Agfa HealthCare and Västra Götalandsregionen, Sweden, Sign Regional Enterprise Imaging Frame Agreement
Agfa HealthCare announces the signing of a framework agreement with Västra Götalandsregionen, Sweden, for a contract covering a radiology information system/picture archiving and communication system (RIS/PACS) for the region's 18 hospitals.
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The Biggest Cost to Healthcare is not Learning from Best Practice
Opinion Article by Vivek Patkar, Chief Medical Officer, Deontics. If the recent publication of the Atlas of Variation shows the human costs of unwarranted variation across the NHS; then The Kings Fund's Better Value in the NHS report showed the financial cost.
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New Head of Analytics to Help Healthcare Target Interventions for Better Outcomes
A new head of analytics at the UK arm of MedeAnalytics, a pioneer in health analytics, is to help healthcare planners and frontline staff understand which patients, across their entire local population, are at risk of specific adverse events and what interventions will work for individual patients as a means of prevention.
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Agfa HealthCare Named #1 Enterprise Imaging IT Vendor in New 2015 Trends in Medical Imaging Technology Report
Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of diagnostic imaging and healthcare IT solutions, has been identified as the Number 1 Enterprise Imaging solution based on an industry survey of over 500 healthcare providers. Agfa HealthCare's Enterprise Imaging solution enables caregivers to create, collaborate, exchange, and manage a comprehensive medical imaging record throughout the continuum of care.
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Medelinked Partners with Samsung S Health
Medelinked has been appointed a Samsung S Health partner and the Medelinked App is now available for Galaxy and other Android devices in Google Play via S Health.
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Largest Global Study on mHealth Released
The mHealth App Developer Economics 2015, which has been conducted for the fifth time this year is the largest global study on mHealth app publishing. It focuses on the current status of the mHealth app market and provides an outlook of market trends over the next five years.
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Mobile Technology - a New Infection Risk?
Opinion Article by Mike Casey, CEO of FutureNova, former NHS CIO.
Before the advent of modern medicine, a stay in hospital was a risky business - in a crowded, dirty ward, an infection could spread like wildfire. The introduction of good hygiene practices, followed by the development of penicillin, resulted in a dramatic fall in infection rates.
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