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 - 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. 
HIMSS Europe has awarded seven new hospitals in Europe with Stage 6 Award during the fourth edition of HIMSS Europe CIO Summit, that took place in Madrid, Spain, from the 12th to 14th. Stage 6 & 7 hospitals provide best practices that other healthcare organizations can study as they strive to use EMR applications to improve patient safety, clinical outcomes and patient care delivery efficiency. 
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) has shared its new brand positioning, which builds on the company's heritage of creating innovations that matter to people. As part of its new positioning Philips introduced the new brand line "innovation and you", which is rooted in Philips' strong belief that innovation is only meaningful if it delivers on people's unmet needs and desires. 
Severely impacted by adverse currency effects, Agfa HealthCare's revenue decreased by 7.7 percent. On a currency comparable basis, the decrease is limited to 2.5 percent, completely attributable to the decline of the Imaging segment's traditional X-ray film business. In last year's third quarter, the traditional film business' revenue was exceptionally strong.