iMDsoft to Present New Version of Its Clinical Information System at ICS State of the Art Meeting
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.
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Tunstall Working with EU Partners to Develop Support Services Platform for Informal Carers
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.
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Agfa HealthCare Reaches Milestone with 50,000 Digital Radiography Solutions Installed Globally
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.
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Caradigm to Launch Mobile Solution for the Hospital Ward Round
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.
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Philips Expands Global Reach of Diagnostic X-Ray Solutions
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.
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University of Bradford and Philips Collaborate to Bring Digital Pathology Training to Students
The University of Bradford is collaborating with Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) to provide hi-tech, digital pathology training for both undergraduate and graduate students, a unique offering in the UK. Part of the School of Life Sciences, the Bradford Pathology program is using Philips Digital Pathology Solutions to educate students in the design and delivery of diagnostic pathology in the context of the modern laboratory.
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Opinion Article: How the NHS Can Sweat its Data Assets
By Dr. Chris Tackaberry, CEO of Clinithink.
At a time of increasing demand and dwindling resources, organisations such as the NHS have an opportunity to exploit two of the most valuable assets they already hold, that is information about those who use its services, and the technology to record this. NHS hospitals are able to use an electronic patient record (EPR) as the system to bring these assets together.
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