Victoria Community Hospital, UK, 'Fast Forwards' to Digital Imaging with Fully Automatic Agfa HealthCare DX-D 600 DR Room
Agfa HealthCare announces that the Victoria Community Hospital, part of the Dorset HealthCare University NHS Trust, has replaced its analog X-ray room with a fully automatic DX-D 600 direct radiography (DR) system with MUSICA workstation. The new room, which will offer the local community a vital health resource, was officially opened on 24 September 2014 by the Mayor of Wimborne, Councillor Andy Hampton.
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Barts Health Wins "Digital NHS Trust of the Year"
The largest healthcare organisation in the country, Barts Health NHS Trust has recently been awarded a prestigious technology and transformation award, EHealth Insider's 'Digital NHS Trust of the Year' for excellence in IT innovation and e-health.
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Cerner is Partnering with Health Social Innovators
Cerner established a partnership with the Health Social Innovators programme to help healthcare start-ups develop their products and solutions into viable businesses. Health Social Innovators, a partnership between Healthbox, Numbers4Good, UCL Business, Trafford Housing Trust, Janssen Healthcare Innovation and established with support from the Cabinet Office under the Social Incubator Fund, launched its first accelerator programme for healthcare ventures with a social impact last week.
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Allscripts Launches New Mobile Acute Care Solution Designed for Nursing Professionals
Allscripts (NASDAQ: MDRX) has introduced Sunrise Mobile Careā¢, a new mobile application for the Allscripts Sunrise EHR that delivers valuable medication, order and result information to the mobile devices of nurses and other clinicians.
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Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust Upgrades to Agfa HealthCare's Digital Radiography
Agfa HealthCare announces that it has been successfully installing two new DX-G digitizers and seven CR 30-X computed radiography (CR) systems as part of a digital radiography update at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust. The digitizers support both standard phosphor plates and needle-based detectors, providing state-of-the-art image quality for the next generation in digital radiography across a broad range of applications.
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MSC Cruises Benefit from Collaborative Agreement Between Carestream Health and Italy's Gaslini Institute
MSC Cruises has become the first cruise line to offer a 24/7, multilingual pediatric telemedicine service on board its entire fleet thanks to an agreement with the renowned Instituto Giannina Gaslini Children's Hospital in Genoa, Italy.
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Philips' Third Quarter Results 2014 - Healthcare Sector
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) has reported Q3 sales of EUR 5.5 billion and operational results of EUR 536 million. Healthcare comparable sales grew by 1% year-on-year. The EBITA margin, excluding restructuring costs and various charges, was 12%, a decrease of 2.6 percentage points year-on-year.
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