Barco upgrades 3D imaging software
Image from Version 6.3 of Voxar 3D Belgium medical imaging specialist Barco has released an updated version of its Voxar 3D advanced visualisation software suite, integrated into Agfa’s IMPAX picture archiving and communication system. Version 6.3 of Voxar is said to provide streamlined imaging workflow, enabling physicians to read and report their studies faster and […]
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IBA tells investors Lorenzo will launch in November
In its first annual report since acquiring UK health software vendor iSoft, for £166m last August, IBA Health on Monday reported that revenues have almost quadrupled to £168m, up from £35m in 2007. The Australian company said the first version of its long delayed Lorenzo strategic software will have a “global launch” this November. A […]
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Agfa Health has weak second quarter sales
Belgium-based Agfa-Gevaert reported that its healthcare division experienced falling sales for the second quarter of 2008. The company said that performance was down due to the strong euro, delays in its new PACS system and the high cost of silver, used in the wet film processes that still account for half the business group’s sales. […]
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Chasing a chimera
Dr John Somers of Nottingham City Hospital explains how England’s PACS programme is hoping to make PACS the repository for all radiological images.
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Leicester implements ‘interim’ order comms
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust has carried out the first phase of the deployment of an interim order communications system supplied by iSoft, delivered by Computer Sciences Corporation. The implementation – initially to a small number of wards – is the first time under the National Programme for IT in the NHS that local […]
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InterSystems and Hayes partner on integration
Healthcare database and integration specialist InterSystems, has signed a partnership agreement with Hayes Management Consulting, to find new ways of offering expanded integration technology to healthcare IT markets worldwide. Management consultancy Hayes plans to develop affordable packaged software, such as business process and activity dashboards, using the InterSystems Ensemble integration platform to bring disparate healthcare […]
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European PACS market to reach €650m by 2014
The European Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS) market is set to grow to €650m in 2014, according to a new report by Frost & Sullivan. The research says the market for PACS, although mature in some parts of the region such as northern Europe, offers promising opportunities throughout the continent. The study says there […]
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LISs to LIPs with the Health Informatics Review
The much anticipated Health Informatics Review only comes close to setting a new direction for the national programme. But it has many other ideas to drive informatics in the NHS.
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IMEC boosts wireless ECG patch
Flexible core of IMEC’s smart ECG patch. A new wireless patient monitoring ECG patch has been developed for cardiac monitoring by IMEC Belgium, an independent research center in nanoelectronics and nanotechnology. The innovative flexible ECG patch is intended to monitor single-lead ECG in individual’s daily-life conditions, providing new opportunities for cardiovascular disease management. The patch can […]
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Israeli medical centre to roll out active RFID
European RFID specialist Wavetrend Technologies has signed a deal with the newly built Ashdod Medical Centre in Southern Israel, to instal active RFID ports across the building to monitor movements of patients and assets. Working in partnership with Isreali system integration company, Ardan Control Tech, Wavetrend will install an infrastructure of active RFID for asset […]
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