17 December 2008

Ascribe valued at £32.9m in MBO offer

AIM-listed health software firm Ascribe has been valued at £32.9m in a proposed management buy out, details of which were published
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17 December 2008

Vodafone invests in mobile health firm

Newbury, Berkshire-based, mobile phone giant Vodafone has invested in t+ Medical, a UK provider of mobile health services acccessed across
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16 December 2008

European drugs to carry barcodes

Medicines sold across Europe will have to carry barcodes and other improved security mechanisms, under proposals unveiled by the European
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15 December 2008

Commission sets out steps on patient safety

The European Commission has published proposals designed to improve patient safety and reduce the number of patients who suffer harm
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15 December 2008

Philips scores top in patient monitoring

Royal Philips Electronics says its customers have rated Philips Healthcare in first place in overall service performance for Patient Monitoring
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12 December 2008

Sweden’s Sectra has record six months

Swedish IT and medical-technology company Sectra has announced a record breaking six months with bookings, revenues and profits all up.
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12 December 2008

Europe launches CommonWell project

A new telecare project will use technology to improve the quality of life for older people in four European countries,
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12 December 2008

NHS boss says IT programme at ‘pivot point’

David Nicholson has said the National Programme for IT in the NHS is at a 'pivot position' and that the
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11 December 2008

Nuance and GE complete RIS-SpeechMagic integration

Nuance Communications has successfully integrated its SpeechMagic technology into GE Healthcare Centricity Radiology Information System (RIS). The development is said
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9 December 2008

Digital Healthcare raises £2.6m funding

Digital Healthcare, a UK software company specialising in image management and storage solutions for the ophthalmology sector, has successfully raised
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