King’s picks McKesson whiteboard system
One of London’s largest hospital trusts is to scrap its manual whiteboards and install a real time room and patient visibility system from McKesson. King’s College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is to install McKesson’s Horizon Enterprise Visibility, a visual control system designed specifically for hospitals, as part of its Releasing Time to Care: The […]
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Caring, sharing
Individual hospitals have PACS in place: but whatever happened to image sharing? Linda Davidson and Daloni Carlisle investigate.
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IMS Italy integrates Barco displays
Medical imaging specialist Barco has been awarded a major display contract from IMS for the delivery of clinical review displays. IMS (Internazionale Medico Scientifica) is an Italian specialist in breast imaging technologies, best known for Giotto Image. It will integrate the new MDRC displays into its Raffaello image acquisition workstations. ”We thoroughly evaluated Barco’s MDRC […]
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iSoft launches PACS product
iSoft has partnered with an Israeli software developer to launch its new picture archiving and communications-related image viewing software worldwide. The company developed the system in partnership with CDP Medical Developments, which already has its software installed in more than 250 sites. Already available, the new product aims to enhance iSoft’s global portfolio of IT […]
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NHS radiology kit rolled-out
The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement has sent trusts in England a new radiology kit to help departments improve their booking processes and reduce waiting times. Transforming your Radiology Services Kit: Focus on Booking Processes, intends to reduce the long waiting times often caused by a bottleneck in patient pathways as part of the […]
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Siemens begins i.s.h.med Soarian integration
Siemens has announced it has improved its SAP-based information system, i.s.h.med, by adding new modules and integrating primary components of its Soarian workflow solution for the first time. The integration comes as part of the latest offering by Siemens for i.s.h.med – Enhancement Package 4. The two new modules also have a similar design to […]
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GE to spend $6 billion on health tech
General Electric is to invest €4.5 billion ($6 billion) over the next six years in innovative healthcare technology, the firm announced yesterday.
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Barco establishes new reference site
Medical imaging specialist Barco has announced a new customer reference site at the Dienst Medische Beeldvorming. This is the medical imaging department serving the general hospital group AZ Groeninge in Kortrijk, Belgium – which is a “stone’s throw” from Barco’s headquarters and a long-standing Barco customer. As a global reference site, the Dienst Medische Beeldvorming […]
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FDA clears Carestream Health product
The US Food and Drug Administration has given marketing clearance to the DRX-1 System from Carestream Health. The company claims the DRX-1 is the industry’s first wireless digital radiography detector, and that now it has FDA clearance it will start taking orders and shipping within weeks. The system incorporates a console and a wireless cassette-sized […]
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Philips healthcare catches cold
Dutch consumer and health electronics giant Philips has reported a fourth quarter loss of €1.47bn (£1.4bn) and will cut 6,000 jobs. The company said the downturn has now reached the healthcare sector, particularly the key US market. Despite a 9% growth in sales the healthcare business was hit by a weak US hospital market and […]
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