Management: IT
07/01/2006
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 …
07/01/2006
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. …
07/01/2006
Progressing towards the EPR
Today, the Local Healthcare Company ASL Nº 11, of Empoli, Florence, is a highly advanced public utility, able to face the challenges of technological innovations and to …
05/01/2006
EPR includes images
Germany - The Walldorf-based firm InterComponentWare AG (ICW) launched its hospital networking solution for electronic patientsÂ’ records (EPR) at MEDICA 2005, reporting that the …
03/01/2006
IT slows you down So why bother?
Are the benefits of the IT invasion those we actually perceive? …
03/01/2006
Biometric authentication
Biometry, or the technical recognition of physical characteristics, is playing an increasingly important role in clinics and hospitals. …
03/01/2006
Performance measurement to improve quality
Joint Commission International (JCI) accredited hospitals have long expressed an interest in performance measurement to support quality improvement efforts and to provide a valid …
09/01/2004
Virtual visits with neonates
Although parents are allowed in neonate ICU units, family members and friends are barred. To meet this need, Innsbruck Medical University recently launched the project …
07/01/2003
Web advisories aid physicians
Monitoring and rapidly introducing new developments into everyday practice is an increasingly difficult task for many doctors. Additionally, patients are more informed due to …