Economy

Siemens to acquire Bayer's Diagnostics Division

Siemens has signed an agreement with Bayer to acquire the chemical and pharmaceutical company's Diagnostics Division.

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.

Tracking drugs and assets

At over 200 years old, it is also one of the oldest hospitals, yet is classed as one of the most up-to-date institutes in Europe.

Stenting: Dynamic growth continues

Paris, France - The explosive growth in demand for drug eluting stents has shaped a market worth more than six billion euros annually.

Swedish firm to aid UK's cancer treatment delivery

As part of its national cancer program, the United Kingdom's National Health Service (NHS) is currently investing in increased capacity for radiation treatment of cancer.

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.

ITeG 2006

This year's International Forum for Healthcare IT (ITeG 2006),held in May/June, has put this event firmly on the healthcare industry calendar.

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.

Europe needs radiologists

The 12th annual European Radiology Congress, held in Vienna, received 16,000 visitors from 90 countries.

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:

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

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.

Catalonia doctors strike

In some areas of Spain, doctors are also becoming even militant.

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.