Holst Centre and Philips Research Celebrate Successful Collaboration
Since 2005, Philips Research and a growing amount (35) of other industrial partners combine their innovation power at Holst Centre, an open-innovation initiative by imec (B) and TNO (NL), to take technology in the areas of wireless sensors and flexible electronics to the next level.
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Giraff Wins AAL Forum's Prestigious "Most Promising" Award
The Swedish company Giraff Technologies and the EU AAL ExCITE-project received top honors at the annual AAL Forum, being named the "most promising" innovation of the year out of nearly 100 products and projects. The three criteria for the award were innovation, potential to improve the quality of life for older adults and market potential.
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Philips Opens Hospital Research Area to Develop Innovative Healing Environments
Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) is stepping up its healthcare research into healing environments by opening a dedicated research facility at its Eindhoven-based Research Laboratories.
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Opinion Article: Cardiac Diagnostics in Practice Puts Patients' Best Interests at Heart
By Joshua Rowe, CEO of Broomwell Healthwatch.
Imagine that you start to experience unfamiliar chest pains. What would you do? Like most people, you're likely to call or visit your GP surgery and ask for an emergency appointment.
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NHS Wales Enhances Software Application Testing
Healthcare IT advisor and integrator Simpl creates a software application development testing framework for Informing Healthcare, the NHS technology programme in Wales. Now in use by a six-strong team, the testing framework refines and improves Informing Healthcare's previous application testing procedures and defines a consistent approach to in-house application testing across the organisation.
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NHS Plymouth has partnered with Tunstall to implement a telehealth programme that will support the management of long-term conditions (LTCs) for patients in Plymouth.
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Agfa HealthCare Shows its Most Comprehensive Digital Radiography Portfolio at JFR 2011
At the Journées Françaises de Radiologie (JFR) 2011, Agfa HealthCare is showing its most comprehensive digital radiography portfolio ever. These solutions address a broad diversity of imaging needs, delivering productivity and workflow improvement benefits, combined with very high image quality.
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