Search Tag: patient care
Shaping-kidney-care-fresenius-medical-care-2023-annual-sustainability-report
2024 22 Mar
Fresenius Medical Care delivers on commitments during a year of fundamental transformation Progress towards sustainability goals in key areas: patient satisfaction, diversity in management, climate target roadmap Fresenius Medical Care (FME), the world’s leading provider of products and services for individuals with renal diseases,...Read more
Shaping-kidney-care-fresenius-medical-care-2023-annual-sustainability-report
2024 22 Mar
Fresenius Medical Care delivers on commitments during a year of fundamental transformation Progress towards sustainability goals in key areas: patient satisfaction, diversity in management, climate target roadmap Fresenius Medical Care (FME), the world’s leading provider of products and services for individuals with renal diseases,...Read more
Ecr-2024-day-4-advancing-radiology-in-times-of-dwindling-resources-and-increasing-demands
2024 02 Mar
In the last plenary session of ECR 2024, Pr Annemiek Snoeckx (Belgium) started by addressing the profound transformation radiology has undergone over the past two decades, powered by rapid technological advancements. From the days of light boxes and printed images to the era of sophisticated workstations and volumetric data sets, radiologists have...Read more
Ecr-2024-day-3-good-communication-practices-is-beneficial-to-radiologists-and-patients
2024 01 Mar
Carlo Catalano, President of the European Society of Radiology, insisted in his opening address on the aspect that radiologists have to change the way they approach their profession. Next Generation Radiology means taking a step forward in different ways. Taking the time to better communicate with patients is one of these steps, and was the focus...Read more
Apple-vision-pro-a-game-changer-in-healthcare
2024 19 Feb
The introduction of Apple's Vision Pro has ushered in a new era in the healthcare industry, with its groundbreaking augmented reality (AR) technology poised to transform both medical education and patient care. This innovative headset, retailing at €3,499, combines over 12 cameras and multiple motion sensors with Apple’s latest M2 processors,...Read more
Apple-vision-pro-a-game-changer-in-healthcare
2024 19 Feb
The introduction of Apple's Vision Pro has ushered in a new era in the healthcare industry, with its groundbreaking augmented reality (AR) technology poised to transform both medical education and patient care. This innovative headset, retailing at €3,499, combines over 12 cameras and multiple motion sensors with Apple’s latest M2 processors,...Read more
Affidea-group-expands-in-spain-and-italy-with-3-key-acquisitions
2024 19 Feb
Affidea Group , a leading pan-European provider of integrated healthcare including advanced diagnostics, out-of-hospital services and Centres of Excellence, expands in Italy and Spain with the acquisition of DIAMEDICA - Centro Medico Polispecialistico Italiano, in Milan city centre, DMT - Diagnostica Medica Tuscolana, in Rome, Italy, and the...Read more
Philips-unveils-ai-imaging-treatment-at-ecr2024-for-enhanced-patient-care
2024 09 Feb
Royal Philips , a global leader in health technology, announced it will introduce its latest differentiating, AI-enabled innovations to improve patient care at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) annual meeting in Vienna. By leveraging AI, these new technologies can help healthcare professionals make more accurate diagnoses, streamline workflows,...Read more
Philips-unveils-ai-imaging-treatment-at-ecr2024-for-enhanced-patient-care
2024 09 Feb
Royal Philips , a global leader in health technology, announced it will introduce its latest differentiating, AI-enabled innovations to improve patient care at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) annual meeting in Vienna. By leveraging AI, these new technologies can help healthcare professionals make more accurate diagnoses, streamline workflows,...Read more
Ai-surveillance-tool-to-predict-sepsis
2024 08 Feb
Nearly 1.7 million adults in the United States contract sepsis annually, with approximately 350,000 succumbing to the condition. In a recent study published in npj Digital Medicine, experts from the University of California San Diego School of Medicine harnessed an artificial intelligence (AI) model within the emergency departments of UC...Read more
United-imaging-breakthroughs-in-molecular-imaging-at-eanm-2023
2023 30 Oct
This year in 2023, United Imaging has disrupted the molecular imaging industry once again with our innovative technologies. At EANM 2023, we showcased the uMI Panorama™ PET/CT family to the world. The uMI Panorama is breaking barriers in all directions with industry-leading PET image quality, the finest NEMA NU 2-2018 PET spatial resolution at...Read more
Influencing-the-future-use-of-health-data-through-public-perception
2023 04 Oct
The public will be invited to play a role in shaping how the NHS uses their health data to enhance patient care. As part of a series of significant events, the NHS plans to gather public opinions on the digital and data transformation within the healthcare system. These events will provide the public with a valuable opportunity to inform the NHS's...Read more
Esc-congress-2024
2024 30 Aug
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Ai-to-revolutionise-surgical-care
2023 26 Jun
