Empowering Laboratories of the Future: The Urgent Need for Clinical Context
Opinion Article by Martin Wilkinson, Director of Product Introduction, Strategy and User Adoption at InterSystems.Laboratories across the world still work largely in isolation to clinical providers. Even today, in the digital age of sharing information, a large majority of laboratory professionals are not given the full clinical perspective on the very patients they are carrying out tests for, something that must change with urgency.
The cloud-based teamplay(1) platform from Siemens Healthineers has recently been awarded the German "Seal of Privacy for IT products" of the Independent Centre for Privacy Protection Schleswig-Holstein (ULD) as well as the European Privacy Seal (EuroPriSe). 
Nuance Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: NUAN) today announced general availability of Dragon® Medical Advisor, its latest Computer-Assisted Physician Documentation (CAPD) solution that fits naturally into existing Dragon Medical and physician workflows, to help healthcare organizations improve the completeness and accuracy of medical records. 
Carestream will return to the Medica trade fair in Düsseldorf this year to present its latest digital imaging developments on booth number 10E65 in Hall 10. Medica will take place from 14 - 17 November. It is the world's leading trade fair for the medical industry, with over 130,000 visitors from more than 120 countries expected to attend. It provides an excellent opportunity for those attending to learn more about current and future trends in patient care. 
Medisch Spectrum Twente (MST), a new 670-bed hospital in the Dutch city of Enschede, has chosen Ascom Unite as its communication platform. The Ascom Unite solution integrates and centrally manages a range of the hospital’s vital information and communications systems such as nurse call and critical alarms. 
NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS), a leading provider of business support services to the NHS, has secured three-year contracts with University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) and the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust. As part of the contract, the current payroll and pensions services have been migrated to the NHS SBS Southampton Centre of Excellence and went live on 3rd October.