Medway is First to Implement Advanced Health & Care's Advanced Community System
Medway Community Healthcare, a community interest company, is the first to implement the newly launched community healthcare system, Advanced Community, from Advanced Health & Care (Advanced).
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Agfa HealthCare at ECR 2012
Agfa HealthCare announces that at ECR 2012 it will demonstrate how its products and portfolios create complete and integrated solutions to meet the specific needs of healthcare facilities at the departmental, hospital and regional levels, regardless of size, workflow design or budgetary considerations.
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Industry Supports European Commission in Strengthening Medical Devices Legislation
he European medical technology industry recognises the need to strengthen the current European regulatory framework for medical devices. Eucomed, the European industry association for medical technology, compliments the European Commission on its swift reaction and clear proposal for a joint plan of immediate measures to strengthen the European medical devices legislation.
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Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust Goes Live with Clinical Portal
The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust has announced the go-live of its clinical portal across the trust. The portal will allow vital patient information, stored on a variety of systems, to be called up in a single view and in real-time reducing the length of clinic times and improving patient care and services.
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PENTAX Launches the World's First HD Video Brochoscope
PENTAX Life Care, experts in high definition endoscopy, has introduced the world's first HD (high definition) video bronchoscope. The newest addition to PENTAX Life Care's well established range of high definition HD+ endoscopes, the EB-1990i HD+ Bronchoscope sets a new standard for state-of-the-art bronchoscopy and provides incomparable image quality in pulmonology.
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GE, Microsoft Share Plans for New Joint Venture, Caradigm
General Electric Co. (GE), through its healthcare IT business, and Microsoft Corp. announced several developments for their planned 50-50 joint venture. The new company, to be named Caradigmâ„¢, is expected to launch in the first half of 2012, pending customary closing conditions.
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Philips and Catharina Hospital Collaborate to Highlight Innovation in Heart Rhythm Disorder Treatment
Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) and the Catharina Hospital in the Netherlands, a leading interventional cardiology center, have teamed up to showcase current solutions and future developments that shape the diagnosis and minimally invasive treatment of heart rhythm disorders.
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