Integrating Patient Data to Improve Health and Social Care
Patient's current and historical records, sourced across multiple clinical IT systems, can now be accessed via a new web-based solution called CareInform. Developed by Stalis, a provider of 'end to end' data and resource management solutions, it offers users across all health and social care settings a complete long-term view of a patient's health conditions and treatments based on a single integrated repository.
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EyeBrain Launches New Software to Measure Eye Movement Disorders in Children
EyeBrain, a company that develops brain function markers for neurological and psychiatric conditions, announces the launch of a new application to measure eye movement disorders in children when reading. This new medical software, known as "Reading Application", enables specialists to automatically and quickly assess eye movement parameters in their patients when reading and in particular pinpoint disorders affecting the control of both eyes.
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Beckman Coulter Use InterSystems Ensemble Integration Platform to Streamline Automated Pathology Services
InterSystems, a global leader in software for connected care, announced that Beckman Coulter, one of the world's leading manufacturers of clinical diagnostic equipment, is using InterSystems Ensemble® to improve the way samples are processed in hospital laboratories around the UK. Ensemble is a platform for the rapid integration and development of connectable applications.
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Philips CarePartners Mobile App Helps Ease the Burden of Caregiver Coordination
Royal Philips Electronics (AEX: PHIA, NYSE: PHG) announced the release of CarePartners Mobile, a new mobile app designed to help family caregivers coordinate the support they provide their loved ones. The free app, which is available for iPhone and Android, streamlines care coordination, enabling caregivers to:
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Opinion Article: Building an Innovative & Cost Effective Health System in Europe
By Elena Bonfiglioli, Senior Director for Health, Public Sector EMEA.
Health modernization empowers citizens to take greater control over the management of their health. Citizens are increasingly demanding personalized health information and quality care. Adopting information communication technology (ICT) in healthcare, therefore, is critical for its transformative nature that provides citizens access to personalized data which can increase levels of transparency and allow patients to make more informed decisions.
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IBM Delivers New Software to Help Organizations Build Smarter Products
IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced new software to help organizations bring intelligence to the products, systems and applications people use everyday. From creation to development and delivery, the new software simplifies the entire process enabling organizations to reduce costs, address compliance and regulatory requirements and ultimately get innovative products to market quickly.
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Opinion Article: Build and They Will Come
By Wayne Parslow, Vice President of Harris Healthcare EMEA.
It is no secret that IT in healthcare is less advanced than in most other industries. Anyone looking in from banking, where highly personal financial information is continuously and securely shared, or from a background where social media is actively used to publish locations, photos, thoughts and messages on a daily basis, would probably find themselves struggling to get to grips with the way that patient information is stored on a piece of paper in the place where the patient was treated.
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