Search Tag: Agfa HealthCare
Challenges, Strategies and Recommendations to Improve Cybersecurity
2022 23 Dec
Cybersecurity is vital for the effective functioning of healthcare organisations and protecting private and important patient information and data. HealthManagement.org spoke to Dan Brown, Chief Technology Officer, Tim Hill, Global Security and Privacy Program Manager and Jarius Jackson, Data Protection Officer & Security & Privacy... Read more
King Abdullah Medical City Upgrades to the Consolidated Agfa HealthCare Enterprise Imaging platform
2022 09 Sep
Long-term Agfa HealthCare customer King Abdullah Medical City (KAMC) in Makkah (Mecca), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, upgraded its former Agfa HealthCare image management system to Enterprise Imaging . This converged platform has enabled the hospital to enhance patient care, with a broad range of tools that speed up reporting, increase radiology productivity,... Read more
KLAS Research 2022 Europe PACS Report: Agfa HealthCare Among Top Performers
2022 13 Jul
Opening day at the European Congress for Radiology in Vienna is perfect timing to share the results of the 2022 Europe PACS report by KLAS Research. The report highlights how the PACS market in Europe is evolving: To unify care delivery, many countries are pushing for HIT consolidation across regional groups of hospitals. At the same time, healthcare... Read more
Estonia’s national ‘Pildipank’ transitions to Enterprise Imaging with Agfa HealthCare
2022 11 Jul
Estonia’s Pildipank and Agfa HealthCare are strengthening and extending their relationship, by moving the national shared Picture Archiving Communication System (PACS) to the Enterprise Imaging platform. New functionalities will deliver key benefits, including advanced viewing capabilities, enhanced collaboration between healthcare providers, reduced... Read more
AI at ECR 2022: Augmented Radiology, Powered by AI
2022 13 Jun
It will come as no surprise that AI will be in the spotlight at the upcoming ECR 2022 . The clinical community will be expecting to see tangible progress and we are delighted and proud to be bringing just that. For Agfa HealthCare AI is no longer a concept. In fact, RUBEE for AI embeds AI packages seamlessly in clinical workflows for true... Read more
With the URIS, the Moscow Health Care Department Has Laid the Foundations for Connected Care
2021 09 Sep
300 modalities, 1500 radiologists, 1500+ technicians, 10,000 referring physicians, 500,000 patients… Moscow’s Unified Radiological Information System (URIS) and its unified digital infrastructure have become a ‘one stop shop’ to access patient imaging data across the megalopolis and beyond. And a core component of URIS is the unified Enterprise... Read more
Enterprise Imaging and XERO® Universal Viewer Enhancing Accessibility and Collaboration
2021 19 Mar
An overview of Agfa Healthcare’s Enterprise Imaging platform and the XERO® viewer and how it can be embedded in EHR/EMR/Portal and enable the creation of patient-centric longitudinal imaging records from across departments, systems and locations. This allows healthcare providers the ability to share content and discuss treatment strategies for optimum... Read more
Point of Care AI for Digital Radiography
2021 19 Mar
How Agfa’s SmartXR puts artificial intelligence in the technician’s hand to boost efficiency, consistency, safety and care in radiography . Key Points SmartPositioning augments a live camera stream by projecting the image area and the AEC x-ray feedback sensor positions onto the patient’s body. SmartRotate uses deep learning to auto-rotate... Read more
Utilising the Workflow Engine of Enterprise Imaging at King Faisal Specialist Hospital
2020 30 Nov
On 14 August 2020, King Faisal Specialist Hospital - Jeddah, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia went live with the Agfa HealthCare Enterprise Imaging for Radiology platform. HealthManagament.org spoke to Mustafa Hamdy, Regional Manager, Middle East region for Agfa HealthCare to learn more about the deployment and their future outlook in this region.... Read more
Enterprise Imaging and Shared Workflow
2020 12 Nov
The role of a radiologist is becoming more central to healthcare. Radiology departments are overloaded with work. Demand for fast imaging results and 24/7 availability are also consistently increasing. Agfa HealthCare has developed a shared reading workflow within its Enterprise Imaging platform, which allows radiologists to share tasks and expertise... Read more