Carestream Health launched
The Euro 1.71bn (USD 2.35 bn) deal to transfer Kodak Health Group to its new Canadian owners is complete and the new acquisition has been officially re-named Carestream Health Inc. An announcement about the completion was made today (1 May) by the group’s new owners, Onex Corporation whose managing director, Robert M Le Blanc said: “Carestream Health […]
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BT to create London PACS archive by September
Having deployed Picture Archiving and Communications Systems to all 23 trusts in London by the end of last month, BT is now beginning work on a medical imaging archive which will be able to store and access images from across the cluster into one central image repository. The local service provider to the London cluster has […]
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Mayday sees PACS benefits
Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust was one of the first sites in London to get BT’s Philips PACS system in London. EHI’s Joe Fernandez visited the trust to find out the difference it’s made to patient care.
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iSoft completes eight RIS installations in London
iSoft’s RadCentre radiology information system has been installed successfully into eight London trusts as part of a £3.9m deal with BT under the National Programme for IT, the company announced yesterday. RadCentre is iSoft’s radiology information system (RIS) designed to deliver radiology support across a multi-user computer network, enabling personal computers to be linked to […]
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Atos Origin’s £257m DH diagnostics contract suspended
A £257m contract for diagnostic services in North-west and South-west England awarded to Atos Origin last December has been suspended after the Department of Health (DH) ordered an independent review following concerns about quality and administrative procedures. Atos Origin had been working with eight PCTs in the North-west since December but some ultrasound and MRI scan […]
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Cerner deal signed to aid 18 week wait target
Healthcare information technology specialist, Cerner, will be helping trusts in North-west and South-west England to meet the government target for a maximum 18 week wait from GP referral to treatment. The US-based firm has been awarded two contracts for an integrated solution to support diagnostic imaging services based on Cerner’s PAS (patient administration system) and RIS/PACS […]
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NPfIT ‘needs re-evaluating to be a success’
Connecting for Health must look at three key things – scalability, complexity and availability if the National Programme for Information Technology is to be a success, according to a panel of industry professionals. Speaking at the Healthcare Computing 2007 conference in Harrogate, the panel said that the size and complexity of the NPfIT programme had […]
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Cancer centre chooses new radiation imaging software
The Velindre Cancer Centre in Cardiff, Wales is set to deploy a new Image Guided Radiation Therapy system called Elekta Synergy in order to be able to view high resolution images at the time of therapy. Elekta Synergy has been designed to aid consultants visualise internal structures, including soft tissues, in three dimensions within the […]
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Kodak Health to be renamed Carestream Health
Eastman Kodak Health Group will be renamed Carestream Health Inc once the sale of the company to Canada’s Onex Corporation is completed. As EHI reported in January Kodak sold its health company to the Canadian corporation in a deal worth just over $2.5bn. Kodak previously branded its digital medical imaging and IT products under the name […]
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‘Nurse bots’ to be developed by 2010
The European Union is funding scientists to develop ‘nurse bots’, mechanised robots designed to perform basic tasks such as mopping up spillages, taking messages and guiding visitors to hospital beds. It is hoped that in the future teams of bots working together may be used to help ease pressure on hospitals and free staff to spend […]
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