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Lincolnshire Health and Care Selects InterSystems HealthShare to Transform Patient Care for the Region

InterSystems, a global leader in health information technology, has announced a partnership with Lincolnshire Health and Care (LHAC) that will help LHAC achieve its ambitious goal to transform health and social care services in the county, potentially saving up to £4 million every year.

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Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust Selects Allscripts Population Health Solution to Deliver Integrated Care

In March 2016, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust expanded its partnership with Allscripts by selecting CareInMotionTM, Allscripts population health management platform, to help make the transition to a new model of integrated care.

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EMIS Health Puts GP Record-Sharing in Patients' Hands

State-of-the-art technology from EMIS Health is putting secure record-sharing into the hands of over four million patients in the UK. In an important move to empower patients, the company has released advanced innovative functionality

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French Elderly Care Provider Again Turns to Ascom

L'Association du Sacré Cœur - an elderly care organization that operates two residential care facilities, a drop-in center, and other services in the Niort and Cherveux areas of western France - has again chosen Ascom wireless communication solutions as part of an ongoing modernization program.

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Health 2.0 Europe, the European Gathering of Digital Health Champions in Barcelona

11 - 12 May 2016, Barcelona, Spain.
All the stakeholders from the European digital health tech ecosystem will meet in Barcelona for the 7th edition of Health 2.0 Europe. Since 2010, Health 2.0 Europe has been the platform for developing and presenting new solutions in the field of digital health.

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Popular Blood Pressure App Misses the Mark

A popular smartphone app purported to accurately measure blood pressure simply by placing a cellphone on the chest with a finger over the built-in camera lens misses high blood pressure in eight out of 10 patients, potentially putting users' health at risk, according to research from Johns Hopkins.

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Massachusetts General Hospital Embarks on Clinical Analytical Study Using Philips' IntelliSite Solution

Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) today announced Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) will serve as a key testing site for a multi-centered instrument precision study involving Philips' digital pathology whole slide imaging (WSI) IntelliSite Solution.

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Digital Health Tool Helps Cardiac Rehab Patients

Adding a digital health tool to traditional cardiac rehabilitation appears to help people recovering from a heart attack lose significantly more weight in a relatively short period of time, according to research scheduled for presentation at the American College of Cardiology's 65th Annual Scientific Session.

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United Kingdom's Wirral Partners to Leverage Cerner's Population Health Management Platform

Cerner, a global leader in health care, has announced that Wirral Partners, an integrated primary and acute care system in the United Kingdom, will use Cerner's HealtheIntent℠ population health management platform to advance the Healthy Wirral program, an initiative focused on establishing new models of care for disease management and prevention.

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New Digital Technology Lab Shows the Future of Healthcare in the Home

Imagine a world where healthcare professionals are able to identify if patients need help at home and can immediately alert the right person - be it A&E, a fire brigade responder or family member - even before the person knows something is wrong. This is the vision of the City University London's new City TECS (Technology Enabled Care Studio) Smart Home Facility.

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