Virtualware Launches Therapeutic Video Game for Neurorehabilitation
Virtualware Health today announced the release of VirtualRehab 3.0, the first clinically validated therapeutic video game solution for Hand & Body therapy with CE approval. Designed for professional therapists who work with patients that suffer from severe neurological conditions, VirtualRehab 3.0 will help patients to improve balance and fine motor skills using clinically tested therapeutic games and motion capture technology powered by Microsoft's® Kinect Xbox One and Leap Motion®.
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Patients Reporting Better Quality of Communication by their Physician Show Improved Self-Care
New research shows that the quality of patient-physician communication, at the moment when additional oral type 2 diabetes (T2D) medication is prescribed ('add-on'), is linked to future patient self-care and well-being.(1) Data from the IntroDia™ Survey have quantitatively demonstrated this link in the largest international survey of its kind, using responses from 4,235 people with T2D across 26 countries.*(1)
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University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS) and NantHealth Partner to Deliver Precision Medicine for Cancer Patients
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS) and NantHealth today announced a strategic partnership with the aim of delivering and transforming cancer services using the most advanced molecular genomic and proteomic diagnostics, treatment decision support and unique IT integration capabilities for better informed precision treatment selection and care coordination.
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Lewisham and Greenwich Announce 5-Year Contract with Orion Health to Develop Integrated Health and Social Care Record
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust and Lewisham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) have announced they are partnering with global software provider Orion Health to deliver a person-centric electronic record that will provide health and social care professionals across parts of south east London with information at the point of care, enabling better, faster, and more informed clinical and care related decisions.
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Birmingham Dental Hospital and School of Dentistry Chooses Agfa HealthCare's Enterprise Imaging Unified Management Platform
Agfa HealthCare announces today that Birmingham Dental Hospital and School of Dentistry has chosen its Enterprise Imaging unified management platform, as well as the XERO Viewer, which will allow sharing of images throughout the hospital and beyond.
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Carestream's Healthcare IT Platforms Support Data Aggregation from Existing Systems for a More Holistic View of the Patient
Creating rapid, secure access to imaging data by on-site and off-site users is a major goal of informatics professionals attending the SIIM (Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine) conference held this year from May 28-30.
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Agfa HealthCare Integrates Nuance's Speech Recognition in its ORBIS Clinical Information System
Agfa HealthCare and Nuance Communications, Inc. have announced the integration of the newest version of Nuance's speech recognition software - 360 | SpeechAnywhere Services - in the ORBIS clinical information system (CIS).
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