CSC (NYSE: CSC) has announced the incremental roll-out of a new suite of solutions and services to help healthcare organisations improve the quality and delivery of patient care at a time when budgets are under pressure.
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Frimley Park Hospital Foundation Trust Goes Live with Picis in Surgery and Critical Care
Picis announced that Frimley Park Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in Surrey, England has successfully implemented Picis integrated surgical, anesthesia, recovery room and critical care software solutions. The implementation is already helping Frimley Park improve its departments' productivity and efficiency, and further its initiatives to help improve patient safety.
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Online Video a Viable Way to Reach European Physicians in 2010
Nearly half of online physicians in Western Europe watch online video for professional purposes, according to the latest Taking the Pulse® Europe v9.0 study from pharmaceutical and healthcare market research company Manhattan Research.
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CSC Spearheads Growth in UK Healthcare with Two New Senior Appointments
CSC (NYSE: CSC) has made two new key appointments to its UK healthcare team. Paul Shannon has been named Medical Director and will be a key interface to NHS clinicians using CSC services. Andy Hall has been appointed Sales Director and will be responsible for leading the growth of new business within CSC's UK healthcare business.
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London's Primary Care Trusts to Monitor and Benchmark Performance via Online Portal Platform
Hitachi Consulting United Kingdom has completed the delivery of a significant online portal project for Commissioning Support for London (CSL). The creation of the new secure online portal provides National Health Service (NHS) commissioners with access to a set of tools to help them monitor how their providers are performing.
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Philips and bioMérieux Announce Partnership to Develop and Market Next-Generation Diagnostic Solutions
Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) and bioMérieux (NYSE Euronext: BIM) today announced that they have signed an agreement to jointly develop fully automated handheld diagnostic testing solutions for hospital use that can be deployed at the point-of-care - i.e. close to the patient. The collaboration aims to improve diagnosis and management of disease in critical care settings within hospitals (for example, Emergency Departments, Coronary Units and Intensive Care Units (ICUs)).
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GE Healthcare and Intel Expand Intel Health Guide Marketing Agreement to United Kingdom
GE Healthcare, a unit of GE (NYSE:GE), and Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) have expanded their sales and marketing agreement for the Intel Health Guide to include the United Kingdom. GE Healthcare already markets the Intel Health Guide in the United States.
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