Business intelligence key to improving NHS management

Business intelligence tools will play a central role in improving NHS management and meeting the goals of the Darzi report, according to Ardentia.

eHealth Asia 2008

[This article was published in the December 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

eHealth Asia 2008� – the second annual Asian conference presented by eHEALTH magazine was recently concluded in the Malaysian capital city of Kuala Lumpur. Held between 11-13 November 2008, at the magnificent Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre

OLAP – Comprehensive analysis of a large pool of clinical data

[This article was published in the December 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

Large pools of clinical data captured in various research work in teaching institutions can help answer complex clinical queries. The following article tries to explain the use of Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) in doing just that.

BUSINESS NEWS

[This article was published in the December 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

Business News

Dept of VA renews USD 37.7 mil contract for InterSystems CACHE

InterSystems Corporation recently announced that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has renewed a contract for Four Points Technology, LLC to provide the InterSystems CACHÉ® high-performance object database for the VistA electronic health record (EHR) system.

Practising Technology Integration : Dr. Rajesh Gupta, doctors in the Health IT field, India

As one who came to this Greenfield project as part of the systems implementer team, Dr. Rajesh Gupta, one of the few medical doctors in the Health IT field,

InterSystems introduces DeepSee, embedded real-time BI

Responding to the growing demand for business intelligence (BI) capabilities that enable real-time decision-making for operational business processes, InterSystems Corporation recently announced InterSystems DeepSee

Microsoft launches Amalga BI in Europe

Microsoft has announced the European launch of its Amalga enterprise unified business intelligence (UBI) product for the health sector.

The Health Hiway – Technical Perspective : Mohammed Hussain Naseem, Vice President – Healthcare IBM India

Interview

NEWS REVIEW – BUSINESS

[This article was published in the December 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

News Review

MarketRx with Cognizant for USD 135 mn

IT major Cognizant Technology Solutions has acquired New Jersey-based MarketRx, provider of analytics and related software services to global life sciences companies.

iSOFT Launches Reporting Application for Laboratory

iSOFT has introduced a new reporting tool giving the 150 NHS trusts using its laboratory information systems the ability to produce detailed management and pathology reports in minutes, after an agreement with business intelligence partner FMI Business Solutions Group. The new Web-based Rapid Analytics module from FMI is for users of iSOFT i.Laboratory and i.Laboratory TP.

e-Health: Tangible Lessons from Canada : By Trevor Hodge

[This article was published in the August 2007 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]

In response to strong public concern about wait times, Canada�s First Ministers committed to providing evidence-based wait time benchmarks for cancer, cardiac care, diagnostic imaging, joint replacement and sight restoration (cataract surgery).