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Philips Highlights Effect of Light and Sound on Patient Experience and Well-Being at Medica 2013
A pleasant atmosphere in medical establishments is no longer seen as a "nice to have". Hospital management and doctors' practices are increasingly realizing that an optimized healing environment positively affects people's psychological and physiological condition and can improve the quality of medical care. At MEDICA, Philips is demonstrating what form this 'healing environment' could take, for example with the next stage in the development of its existing HealWell solution. 43 Asklepios Clinics in Germany Standardize their Hospital Information System with Agfa HealthCare's ORBIS
Asklepios Kliniken Verwaltungsgesellschaft (AKV), which represents more than 50% of the turnover of the Asklepios group, the largest private hospital group in Germany, has chosen Agfa HealthCare's ORBIS as the standard hospital information system (HIS) for 43 clinics. In addition, all 43 clinics will use ORBIS RIS as their radiology information system of choice. The implementation of the project will start in 2014.
IBM Partners with the UICC to Use Big Data to Build Cancer Registries in Developing Nations
IBM (NYSE: IBM) is working with the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) to create the world's largest and most comprehensive clinical dataset on cancer patients by building cancer registries in developing nations. The effort will begin in Sub-Saharan Africa, where less than 1% of the region's population is covered by a cancer registry.
Northgate and Sollis Provide New system to Improve Patient Care for Gloucestershire and Swindon CCGs
Opinion Article: Clinical Skills - Why Educators Need a Sea Change in their Approach
The key to delivering safe, high quality care is a knowledgeable, competent and confident workforce, yet the Francis Report shows that the NHS is struggling to ensure that staff develop and maintain the necessary skills. Val Dimmock, simulation and clinical skills facilitator at Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, says clinical skills leads must adopt a new approach to training, supported by innovative online learning tools.
Somatom Force Now Further Opens Computed Tomography to Highly Sensitive Patient Group
Somatom Force - the new computer tomograph (CT) from Siemens - had its first public presentation worldwide at the University Medical Centre Mannheim, Germany. In its first few weeks of clinical use at Mannheim's Institute for Clinical Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, the third generation of Dual Source computed tomography (CT scanners each with two radiation tubes and detectors) enabled considerably quicker and more precise diagnoses at reduced doses. More eHealth News ...
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