University of Bradford and Philips Collaborate to Bring Digital Pathology Training to Students
The University of Bradford is collaborating with Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) to provide hi-tech, digital pathology training for both undergraduate and graduate students, a unique offering in the UK. Part of the School of Life Sciences, the Bradford Pathology program is using Philips Digital Pathology Solutions to educate students in the design and delivery of diagnostic pathology in the context of the modern laboratory.
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Opinion Article: How the NHS Can Sweat its Data Assets
By Dr. Chris Tackaberry, CEO of Clinithink.
At a time of increasing demand and dwindling resources, organisations such as the NHS have an opportunity to exploit two of the most valuable assets they already hold, that is information about those who use its services, and the technology to record this. NHS hospitals are able to use an electronic patient record (EPR) as the system to bring these assets together.
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Agfa HealthCare Launches DX-D 40 for Instant DR
Agfa HealthCare has announced the launch of its DX-D 40 digital detector with Automatic Exposure Detection (AED), offering a fast and easy way for radiography facilities to benefit from high-quality digital imaging using any X-ray equipment. Wireless and cable-free, it allows healthcare facilities, regardless of size or budget, to cost-effectively upgrade film and Computed Radiography (CR) mobile X-ray units to Digital Radiography (DR).
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EMIS Group Expands Community Reach
EMIS Group has been awarded two more major contracts to provide connected community care for nearly 1 million NHS patients in the north and south of England. The news brings to six the number of major community, children's and mental health contracts announced by the Group this year, further extending its reach in this marketplace across the UK.
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Temple Street Children's Hospital Goes Live with Orion Health Clinical Portal
Dublin's Temple Street Children's University Hospital (TSCUH) has gone live with Orion Health's Clinical Portal as part of a major ICT transformation that is in accordance with the country's eHealth strategy. For the first time, clinicians can access patient data from a range of critical sources including patient administration system, lab system, radiology, theatre and the emergency department, in a single place, helping them have more time to care for the thousands of children they treat every year.
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ICW Makes a Substantial Strategic Commitment to Focus on the U.S. Market
InterComponentWare AG (ICW), an international eHealth company headquartered in Walldorf, Germany, has invested substantially over the last two years to strongly focus on the current and future needs of the U.S. healthcare market, especially in the areas of Care Coordination and Care Management.
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Philips Inaugurates a New Imaging Systems Refurbishment Facility in Best, the Netherlands
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) has inaugurated a new healthcare imaging systems refurbishment facility in Best, the Netherlands. The new facility marks the next step in bringing the financial and environmental benefits of circular economy to the healthcare industry.
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