IMS MAXIMS Named as Only EPR and PAS Open Source Supplier in Technology Fund Two Catalogue
IMS MAXIMS has been named as one of 11 open source suppliers in a 'catalogue' designed to support NHS England’s technology fund two, officially called the Integrated Digital Care Fund, which opened for applications last week.
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UK Renal Registry Chooses InterSystems HealthShare for Chronic Kidney Disease Monitoring and Reporting in Britain
InterSystems, a global leader in software for connected care, today announced that the UK Renal Registry has chosen InterSystems HealthShare® as its new national health informatics platform, gathering data from 84 adult and paediatric renal units, plus satellite haemodialysis units, on over 56,000 patients suffering from stage 5 chronic kidney disease (CKD).
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Integrated Care and Communication Across Sectors in New Zealand
Times are changing: the era of fragmented healthcare is nearing its end. Awareness has been growing in many health systems as a result of the major challenges which lie ahead - growing pressure on healthcare resources due to demographic change; increasing quality requirements, and tightening of budgets - can only be met by restructuring the whole approach to the provision of healthcare.
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Agfa HealthCare - First Quarter 2014
Impacted by adverse currency effects, Agfa HealthCare's revenue decreased by 11.6 percent. On a currency comparable basis, the decrease amounted to 7.8 percent. A major part of the film revenue decline of the Imaging segment is attributable to the weak performance in the emerging markets. In the segment's digital radiography business (consisting of Computed Radiography, Direct Radiography and the hardcopy business), the DR product range continued its strong growth.
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NHS Trust Deploys Mobile Electronic Observation Solution to Reduce Patient Mortality
Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust (HEY) have agreed a five year deal with Nervecentre to deliver their e-Observations Decision Support System trust-wide. The solution, the deployment of which has been speeded up through an award from the £100m Nursing Technology Fund, will enable the trust to reduce mortality, improve patient safety and reduce harm.
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(Opinion Article) Mobile Technology: Switching on Community Healthcare
By Colin Reid, CEO, TotalMobile.
As care continues to shift further away from the hospital environment to a more local setting, it has never been more important to find innovative solutions to boost productivity for staff working in the community. Yet, as profound technology advances continue to revolutionise the way we conduct our lives, from online banking to Internet shopping, it seems that the NHS is failing to keep up.
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iMDsoft's Clinical Information System chosen by Uppsala County Council in Sweden
iMDsoft® announced that Uppsala County Council in Sweden chose MetaVision® as the Clinical Information System (CIS) for their high acuity environment county-wide. The project will encompass a total of 235 beds. The system will be implemented in Uppsala University Hospital and Enköping Hospital, in units spanning general, thoracic, neonatal and neuro ICUs, ORs and post anesthesia care units.
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