HFMA and Net.Orange Join Forces to Help NHS Organisations Accelerate the Integration of Care
HFMA and Net.Orange have announced a partnership to assist health economies in the UK implement an integrated care delivery model. The partnership will provide critical advisory services and technology to help commissioning and provider organisations in the NHS to improve health outcomes, reduce acute care dependency (e.g. reducing readmissions) and realise financial and productivity gains.
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Bruker to Acquire Carestream's Preclinical In-vivo Imaging Business
Carestream Health and Bruker have entered into an agreement for Bruker to purchase the preclinical in-vivo imaging equipment product portfolio and related assets from Carestream's Molecular Imaging business. Financial terms of the agreement are not being disclosed.
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Philips Launches Multi-Year Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign
Building on its foundation of fighting breast cancer, Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) has announced the launch of a multi-year, global commitment to support Breast Cancer Awareness across all sectors of its business. The campaign aims to raise awareness, support research and inspire and educate women through a range of activities within and outside the organisation, such as expert Q&A sessions and inspiring illuminations.
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Carestream Fit For Screening Workshops Visit Poland
For a number of years, Carestream's popular Fit For Screening (FFS) workshop has visited Poland. This year's workshop will take place in Warsaw on 19th - 20th October and as usual will be presented by eminent clinician Prof. Dr. Roland Holland of the National Expert and Training Centre for Breast Cancer Screening in Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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GP Surgeries in North Central London Launch Mobile Services
Patients of GP practices in North Central London including Enfield, Barnet, Haringey, Camden and Islington will soon start receiving appointment reminders and health information via text message. Already in use by a large number of practices in the area this service aims to improve patient access to GP services, reduce unnecessary visits to A&E as well as informing patients about important NHS services such as cancer screening and seasonal flu immunisation.
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FairWarning® Urges Dame Fiona to Take Critical Action to Protect Patient Privacy
FairWarning®, the inventor and global leader in patient privacy monitoring solutions, has written an open letter to Dame Fiona Caldicott in response to the consultation process for her Information Governance Review. The letter argues that until it becomes mandatory for trusts to build patient privacy into NHS IT systems, the ever-present risk of major data breaches will remain - and the full patient benefits of electronic based healthcare will not be realised.
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Opinion Article: The Missing Link in True NHS Integration
By Shane Tickell, CEO, IMS MAXIMS.
As an acceptance grows across the NHS that there is a crucial need for integration across health and social care, the extent to which our National Health Service is disjointed is becoming increasingly clear.
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