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EC-Funded E-Health Study Looks at Progress and Barriers
A new study funded by the European Commission is assessing the progress made to date, towards the realisation of European e-Health Action Plan goals. Good practices and lessons learned constitute the study’s key elements. The results will be fed into policy recommendations for further accelerating e-Health implementation. The study has been assigned...
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Results Published on EU RFID Project
The first results of the EU’s RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) and Health project have been published. The report presents the findings of the first phase of a study to identify the policy options that can help the development and application of RFID in healthcare. The objectives of the study were: •To identify and discuss the most relevant areas...
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Sectra Appoints Senior Business Manager
Sectra has announced Chris Varian as Senior Business Manager in international business development. Chris Varian joins Sectra from Carestream Health where he was director, worldwide business development for mammography solutions following more than 15 years of international business development experience in PACS and digital imaging in a variety of...
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Hologic Announces Financial Results
Hologic has booked a third quarter 2009 net income of 41 million dollars, compared with 61 million dollars in the year-ago quarter. Included in third quarter fiscal 2009 results were charges of 48 million dollars attributable to the amortisation of intangibles relating to the Cytyc merger and the Third Wave acquisition and, in addition, a full quarter...
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Hitachi Introduce New Medical Display
Hitachi’s new display implements in-plane-switching technology, called IPS-Pro, which is said to provide a stable colour image from any viewing angle, good colour saturation and a very high contrast ratio, according to the company. When viewed from an acute angle, a conventional TFT display will exhibit a loss of brightness and display image colors...
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Patient Safety Organisation Listed by US Government
The ECRI Institute Patient Safety Organisation has been officially listed by the US Department of Health and Human Services as a federal Patient Safety Organisation under the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005. ECRI Institute Patient Safety Organisation will serve nationwide as a PSO directly for providers, hospitals, and health systems...
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Newly-Elected Co-Chair Joins IHE-Europe
Jacqueline Surugue, a hospital pharmacist who played a key role in the creation of the pharmacy domain for Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE), was elected the Co-Chair for Users of IHE Europe Steering Committee in June this year. Since 2007, Surugue has served on the Steering Committee of IHE, representing the European Association of Hospital...
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Restructuring Radiology Scheduling in a Hospital Environment
Hospital physicians are under growing pressure to reduce the average duration of hospital stay of patients. They require a fast, top-quality response and expect radiology to continually improve its performance in this area. In this article, we describe how radiology can improve the organisation of its appointment and scheduling management to optimise...
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Hitach`s APERTO Open MRI Unparalleled for Patient Care & Cost-Effectiveness
There are three main reasons why Mark Sherratt, Radiology Services Manager at the Bronglais Hospital, part of the Ceredigion and Mid-Wales NHS Trust in Wales, UK, is extremely pleased with the facility’s latest equipment purchase, a Hitachi Medical Systems Europe APERTO Open MRI scanner: increased patient care and satisfaction, sharp image quality...
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PACS in the Cardiology Department
Report on Market Developments Managing cross-departmental communications in a healthcare setting has been greatly improved by the emergence of picture archiving and communications systems (PACS) as a vital supporting infrastructure, with specialists in healthcare departments like orthopaedics, neurology, oncology, histology and cardiology improving...
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