CSC Announces First NHS Acute Trust Goes Live with Lorenzo Release 1.9
CSC (NYSE: CSC) announced that Lorenzo Regional Care Release 1.9 went live on June 1, 2010 at the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust, with the implementation completed on June 3, 2010.
Active utilization of data saved in patient information systems is an essential part of developing healthcare operations. Together with Tieto, the Central Hospital of Central Ostrobothnia (Finland) has actively developed a new generation reporting tool as a part of Tieto's Effica system.
GE Healthcare (NYSE: GE), a pioneer in digital mammography, announced the introduction of an innovative technology to aid in breast cancer diagnosis. GE Healthcare's new SenoBright Contrast Enhanced Spectral Mammography (CESM) technology reduces ambiguity in mammography results, enabling physicians to detect and diagnose cancer with more confidence - even in the densest part of the breast tissue more rapidly and accurately.
Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE:PHG, AEX: PHI) has supported a research project that shows heart failure patients who used an interactive telehealth system with motivational support tools at home spent less time in hospital and felt their quality of life had significantly improved over 12 months evaluation period.
iSOFT Group Limited, one of the world's largest healthcare information technology companies, has received the Frost and Sullivan, 2010 European Business Analytics Systems Competitive Strategy Leadership Award.