European hospitals share real-time videos
Hospitals in Norway, Italy and Spain have been linked together using an advanced video conferencing system enabling them to share real-time images of surgery for training and diagnosis. The systems were linked as part of a demonstration at the Terena Networking Conference in Malaga this week, intended to show how similar telemedicine systems could improve […]
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Simulator trains surgeons to be more efficient
Danish research has found that using simulators to train surgeons can make them twice as quick and more precise when operating.
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EU issues privacy guidance for RFID
The European Union has issued new recommendations covering the future use of bar codes and radio frequency identification devices (RFID) to ensure they respect privacy. The directive says Europeans should be able to have control over smart chips, a worldwide market predicted to rapidly grow in the next decade, while still being able to easily […]
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Hospital uses Twitter for live surgery updates
Micro-blogging service Twitter has been used by US surgeons to provide real-time updates on a live robot-assisted surgical procedure.
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Barco sells Advanced Visualization to Toshiba
Belgian medical imaging specialist Barco has announced that the company closed the divestment operation of its Advanced Visualization (AVIS) activities to Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation, Tokyo, Japan. Based in Edinburgh, Scotland, the AVIS group specialises in 3D clinical software, marketed worldwide under the product names ‘Voxar 3D’ and ‘Voxar 3D Enterprise’. Toshiba now owns all […]
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Commission sets out steps on patient safety
The European Commission has published proposals designed to improve patient safety and reduce the number of patients who suffer harm from the healthcare they received. One of the main recommendations is to improve the data collection, recording and reporting on medical errors. Each year, three million people are estimated to acquire Healthcare Associated Infections in […]
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Carestream supports Ebay for radiologists
Carestream Health is to provide technical infrastructure to the European Union-funded project to create an Ebay-style online market for radiology services.
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Picis launches real-time theatre dashboard
Theatre systems specialist, Picis, has launched a real-time dashboard to provide hospital perioperative departments with real time clinical analytics. Originally developed for the US market and now launched in Europe, the new clinical analytics software forms part of the Picis CareSuite family of products. The business intelligence system is designed for use in the perioperative […]
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IBM develop simulator for osteoporosis
IBM’s Zurich Research Laboratory and scientists of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH) have developed a new system which provides extensive simulation of real human bone structures, providing doctors with a high definition view of the strength or fragility of bones. The company says the new system could lead to better clinical tools […]
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Safer surgery tool launched by WHO
The World Health Organisation has devised a new safety checklist designed to help cut the number of preventable surgical complications and deaths. Currently, the checklist is only available on paper, but its developer Professor Atul Gawande of Harvard University, told E-Health Europe, that work was underway to create an electronic version. The checklist identifies three phases of […]
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