IBM to Collaborate in Applying Watson Technology to Help Oncologists
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) have agreed to collaborate on the development of a powerful tool built upon IBM Watson in order to provide medical professionals with improved access to current and comprehensive cancer data and practices.
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GE & Partners Announce Winners of the First Stage of $100 Million "healthymagination Cancer Challenge"
GE (NYSE: GE) announced five innovation award winners as part of the first stage of its $100 million "GE healthymagination Cancer Challenge." More than 500 ideas from 40 countries were submitted, sparking robust conversations among more than 200 academic institutions and researchers on the Challenge's open innovation platform.
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50th UK syngo.via Milestone at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital
Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital has become the 50th hospital in the UK to install syngo®.via from Siemens Healthcare. The advanced client-server application is initially being used with a newly installed SOMATOM® Definition Flash CT for the swift collation, pre-processing and interpretation of clinical images.
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Plymouth Buys iSOFT Business Intelligence to Raise Labs Performance
iSOFT, a CSC company, has agreed a deal with Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust for a business intelligence tool to boost performance across its busy laboratory departments to deliver continuous service improvements.
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HCA International Selects FairWarning® Privacy Breach Detection Solution
FairWarning, Inc., the inventor and world's leading supplier of cross-platform solutions that monitor and protect patient privacy in Electronic Health Records, announced
HCA International has selected FairWarning® Privacy Breach Detection to enhance their patients' privacy.
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Dame Fiona Caldicott's Independent Patient Data Privacy Review Welcomed as a Critical Opportunity for the NHS
The announcement of Dame Fiona Caldicott's independent review into the protection of patient data has been welcomed as a critical opportunity for the NHS. FairWarning Inc, a global expert in the detection and prevention of electronic health record (EHR) data breaches, believes it could help lay the foundations for secure and trusted electronic healthcare, which will enable better patient outcomes.
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Tieto Mobile Solution Allows Askim to Lead the Way in Norway
The nurses in the Askim Municipality now have more time for patient care. The implementation in Askim of Tieto's improved mobile solution for reporting and documentation for community nursing has simplified employees' working lives.
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