The International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies.   The purpose of the International Conference on Health Informatics was to bring together researchers and practitioners interested in the application of information...

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