Agfa HealthCare has announced the launch of its DX-D 40 digital detector with Automatic Exposure Detection (AED), offering a fast and easy way for radiography facilities to benefit from high-quality digital imaging using any X-ray equipment. Wireless and cable-free, it allows healthcare facilities, regardless of size or budget, to cost-effectively upgrade film and Computed Radiography (CR) mobile X-ray units to Digital Radiography (DR).
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EMIS Group Expands Community Reach
EMIS Group has been awarded two more major contracts to provide connected community care for nearly 1 million NHS patients in the north and south of England. The news brings to six the number of major community, children's and mental health contracts announced by the Group this year, further extending its reach in this marketplace across the UK.
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Temple Street Children's Hospital Goes Live with Orion Health Clinical Portal
Dublin's Temple Street Children's University Hospital (TSCUH) has gone live with Orion Health's Clinical Portal as part of a major ICT transformation that is in accordance with the country's eHealth strategy. For the first time, clinicians can access patient data from a range of critical sources including patient administration system, lab system, radiology, theatre and the emergency department, in a single place, helping them have more time to care for the thousands of children they treat every year.
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ICW Makes a Substantial Strategic Commitment to Focus on the U.S. Market
InterComponentWare AG (ICW), an international eHealth company headquartered in Walldorf, Germany, has invested substantially over the last two years to strongly focus on the current and future needs of the U.S. healthcare market, especially in the areas of Care Coordination and Care Management.
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Philips Inaugurates a New Imaging Systems Refurbishment Facility in Best, the Netherlands
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) has inaugurated a new healthcare imaging systems refurbishment facility in Best, the Netherlands. The new facility marks the next step in bringing the financial and environmental benefits of circular economy to the healthcare industry.
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Agfa HealthCare - Third Quarter 2014
Still impacted by adverse currency effects, Agfa HealthCare's revenue decreased by 5.5 percent. On a currency comparable basis, the decrease amounted to 4.3 percent, which is a clear improvement compared to the previous quarters of the year. The economic weakness in most of the emerging markets continued to impact the business group's top line.
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Technology Partnership Between InterComponentWare AG (ICW) and Roche Diabetes Care Results in Launch of Overarching Web-based Solution
ICW technology sits in the center of the new online portal Accu-ChekĀ® Connect which was recently introduced by Roche Diabetes Care. This new web-based solution empowers healthcare professionals and people living with diabetes to ease daily diabetes management. It enables seamless collaboration based on a central information view across blood glucose measurement devices, smartphone-apps, and offline solutions in current use.
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