Search Tag: IT

2013 10 Jun

Agfa HealthCare has released ICIS™ View 3.0*, the medical images and results viewer. ICIS View 3.0 allows access to patient imaging data from any PACS or VNA, using a single viewer. This provides access to the most current and relevant patient imaging data directly from the source. 
ICIS View is powered by the innovative XERO® technology and is...Read more

2013 04 Jun

A new report by Global Industry Analysts on the US and European Computer Aided Detection (CAD) markets has been released. The CAD market in the US is projected to reach US$323 million by 2018, driven by increasing prevalence of cancer, proven efficiency of the technology in breast cancer detection, and development of advanced technologies. CAD...Read more

2013 29 May

Agfa HealthCare has announced it has been awarded a new contract to provide a full spectrum of radiology, cardiology and enterprise imaging solutions to Novation, a leading healthcare supply chain expertise and contracting services company.   The three-year agreement is effective May 1, 2013 through April 30, 2016. Included in the extensive list...Read more

2013 17 May

Agfa HealthCare  will highlight its comprehensive IMPAX Cardiovascular suite of products at the EuroPCR congress, the official congress of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI), from May 21-24, in Paris, France. The focus will be on demonstrating how IMPAX Cardiovascular delivers the benefits of digital cardiology...Read more

2013 07 May

Albertans living with heart failure will have their conditions monitore from home as part of a new home health care pilot project in Alberta, Canada,  a collaboration between the Government of Alberta, Alberta Health Services, GE Healthcare and GE Canada. Canadian provinces are exploring new models of care to address issues around capacity for...Read more

2013 02 May

Siemens Healthcare Customer Services is supporting Spire Southampton Hospital’s diagnostic imaging department through the use of a new remote troubleshooting service - syngo® Remote Assist. The hospital uses a SOMATOM® Definition AS CT system from Siemens Healthcare to perform a number of imaging exams. It was recently required to undertake a challenging...Read more

2013 19 Apr

Siemens Healthcare Customer Services is providing remote real-time support and troubleshooting at Nuffield Health Leeds Hospital in the UK, through its syngo® Remote Assist customer support platform. The hospital recently installed a ceiling-mounted Artis zeeTM interventional imaging system from Siemens Healthcare to enhance angiography imaging and...Read more

2013 11 Apr

Improved imaging devices and adoption of PACS in hospitals has dramatically improved the ability to digitally share medical image studies via portable storage, mobile devices and the Internet. However, many of these systems are proprietary vendor-specific applications. In addition there are still interoperability and deployment issues which reduce...Read more

2013 08 Apr

MDsoft®, a leader in clinical information systems, announced the opening of a new office with an expanded workforce in Düsseldorf, demonstrating their firm commitment to the market. The local team will now include a German-based professional services team providing support 24/7 . iMDsoft has seen significant growth...Read more

2013 02 Apr

Sectra has signed a six-year contract with Swedish healthcare provider Region Skåne. The contract includes development, maintenance and support for the region-wide Sectra IT solution, which is used in radiology, clinical physiology, nuclear medicine and mammography to manage and communicate patient information. The order value amounts to SEK 55.8 Million...Read more

2013 26 Mar

The European Commission's Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG CONNECT) and the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) have agreed on a roadmap to strengthen transatlantic cooperation in eHealth and Health information technologies (IT). This builds on a Memorandum of Understanding on...Read more

2013 09 Mar

epSOS project coordinator Fredrik Lindén received the 2013 HealthTech Innovation Award for pioneering the adoption of auto ID technologies in the world of healthcare. During the ID World Summit held in Abu Dhabi, the HealthTech Innovation Award was given to Fredrik Lindén, Project Coordinator of the Smart Open Services for European Patients (epSOS)....Read more

2013 09 Mar

A major cross-border experimenting effort has been launched in Slovenia concerning ICT-based healthcare and related disciplines in the Danube eRegion. This was experiment was agreed on the 6th of March at a meeting of Healthcare Institution Directors and Informatics Heads and Directors, IT Providers in the University Medical Centre Ljubljana. The...Read more