Siemens to acquire Bayer's Diagnostics Division
Siemens has signed an agreement with Bayer to acquire the chemical and pharmaceutical company's Diagnostics Division.
Economy
iSOFT Switzerland joins NEXUS AG
Nexus AG, which develops and markets healthcare IT-solutions, supporting an integrated approach for the exchange of data between general practitioners, hospitals and rehabilitation clinics, has acquired 100% of the shares of iSOFT Switzerland GmbH, which produces administrative IT-solutions (the HOSPIS brand) for Swiss healthcare.
Privately-owned radiology group speeds diagnoses
We asked radiologist Cyrille H Benoit MD, Director of the Bellevue Zurich Radiology Institute, about the group's choice of radiology equipment - particularly its PACS - and the rules of reimbursement in the Swiss healthcare system.
The gigantic impact of dwarf technology
It occupies approximately the same space as one to three atoms.
Protection for lone healthcare employees
In 2002-2003 around 116,000 incidents of abuse were recorded in the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS).
Diamond Select
Barbara Streisand sang about it in Second Hand Rose:
Scandinavian expertise for German hospitals
Abbakus GmbH, a new company focused on running hospitals and "hotel" wards in line with DRG requirements, has been founded by Careoffice GmbH & Co. KG, of Germany, and the Finnish company Hospitel Ab oy.
The globalisation of healthcare
The enhanced availability of information and communication via the internet, are leading to a growing international trade in healthcare services.
The 1st International High Tech in Medicine congress
Prevention is better than cure - use the technology! A report from the 1st International High Tech in Medicine congress.
Global healthcare report identifies best practices
Health organisations and governments should seek solutions beyond their own borders.
Success of forum for managers continues
Within the five-days of ECR 2006, the congress management collaborated with European Hospital to hold another two-day:
Text messaging beats missed appointments
UK - Patients who miss medical appointments cost the country's National Health Service (NHS) around £575 million annually.
Europe needs radiologists
The 12th annual European Radiology Congress, held in Vienna, received 16,000 visitors from 90 countries.
UK nurses in revolt
There is growing unrest in the nursing profession in the UK following announcements of planned job cuts in the NHS.
Cost-effectiveness analysis in the ICU
In most OECD countries, healthcare costs take 8-15% of GDP and, even more problematic, they are rising faster than the GDP growth rate.
Controversy
The question of who should manage intensive care was hotly debated at the 35th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (GSTCVS); not always essentially, frequently aggressively, sometimes even insulting says EH Correspondent Holger Zorn
Catalonia doctors strike
In some areas of Spain, doctors are also becoming even militant.
From analogue to digital
Thanks to the convertion from analogue to digital imaging, Kodak Health Group reported a considerable success in Europe.
The Baltic States and their health systems - From Soviet to EU
The Estonian health system differs from its Baltic neighbour states thanks to a transformation process and reforms.
Militancy among medics Will it spread?
Common unrest about pay and conditions leads doctors to strike in Germany and Spain. A report from Germany.
Major order
The largest European service contract in the hospital sector, worth around €60 million, was recently awarded, by the Charité Hospital in Berlin, to Vamed, the Austrian hospital specialist. The project includes the out-sourcing of non-medical service areas.
Donation to Swedish Brain Foundation gains research funds
Sweden - The Swedish Brain Foundation has received a donation of SEK 250 thousand (approximately e27,593) to support advanced research and development, from GE Healthcare, based in Uppsala.
Decade of IT under-funding in the USA
The destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina was felt so strongly at HIMSS '06, the annual meeting of North America's Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, which drew over 24,500 healthcare IT professionals and hospital executives to San Diego in February, that the Society decided to hold its 2007 meeting in New Orleans to bring dollars to the city's damaged economy.
The vendor, system administrator and manager in a new fully digital environment
A report about the installation of a new HIS in combinations with the setting up of a new Economic Software platform at Semmelweis University.
Top award for single use laryngoscopes
England - The Thames Gateway Business Awards