According to experts, AI will have an expanding role in healthcare administration and patient care. This technology will make operations that hospitals and health systems run more efficiently, less costly and will help to address challenges such as workforce shortages. For example, AI will help hospitals better plan their available hospital bed resources....Read more
Radiologists-warn-of-growing-wait-times-and-clinic-closures-in-b-c
2023 21 Jun
Months ago, concerns were raised about the deteriorating wait times for critical medical imaging in British Columbia, warning of potential consequences such as an influx of cancer cases. Now, radiologists in the province are revealing that privately-run clinics, responsible for half of the screenings, are facing severe underfunding that may result...Read more
Esc-congress-2023-amsterdam
2023 25 Aug
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Snowflake-launches-healthcare-life-sciences-data-cloud-for-better-patient-care-business-results
2022 17 Mar
New solution to help providers deliver improved patient outcomes, optimize care delivery, enhance clinical and operational decision making, accelerate clinical research and time-to-market, and more Industry-leading customers like Anthem, Health Catalyst, IQVIA, Komodo Health, Novartis, Spectrum Health, and others, are using the Healthcare & Life...Read more
What-if-we-treated-patients-more-like-customers
2020 29 Aug
COVID-19 has ignited the need for data-driven decision making, personalised healthcare and digital delivery. How can the NHS become a customer-focused organisation and reimagine healthcare to meet evolving priorities? Key Points To deliver world-leading health outcomes, the NHS needs to get comfortable with new concepts of healthcare...Read more
Space-technology-for-lung-disease
2019 23 Oct
Emissions from motor vehicles, factories, power plants and other sources are amongst the most common causes of air pollution. Unfortunately, the quality of air has a direct impact on population health. For example, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a chronic inflammatory lung disease, can be exacerbated by constant exposure to dirty air....Read more
Hett-2020-healthcare-excellence-through-technology
2020 29 Sep
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Improving-patient-experience-in-the-era-of-digitisation
2019 02 Oct
An overview of Affidea’s journey embedding digital tools across its network to orchestrate patient care and improve patient experience. It was the airline industry which proved 60 years ago that through digitisation, airports could become more efficient and safer. Airports introduced the air traffic control technology which allowed them to...Read more
How-the-brain-works-looking-inside-to-target-treatments
2019 02 Oct
Summary: Groundbreaking study at the University at Buffalo uses brain stimulation to assess how large-scale patterns of brain activity could vary between cognitive systems and across people. Our research at the University at Buffalo explores brain activity and its association with cognitive systems. Each cognitive system consists of a network...Read more
Radiologists-risks-in-communicating-unexpected-findings
2019 23 Apr
For all it's value and pivotal role in furthering health, medicine and innovation, information technology (IT) has created a very significant caveat: risk in communicating unexpected findings. A report published in JACR explains how failure to communicate is one of the greatest problems facing radiologists today. Courts have consistently found that...Read more
Natural-vs-artificial-intelligence-in-clinical-ultrasound
2019 20 Feb
Executive Summary Doctors are trained in medical science, and to consider the astute point-of-view of Dr. Daniel A. Lichtenstein , the foremost expert in c ritical care ultrasound , on the "art of reasoning" being applied at work is indeed a revelation. This is how he describes the uniqueness of ultrasound as a clinical tool . ...Read more
Radiology-clinic-s-electronic-data-collection-improves-patient-care
2018 10 Oct
As adoption of value-based care models broadens, there has been an emerging emphasis on patient-reported outcomes (PROs), both for reimbursement and for clinical decision making. Research shows PROs can help streamline physician practices and pave the way for patient-centred care. A new study by Stanford researchers evaluated the implementation...Read more
Abbott-a-trusted-partner
2018 21 Aug
Paul Jülicher Director International Health Economics & Outcomes Research, Abbott Diagnostics Matt Sawtell General Manager Nordics, Abbott Diagnostics Unleashing the value of IVD testing The value of in vitro diagnostic services is like beauty – it's very much in the eye of the beholder. From a community perspective,...Read more
What-must-the-nhs-do-to-survive-another-70-years
2018 04 Jul
Politician Aneurin Bevan, the founder of the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK, famously asserted at the service’s birth in 1948, “If a hospital bedpan is dropped in a hospital corridor in Tredegar, the reverberations should echo around Whitehall.” Southeast Wales is less than 260 miles from London; it would have to be one very noisy reverberation...Read more
Obesity-kills-doctors-call-for-better-training-for-effective-care
2018 18 May
With European Obesity Day taking place on May 19, General Practitioners (GPs) across Europe are calling for increased and improved training on obesity for more effective patient care. More than 700 GPs from seven European countries took part in a survey that revealed nearly one third do not feel informed enough about the complexities of obesity...Read more