Joined-Up Health & Care Conference to Share Interoperability Stories from Lincolnshire to New York
InterSystems, a global leader in health information technology, will bring pioneers from across the world to Sutton Coldfield in May, to share ground-breaking stories on how joining-up health and social care is becoming a reality.
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New Oncology Workflow with Advanced Toolset can Help Improve Reading, Reporting for Cancer Patients
Carestream now offers an oncology reading workflow for PET/CT studies that equips clinicians with new native tools for its enterprise image management system that deliver both quantitative and qualitative information to help improve and expedite the reading process.
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Can We Make the Hospital a Safer Place at Night?
Opinion Article by Caroline Chapman, Nurse Consultant for Hospital at Night, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust.
In the dead of night, when the rest of the world sleeps, ward nurses up and down the country are calling the Hospital at Night service. They may be looking for a technician to take a blood sample or calling for medical help as one of their patients suddenly deteriorates.
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Agfa HealthCare and Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris Extend Collaboration on ORBIS Health Information System Project
Agfa HealthCare announces today that, following its original seven-year Health Information System deployment contract with Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) which achieved the deployment of ORBIS* at more than half of the AP-HP hospitals, the parties have extended their relationship for another four years with the signing of a new service agreement on 21 March, 2016.
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Evar Guidance Engine Software Makes Work Easier for Surgeons
At the Charing Cross Congress in London, Siemens Healthcare presents the Evar Guidance Engine software application package to support minimally invasive treatment of aortic aneurysms. This is the first application package that enables an automated workflow for stent placement with fusion imaging.
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IMS MAXIMS Successfully Awarded a Place on the New Digital Outcomes and Specialists Framework
IMS MAXIMS has been awarded a place on the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) new Digital Outcomes and Specialists (DOS) Framework. The DOS Framework is one of three complementary frameworks that all public sector organisations, including agencies and arm's length bodies, can use to procure cloud-based services,
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A Future without Desktops - Addressing Real Clinical Needs in a Mobile NHS
Opinion Article by Matthew Kybert, Systems Development & Integration Manager at The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
When clinicians in Hillingdon became the first in the country to access patients' Co-ordinate My Care alerts through a mobile application, there was an immediate impact. For the first time, doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals in the hospital were presented with important flags and information on their iPad Minis,
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