Philips and the Philips Foundation Provide Support for the People of Ukraine
Health technology company Royal Philips and non-profit organization the Philips Foundation are providing support to help address the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and at its borders. The support being provided by Philips and the Philips Foundation includes hospital relief, support for acute and emergency care, financial support, and supplies for displaced Ukrainian citizens, plus a dedicated employee donation program.
Surgeons across several NHS trusts have improved surgery waiting times and reduced A&E admissions, especially for the highest risk patients, after successful clinical trials of an AI decision support model that is helping to make prioritisation safer and more equitable for patients. The approach is now seeing uptake in dozens of NHS trusts, as integrated care systems prepare to implement elective recovery plans.
Siemens Healthineers will invest about €60 million through 2025 to expand and upgrade its location at Kemnath in Bavaria. The project will also create up to 50 new jobs. The investment will ensure that the strong demand for medical technology products can continue to be met with no impact on quality.
Northern Ireland becomes the first UK region to combine pathology and radiology images and reports in the same medical imaging system, following pathology tech go-lives with partner Sectra that will modernise diagnostics for healthcare professionals and patients.
CompuGroup Medical (CGM), one of the leading e-health providers in the world, is looking back on a successful year 2021 in its Hospital Information Systems segment. Following the successful completing of the post-merger integration of the largest acquisition in CGM's history, the company's hospital business is now one of the leading providers of hospital information systems, laboratory information systems, social care imaging solutions and enterprise resource planning tools in Europe.