Leading Global Health Institutions Digitize Pathology Workflows with Philips to Enhance Disease Diagnoses
As the number of trained pathologists decreases while the aging population and complexity of cancer is on the rise, Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) has announced the growing adoption of its Digital Pathology Solutions by health systems across the globe who are enhancing their operations.
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New Chief Executive Officer Appointed to Drive Growth at Advanced Computer Software Group
Leading UK software provider, Advanced Computer Software Group Ltd. (Advanced), today announces the appointment of new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Gordon Wilson. Wilson will use his extensive experience in the software industry to continue to drive Advanced's impressive growth trajectory.
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Established NHS Chief Executive and Former Clinician Appointed Chief Medical Officer at Healthcare Technology Provider
Sir Jonathan Michael, a distinguished clinician and former chief executive of three NHS trusts is to be appointed as chief medical officer (CMO) of 6PM, a provider of clinical workflow, healthcare logistics and information management software solutions during October 2015. Sir Jonathan has had a long and varied career, working for many years as a consultant nephrologist before moving into hospital management.
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Trusting Data is the Next Stage of the NHS' Digital Journey
Opinion Article by Professor Michael Thick, Chief Clinical Officer at IMS MAXIMS.
As a clinician who has been closely involved in clinical IT for all my working life, my first observation is that very few organisations have an electronic patient record (EPR) working properly. My second observation is that unless we use technology to enable a transformation in service delivery, we are whistling in the wind as far as filling the £30bn funding gap goes.
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Agfa HealthCare Highlights "Innovating Visual Healthcare" at RSNA 2015
Agfa HealthCare will demonstrate the company's focus on "Innovating Visual Healthcare" at RSNA 2015, being held from November 29-December 4 in Chicago, Illinois (USA). Building on its 100+ years of experience, Agfa HealthCare develops innovations that offer the ease of use customers need to maximize the potential of the solutions, with designs that keep the clinical user and patient in mind.
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Philips Introduces Personal Health Programs at IFA in Berlin
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) today announced the first in a series of personal health programs that empower consumers to take greater control of their health. Each health program comprises connected health measurement devices, an app-based personalized program and secure, cloud-based data analysis.
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Sanofi to Collaborate with Google Life Sciences to Improve Diabetes Health Outcomes
Sanofi and the life sciences team at Google are collaborating to improve care and outcomes for people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. The collaboration will pair Sanofi's leadership in diabetes treatments and devices with Google's expertise in analytics, miniaturized electronics and low power chip design.
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