Maastricht University, Philips and Medtronic jointly created an executive course for hospital managers addressing the need to improve entrepreneurialism in health care. During the course, the best Lean Sigma practices from the industry will be shared - a globally proven concept for translating strategy into concrete results with the aim of improving organizations in the longer term. 
Carestream Health announced it has shipped its 15,000th tabletop CR system, driven by strong worldwide demand for its affordable, reliable computed radiography systems across Asia, China, Europe, Japan, Latin America, Middle East and the United States. 
Steve Freeborn, a renowned pharmacist and contributor to the landmark report on medication errors, 'A Spoonful of Sugar - Medicines management in NHS hospitals', will be among the speakers at iSOFT-sponsored e-prescribing conferences at Wembley on 20 October and Old Trafford on 10 November. 
Agfa HealthCare announces the launch of a new joint program with Barco to refresh the diagnostic display systems that are running IMPAX PACS (picture archiving and communication systems) solutions. 
InterSystems, a global leader in software for connected care, has been positioned in the Visionaries quadrant of Gartner, Inc.'s Magic Quadrant for Global Enterprise electronic health record (EHR ) Systems.(1) The InterSystems TrakCare™ Web-based, unified healthcare information system was reviewed by Gartner for this report. 
Voice Technologies has developed a new interface based on SpeechMagic for the HSS CRIS Radiology Information System, the national radiology system for the NHS in England, in use in 80% of hospitals throughout the UK. 
Luminos Agile is Siemens' first under-table X-ray system with a flexible height-adjustable table. Patients with mobility issues will now find it easier to mount the table, while staff will be able to perform procedures on patients during fluoroscopy more conveniently than ever before.