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Agfa inks French Orbis deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Agfa HealthCare reported that the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) of Toulouse, France, has selected its Orbis electronic medical record (EMR) system.

June 14, 2006

U.S. health ITN bill introduced in House, Senate

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Representative Dennis Moore of Kansas and Senator Sam Brownback, also of Kansas, last week introduced a bill to establish a U.S. health information technology network (ITN).

June 14, 2006

U.K. seeks to speed EHR adoption

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.K.'s Health Minister, Lord Warner, has set a date of early 2007 for the country to begin pilot studies of its electronic healthcare record (EHR) system, the National Health Service (NHS) Care Records Service.

June 14, 2006

Siemens introduces syngo WebSpace

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Medical Solutions of Malvern, PA, has unveiled syngo WebSpace for real-time, remote access to CT data from a laptop or office PC.

June 13, 2006

HTP nabs RHIO contract

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare software developer HTP reported that its MedRunner clinical document viewing application has been selected by regional healthcare information organization (RHIO) Utah Health Information Network.

June 13, 2006

Philips' SpeechMagic to support Spanish hospitals

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Spanish IT provider Indra will implement speech recognition technology from Philips Speech Recognition Systems in all radiology departments of Spain's Castilla-La Mancha regional healthcare service.

June 12, 2006

Route1 notches UHN contract

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Mobile healthcare information security developer Route1 of Toronto reported that it has installed its MobiKey and MobiNet technology at the University Health Network (UHN), also in Toronto.

June 12, 2006

MedLink to acquire Anywhere MD

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

MedLink International, parent company of teleradiology provider MedLink VPN, has signed a letter of intent to acquire Atascadero, CA-based mobile medical software developer Anywhere MD.

June 12, 2006

Misys wins Wake Heart EMR contract

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare informatics developer Misys Healthcare Systems has signed an agreement to provide its electronic medical record (EMR) application, Misys EMR 8.0, to Wake Heart and Vascular Associates of Raleigh, NC.

June 12, 2006

Calyx to offer turnkey IT, EMR implementation

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare information technology (HIT) services provider Calyx has rolled out its CalyxUnity product and service package.

June 12, 2006

PatientKeeper raises $8 million

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Mobile medical information software developer PatientKeeper said it has raised $8 million in its latest round of funding.

June 12, 2006

Eclipsys to buy LIS firm Sysware

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare informatics firm Eclipsys has reached an agreement to buy Sysware Healthcare Systems, a developer of laboratory information systems based in Southfield, MI.

June 12, 2006

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