Philips buys Chinese patient monitoring firm
Royal Philips Electronics has acquired Shenzhen Goldway Industrial, a Chinese patient monitoring company, for an undisclosed sum. Goldway, which is the second largest patient monitor company in China, will become part of the patient monitoring business within Philips’ Healthcare sector. The deal is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2008. The acquisition […]
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Philips provides speech-recognition to Oslo hospital
Philips has agreed a new deal to deploy SpeechMagic across the Ulleval University Hospital in Oslo, Norway’s largest clinical centre. The hospital will roll out SpeechMagic to more than 1,000 physicians across all medical specialties. Once completed in early 2009, Philips says the implementation is expected to be the world’s largest deployment of front-end speech […]
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Philips buys Tomcat Systems
Dutch IT giant Royal Philips Electronics has announced it will acquire Tomcat Systems Ltd, a Northern Ireland-based supplier of cardiac information systems, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Tomcat provides integrated cardiac care software said to provide a comprehensive, patient-centric presentation of patient data and the ability to address both clinical and operational needs. […]
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E-Health Europe’s industry news roundup 29.02.08
In the first of a new fortnightly series, E-Health Europe rounds up the European industry news for the week ending 29 February. GEN2PHEN Project – using the Web to study genetic variations A new project funded by the European Union now aims to harness the Web to capture and unify genetic information that impacts a […]
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Hi-tech bed sheets to monitor heart rate
Patient’s heart being monitored via bed sheet. Philips Research is to pilot a new bed with built-in sensors and the ability to measure heart rate, breathing rate and body movement of a patient whilst they sleep. It is hoped the bed could help with the treatment of heart conditions. The four-year pilot will be part of […]
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iSoft adds Philips real-time speech recognition
iSoft’s RadCentre radiology information system will now offer real-time speech recognition, as part of its ongoing integration with Philips SpeechMagic technology. The upgrade means that dictations will appear instantly as text on screen, speeding up the time to produce critical radiology reports and share patient diagnoses. SpeechMagic is currently an optional extra for RadCentre users. […]
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Philips buys patient monitoring specialist Visicu
Royal Philips Electronics has agreed to acquire US-based clinical IT firm Visicu for around €290m, to expand its patient monitoring business.
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Philips to buy US medical alarm firm
Royal Philips Electronics is to acquire US-based Emergin, a provider of software allowing transmission of medical alarm signals throughout hospitals. Emergin will become part of the patient monitoring business unit within Philips’ Healthcare sector, expanding its range of health IT capabilities, particularly in the area of patient monitoring. Over the past five years, Emergin has […]
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SpeechMagic to integrate with RadConsult
Philips’ speech recognition platform, SpeechMagic, is to be integrated with Elsevier’s new RadConsult radiology diagnostic reference system, Royal Philips Electronics and Elsevier announced yesterday. The integration will allow customers, and the partners of both parties, to use industrial grade speech recognition, with access to radiological information, to assist them in increasing productivity and reducing medical […]
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Remote monitoring first for Amsterdam hospital
St. Lucas Andreas Hospital has become the first in the Netherlands to introduce a remote monitoring system for cardiac patients into its daily operations.
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