New GGI Report Highlights Need for Integration Across Housing, Health and Social Care to Improve Outcomes
A new report published by the Good Governance Institute (GGI) highlights how the successful integration of health, housing and social care services is crucial to the creation of sustainable care models for the future. The new GGI report, Rethinking the Integration Agenda, examines the challenges that currently exist in delivering truly patient-centred care and, drawing on the experience of 16 leading experts from the housing, health and social care sectors, sets out three key pathways to address these challenges and overcome barriers to integration.
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National Wound Healing Centre Uses Anoto Digital Pens to Track Patient Outcomes
Anoto, a leader in digital writing technology, has announced that National Wound Healing Centres (WHC), a clinic specialising in wound care, is now using Anoto digital pens and TELERwoundcare measurements from Anoto partner, Longhand Data to report patient progress digitally back to its head quarters.
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BridgeHead Announces Integrated Protection and Recovery for Caché® Databases
BridgeHead Software has announced its Data Protection Suite for InterSystems Caché® databases, a backup and recovery solution that fully integrates with Caché to provide rapid and reliable management of hospital data. InterSystems Caché ® is an advanced object database at the heart of many hospital applications, including Electronic Medical Records (EMR) applications from Allscripts, Epic Systems, GE Healthcare, McKesson, Siemens, as well as InterSystems themselves.
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Isala Clinics in the Netherlands Speeds Up Radiology Workflow and Patient Throughput with Agfa HealthCare's IMPAX RIS/PACS
Agfa HealthCare has successfully implemented its latest IMPAX picture archiving and communication system (PACS) and radiology information system (RIS) at Isala Clinics in the Netherlands. Following a visit to Agfa HealthCare's demo site in Liege, Isala recognized that the solution would answer its needs for greater stability, very fast speed and excellent speech recognition.
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Philips' Second Quarter Results 2013 - Healthcare Sector
Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) announced that healthcare currency-comparable equipment order intake increased by 7% year-on-year, with both Imaging Systems and Patient Care & Clinical Informatics showing growth. Comparable sales were flat year-on-year as the growth at Customer Services, Patient Care & Clinical Informatics and Home Healthcare Solutions was offset by a decline at Imaging Systems due to soft order intake in the previous quarters.
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Anoto Scoops Award for Improving Patient Care While Achieving Savings of £600,000 a Year
Anoto, a leader in digital writing technology, announced that it has won the 'Technology & IT to improve Patient Safety' award at the annual Patient Safety Award dinner held at the prestigious Grosvenor House Hotel in London. Anoto won the award for the work it has done with the Gwent Frailty Programme in Wales.
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Wanted: Europe's Next Generation Digital Health Companies
Growing digital health start-ups from across Europe are being offered the chance to be part of Johnson & Johnson Innovation's inaugural Digital Health Masterclass, which is now calling for applications. Offering a springboard for the digital health influencers of tomorrow, the Masterclass will draw on the company's long-standing expertise in innovation to help these businesses achieve their next level of growth.
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