£4bn NHS Tech Move will Unleash Confidence in UK Companies
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Opinion Article by Donald Kennedy, Managing Director at Patientrack.New confidence can be taken by healthcare technology and solutions companies across the UK, following the government’s latest announcements on NHS IT investment.
BridgeHead Software Earns Prestigious Frost & Sullivan Industry Award
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BridgeHead Software, the healthcare data management company, today announced that it has received the 2016 European Customer Value Leadership Award by global consulting firm Frost & Sullivan as part of its annual Best Practices Awards.
Open Call ICT-15-2016-2017: Big Data PPP: Large Scale Pilot Actions in Sectors Best Benefitting from Data-Driven Innovation
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European research and development in data technologies produces promising results, but these are not yet deployed at large scale in a systematic manner. The challenge is to stimulate effective piloting and targeted demonstrations in large-scale sectorial actions ("Large Scale Pilot actions"), in data-intensive sectors, involving key European industry actors.
The conhIT AppCircus Goes in Search of the Best Health App
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19 - 21 April 2016, Berlin, Germany.At conhIT - Connecting Healthcare IT, Europe's leading event for the Health IT industry, a competition will be presenting an award for the best health app once again. The deadline for entering the second edition of the big professional healthcare app competition is 29 February 2016.
New Milestone for Device that Can 'Smell' Prostate Cancer
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HUS, Finland, Undertakes Clinical Study of Carestream Cone Beam CT
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HUS Medical Imaging Center, based in Helsinki, Finland, is undertaking the first European clinical test study of the new CARESTREAM OnSight 3D Extremity System in pre- and post-operative cases. The study of the new cone beam CT (CBCT) scanner and image reconstruction technology, applied within orthopaedic imaging,
First Patient Treated with LC Bead LUMI™ Radiopaque Embolic Bead Supported by Philips Live Image Guidance
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BTG plc (LSE: BTG), a global specialist healthcare company, and Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHIA), a global leader in image-guided therapy, announced a significant milestone in their collaboration with the treatment of the first liver cancer patient with LC Bead LUMI™ in conjunction with Philips live image guidance, targeting a hypervascular tumor with the goal to block blood flow to achieve tumor necrosis.
Imagined Ugliness Can be Treated with Internet-Based CBT
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Ascom Myco Healthcare Smartphone Successfully Completes MobileIron Tests for Android Compatibility
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The Ascom Myco smartphone, one of the world's first smartphones purpose-built for healthcare environments, has successfully completed the MobileIron Android Self Testing Program. This demonstrates that the Ascom Myco supports the Google-standard Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) used by MobileIron (NASDAQ: MOBL), the leader in mobile enterprise security.
Paperless NHS Investment Should Focus on People, Not Products
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Opinion Article by Shane Tickell, CEO, IMS MAXIMS.The UK Government's commitment to invest £4bn in technology for the NHS in England yesterday is welcomed, but the taxpayer's money needs to be spent wisely to have the anticipated impact.