Philips Launches Ambient Experience Preparation & Recovery Bay to Support Patients and Staff Before and After Medical Procedures
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, announced the introduction of its Ambient Experience preparation & recovery bay in the U.S. Combining the creative use of colored dynamic lighting and video, this new offering provides patients with a uniquely personalized environment that delivers positive distraction and active relaxation to reduce pre-operative stress and enhance the post-operative recovery environment.
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Sandoz Healthcare Access Challenge #SandozHACk Returns, Seeking Digital Solutions to Local Healthcare Access Challenges
Sandoz, the Novartis generics and biosimilars division, today announces the launch of the second Sandoz Healthcare Access Challenge (HACk). The #SandozHACk is a global competition that invites entrepreneurs and innovators in the field of digital technology to submit inspirational ideas with the potential to complement - or even positively disrupt - established approaches to driving access to healthcare.
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Siemens Healthineers Celebrates the Opening of its New Corporate Headquarters in Erlangen
At a special ceremony, employees, the Managing Board and the Supervisory Board of Siemens Healthineers celebrated the official opening of the company's new corporate headquarters in Erlangen together with politicians and prominent healthcare figures.
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Allscripts' UK Growth Recognised in KLAS EMR Report
Allscripts’ rapid growth in the UK and high levels of customer satisfaction have been recognised in a KLAS performance report into the European electronic medical record market. The independent research, which tracks contract wins and the views of healthcare professionals about vendors and products, says Europe is 'one of the most dynamic and competitive EMR markets in the world.'
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Siemens Healthineers and STORZ MEDICAL Plan Sales Partnership for Urology
On the occasion of the 70th annual congress of the German Society for Urology, DGU, Siemens Healthineers and STORZ MEDICAL have announced plans to enter into a sales partnership agreement. As part of their collaboration, the two companies plan to market each other's systems to give their customers, and their customers' patients, access to the latest technologies for diagnostic imaging in urology and non-invasive and minimally invasive therapy.
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Brainlab and Magic Leap Partner in Digital Surgery
Brainlab has announced a strategic development partnership with Florida-based Magic Leap, a developer of proprietary spatial computing solutions that help users enrich their real world experience by integrating digital content within their physical world.
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Connecting Care Goes Live with a Care Connect API for Safer Prescribing
The Connecting Care Interoperability Programme has gone live with its first Care Connect FHIR API so staff working with homeless and vulnerable people can see if they have a prescription for Opioid Substitution Therapy (OST) drugs.
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