Search Tag: Technology

2014 10 Mar

Technological advances drive innovation in minimally invasive and remote controlled devices  Increasing demand for easy-to-use diagnostic and precise therapeutic tools is proving to be a driving force for innovation in the development of smart pills. While the areas of imaging and sensing are benefiting from successfully commercialised smart...Read more

2014 08 Mar

Author Arjun Kalyanpur Chief Radiologist and Chief Executive Officer Teleradiology Solutions Bangalore, India [email protected]   Key Points Teleradiology has had a major impact in decreasing report turnaround time, and in improving service levels in the emergency setting....Read more

2014 08 Mar

Author ECRI ECRI Institute 29 Broadwater Road Suite 104 Welwyn Garden City AL7 3BQ United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 1707 831001 Fax +44 (0)1707 393138 [email protected] www.ecri.org.uk   The Top 10 Health Technology Hazards for 2014 will be published in HealthManagement...Read more

2014 06 Mar

Innovative acute care ventilator provides progressive breath technology for improved patient comfort and ease of use for clinicians Covidien plc, a leading global provider of healthcare products and recognised innovator in patient monitoring and respiratory care devices, has announced its Puritan Bennett™ 980 ventilator has received European...Read more

2014 27 Feb

Medical robots are set to revolutionise surgery with demand particularly high for prostatectomy and hysterectomy minimally invasive surgeries  Surgical robots are becoming more acceptable globally, enhancing the surgeon’s abilities with regards to surgical imaging, planning, navigation, and instrument manipulation.  Extensive research is...Read more

2014 21 Feb

Chronically ill patients living independently at home can now benefit from a new service combining automated dispensers and personalised pre-packed medication  Royal Philips has announced the expansion of its focus on home healthcare by introducing an innovative home medication dispensing service created to offer support to chronically ill patients...Read more

2014 20 Feb

A team of researchers has developed the technology for a catheter-based device that would be able to provide real time, 3-D imaging from inside a persons’ heart, coronary arteries and peripheral blood vessels.  This innovate device could offer better guidance during heart surgery and enable more clearing of clogged arteries to be done without...Read more

2014 14 Feb

At Analytica 2014 from 1 to 4 April in Munich, Greiner Bio-One, a technology partner for the diagnostic and pharmaceutical industry, will be presenting an innovative solution for storing biological samples in biorepositories. Greiner Bio-One has been developing and producing products for cryogenic storage for 30 years. With the new Cryo.s biobanking...Read more

2014 14 Feb

Germany based company marks “125 years of heartfelt dedication” Dräger is turning 125 in 2014. The medical and safety technology company has officially kicked off the anniversary year with a ceremony on February 6 which was attended by numerous guests from business, politics and science. A grand opening at Lübeck’s Holstentor has marked...Read more

2014 11 Feb

A customer in Scandinavia has signed a four-year agreement with the IT and medical technology company Sectra. The order value amounts to SEK 32 million (approx. EUR 3.4 M). The agreement includes development, maintenance and support for the customer’s regional IT solution for managing medical images and patient information, the Sectra RIS and PACS....Read more

2014 10 Feb

This year’s MEDICA Education Conference, part of the industry show MEDICA 2014 in Düsseldorf (November 12th through 15th) is dedicated to the interrelations between medicine and technology.  The conference theme is “Medicine meets technology – technology meets medicine”. As an academic conference, the event addresses physicians and medical professionals,...Read more

2014 07 Feb

Carestream’s Works-in-Progress PACS, Archive, Image Viewer, Patient Portal and Cloud Services Will Be Upgraded With New 64-Bit Windows/Intel Technology to Elevate Performance While Reducing Costs           Carestream will showcase upgrades to its healthcare IT portfolio at HIMSS 2014 as works in progress that include a new CARESTREAM Vue PACS...Read more

2014 06 Feb

Fluke Biomedical, the world's leading manufacturer of biomedical test instruments, has announced the acquisition of Unfors RaySafe. With this acquisition Fluke Biomedical adds industry leading quality assurance devices for diagnostic x-ray from Unfors RaySafe. With an enhanced portfolio especially in the fields of diagnostic x-ray, real-time...Read more

2014 05 Feb

Camera-in-a-pill manufacturer Given Imaging announced that it received US Food and Drug Administration clearance for a pill able to provide visualisation of the colon, making it available to a global market of 3 million procedures per year. The pill, a swallowed capsule endoscope entitled PillCam Colon, is designed for the detection of colon...Read more

2014 30 Jan

Consolidating clinical communications, patient-centric workflow and a real-time clinical team directory, a secure smartphone application connects all members of a patient’s care team and enables better patient care at a lower cost. Mobile Heartbeat launches Mobile Heartbeat CURE (Clinical Urgent REsponse), a smartphone application enabling secure...Read more

2014 27 Jan

Philips and Russia’s largest network of private clinics sign MOU for strategic partnership Royal Philips and MEDSI, Russia’s largest network of private clinics, have announced a strategic partnership to develop a clinical network aimed at providing efficient medical care in Russia.  MEDSI president Alexey Chupin, and Peter Vullinghs, CEO...Read more

2014 22 Jan

Varian Medical Systems of Palo Alto, California, the world's leading manufacturer of medical devices and software for treating cancer and other medical conditions with radiotherapy, radiosurgery and brachytherapy, has received US FDA 510(k) clearance for its updated ProBeam proton therapy system. Varian's ProBeam system gives clinicians options...Read more

2014 20 Jan

Two 20-foot HP Performance Optimised Data Centres will meet Trust's compute requirements for the next seven to ten years HP has announced that the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust has improved its IT services while saving space, time and costs by installing two HP Performance Optimised Data Centres (PODs) at the Ulster Hospital, Belfast....Read more

2013 17 Dec

•Streamlined navigation and workflow deliver clinical productivity benefits for radiologists •Task managed workflows enhance the delivery of care •Advanced platform design leverages modern IT technologies to maximize performance and reduce costs   Agfa HealthCare has announced the first two U.S. sales of IMPAX Agility, a brand new imaging platform...Read more

2013 10 Dec

According to a recent study conducted by Dr. Craig Lilly, a professor at University of Massachusetts Medical School and Director of the eICU Program at UMass Memorial Medical Center, and published online in the journal CHEST, it was found that a virtual ICU, staffed by one specialist doctor and three critical care nurses at the service...Read more

2013 26 Nov

Blackford’s advanced registration technology to be integrated with InteleViewer to facilitate the comparison of current and prior studies   Intelerad Medical Systems™, a leader in medical imaging PACS, RIS and workflow solutions, has begun a technology partnership with Blackford Analysis, a provider of software products that...Read more

2013 09 May

Up to 85% of technologies developed globally never make it to the commercial world. Business and investors need to closely assess the potential of a given technology platform to understand the true market prospects it holds and to evaluate the risk-reward elements.  50 of the most innovative technologies in the world identified by Frost & Sullivan...Read more