Prestigious Awards Recognise Northern Ireland Electronic Care Record for Outstanding Informatics
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The Northern Ireland Electronic Care Record (NIECR) powered by Orion Health™ technologies has won both the HSJ Award for "Enhancing care by sharing data and information" and EHI Award for "Best use of IT to support integrated health services" in recognition of its outstanding contribution to informatics.
Philips and Netherlands Cancer Institute Expand Collaboration with New Agreement
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Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) and the Netherlands Cancer Institute have announced a new agreement that expands their long-term collaboration and enforces the mission of the Netherlands Cancer Institute in offering the best possible care to cancer patients.
UK Trusts Learning about Methodology which Saves Lives
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Virginia Mason Institute has recently provided lean healthcare training at Cerner Limited offices for four trusts. As the educational arm of Virginia Mason Institute, one of the safest healthcare providers in the world, the institute teaches organisations worldwide how to use the lean processes of the Virginia Mason Production System to improve safety, quality and the patient experience.
Health at a Glance: Europe 2014
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European countries have achieved significant gains in population health, but there remain large inequalities in health status both across and within countries. Life expectancy at birth in European Union (EU) member states has increased by more than five years on average since 1990, although the gap between those countries with the highest and lowest life expectancies remains around eight years.
iMDsoft to Present New Version of Its Clinical Information System at ICS State of the Art Meeting
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iMDsoft will be presenting the MetaVision clinical information system for intensive care at the ICS State of the Art Meeting in London. Fukuda Denshi, which distributes MetaVision ICU in the UK, will be showcasing the system at their booth.
Tunstall Working with EU Partners to Develop Support Services Platform for Informal Carers
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Tunstall Healthcare, the leading provider of technology enabled care services, is developing a new integrated health and care platform to help support informal, or unpaid, carers who look after older or vulnerable people.
Agfa HealthCare Reaches Milestone with 50,000 Digital Radiography Solutions Installed Globally
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Agfa HealthCare announces that it has an installed base of over 50,000 digital radiography solutions in hospitals, clinics and healthcare facilities around the world. With its complete portfolio of computed radiography (CR) and direct radiography (DR), it can meet the digital imaging needs of any size facility, from high-throughput hospitals with either centralized or decentralized environments, to mid-sized and small hospitals and clinics.
Caradigm to Launch Mobile Solution for the Hospital Ward Round
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Caradigm is planning to launch its new Ward Round application, a solution for hospital wards that will help replace existing paper-based processes for collecting information at the point of care. The ward round is where patient care is reviewed and planned, and consequently where most clinical decisions are made and reviewed: what tests to order, what treatments to change and when the patient is safe to be discharged.
Philips Expands Global Reach of Diagnostic X-Ray Solutions
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Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG AEX: PHIA) has announced expanded availability of its portfolio of diagnostic X-ray solutions, including DuraDiagnost, DigitalDiagnost, MobileDiagnost wDR, MobileDiagnost Opta, ProGrade and PrimaryDiagnost. With new releases of several of these solutions now available in the U.S.A., and availability of all these solutions in new global markets, the portfolio offers Philips' customers innovative solutions designed to meet the needs and overcome the challenges of diagnostic X-ray environments across the world.
Open Call PHC-27-2015 Self-management of Health and Disease and Patient Empowerment Supported by ICT
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Empowering citizens and patients to manage their own health and disease can result in more cost-effective healthcare systems by enabling the management of chronic diseases outside institutions, improving health outcomes, and by encouraging healthy citizens to remain so. Several clinical situations would be prevented or better monitored and managed with the participation of the patient him or herself. Care sciences may complement the medical perspective without increasing the cost.