Agfa enters talks to sell healthcare IT business to Dedalus
If proposed conditions such as regulatory approvals and employee consultations are met, the deal could be completed by Q2 2020.
Clinical Software

Special Report: RIS
With the shortage of radiologists showing no signs of abating – and the demand for scans increasing year on year – attention understandably continues to fall on how technology might help. Can radiology information systems be the key to better management of workload? And will artificial intelligence make a difference? Kim Thomas reports.
Clinical Software

Special report: RIS and imaging
As PACS and RIS have advanced, and as the needs of the market have evolved, the separate but complementary roles of each are becoming blurrier. Claire Read reports.
Clinical Software

25,000 patient radiology records affected in HSE computer system
It has been revealed that a data fault has affected 25,000 patient records and diagnostic images in the Health Service Executive (HSE) computer system.
News 1

Special report: BI and analytics
Lyn Whitfield explores the rapidly developing discipline of population health management, while Kim Thomas looks at how trusts can make more use of their imaging data.
AI and Analytics

50 suppliers on updated NHS Supply Chain imaging framework
A new national framework contract for clinical systems has been released, covering more than 50 suppliers with a focus on imaging.
Clinical Software

Special report: Radiology information systems
Increasingly, trusts need to collaborate on reporting on images to cope with demand. Is that best done using a RIS or another core IT system? Kim Thomas reports.
Clinical Software

National PACS exit on track
Trusts that still need to exit national digital imaging contracts are on track to do so by June 2016, according to the Health and Social Care Information Centre.
Clinical Software

UCLH RIS gets emergency upgrade
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has carried out an emergency upgrade of its aging radiology information system to resolve a backlog in imaging caused by system issues.
News

Kent trusts in legal talks over GE RIS
Four trusts in Kent and Medway are in legal discussions with GE Healthcare over problems with the implementation of the company’s radiology information system.
News