Nuance releases Dragon Medical 10
Nuance Communications has released the latest version of its Dragon Medical 10 speech recognition software for the healthcare sector, in the UK and Ireland. The firm says the new software is nearly twice as fast as the previous version and offers improved accuracy. Dragon Medical 10 allows doctors to create medical documents and e-mails, search […]
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Wikipedia-plus launches for medics
The Medpedia Project has launched a beta version of what it hopes will become the world’s largest online medical encyclopedia. The initial launch includes a collaborative knowledge base, a professional network and directory and communities of interest in which medical professionals and others will be able to discuss conditions, treatments and lifestyle issues. Since the […]
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Wales to build Centre for NanoHealth
Wales is to become home to what is thought to be Europe’s first centre for NanoHealth, to be built at Swansea University.
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Dubai hospital gets Philips iSite PACS
Tawam Hospital in Dubai, part of the United Arad Emirates, has celebrated the ‘go-live’ of Philips’ iSite Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS). The solution integrates with the hospital’s Cerner HIS/RIS, creating a paperless, filmless workflow for patients and care providers. In addition to being installed at the main hospital site, the iSite PACS also […]
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Map of Medicine publishes VTE pathway
The Map of Medicine has published a new pathways for the prevention of Venous Thromoembolism (VTE) in hospital patients, which is responsible for approximately 25,000 deaths in the UK each year. The new pathway should help support the Department of Health’s national policy that all patients admitted to hospital in England should receive a risk […]
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Siemens works with Hospital Clinic, Barcelona
Siemens Healthcare has signed an agreement with Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain, to integrate its diagnostic, imaging and information technology systems. The company and Hospital Clinic will initially focus on three areas – liver fibrosis, foetal medicine and colon cancer – and work together to develop new working practices to increase the early detection of disease […]
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European drugs to carry barcodes
Medicines sold across Europe will have to carry barcodes and other improved security mechanisms, under proposals unveiled by the European Commission to crack down on counterfeit drugs. The Commission says it aims to use technology to enable “total traceability" of all medicines bought in pharmacies or online. Even with the new measures, some repackaging will […]
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Perfect vision for health informatics
Representatives of international and regional e-health advocacy groups are meeting this week to agree plans for building “capacity” in the global health informatics workforce.
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European prize awarded for 3D patient modeling
A scientific pioneer in computational medical image analysis was this week awarded one of the largest international prizes in science, the Royal Society and Académie des Sciences Microsoft Award.
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