Search Tag: COCIR
2024 13 Nov
COCIR, the European trade association for the radiological, electromedical, and healthcare IT industry, proudly marked its 65th anniversary yesterday. The event brought together industry leaders, policymakers, and healthcare professionals to reflect on the association’s significant achievements and discuss the future of healthcare in Europe....Read more
2024 21 Mar
The COCIR General Assembly, convened yesterday in Brussels, elected Jan-Willem Scheijgrond as the new President with a four years mandate. He succeeds Dr Bernt Bieber, who held the post since 2020. Jan-Willem Scheijgrond is currently Vice President and Global Head of Government and Public Affairs at Philips, where he has held a series of management...Read more
2024 21 Mar
The COCIR General Assembly, convened yesterday in Brussels, elected Jan-Willem Scheijgrond as the new President with a four years mandate. He succeeds Dr Bernt Bieber, who held the post since 2020. Jan-Willem Scheijgrond is currently Vice President and Global Head of Government and Public Affairs at Philips, where he has held a series of management...Read more
2024 02 Feb
Medical Device Regulation (MDR) requires manufacturers to provide detailed instructions for use (IFU) to guide proper and safe use of medical devices and products. Regulation (EU) 2021/2226 (eIFU Regulation) establishes the conditions under which instructions for use may be provided in electronic form only. Although the eIFU Regulation acknowledges...Read more
2024 02 Feb
Medical Device Regulation (MDR) requires manufacturers to provide detailed instructions for use (IFU) to guide proper and safe use of medical devices and products. Regulation (EU) 2021/2226 (eIFU Regulation) establishes the conditions under which instructions for use may be provided in electronic form only. Although the eIFU Regulation acknowledges...Read more
2016 02 Mar
What is going to make the headlines in radiology and diagnostic imaging in the next five years? Dimitris Moulavasilis: Well, as an industry observer, I’m confident that the technology will keep developing at a phenomenal rate, offering improved structural imaging techniques, machine driven radiogenomic analytics and predictive biomarkers based...Read more
2016 27 Jan
COCIR eHealth Summit is taking place in Brussels on 27-28 January COCIR- SUSTAINABLE COMPETENCE IN ADVANCING HEALTHCARE European Coordination Committee of Radiological, Electronical and Healthcare IT Industry COCIR ( www.cocir.org ) is the European Trade Association representing the medical imaging, health ICT and electromedical...Read more
2015 22 Jun
The European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry (COCIR*) and the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS**) have renewed their cooperation agreement to progress their common goal of improving the use of information and management systems for the betterment of healthcare. Since...Read more
2015 24 Apr
At the COCIR General Assembly in Brussels today, COCIR President Kevin Haydon announced that he would stand down from COCIR Presidency at the end of April 2015. Joost Leeflang has been elected as the new COCIR President and will represent Philips on the COCIR Board. Mr Leeflang has been with Philips for 20 years, holding positions in the Netherlands,...Read more
2014 29 May
COCIR, a non-profit trade association which represents the medical technology industry in Europe, has announced the preliminary results of its Medical Imaging Equipment Age Profile and Density report. The report has identified some alarming findings, namely that installed base density per capita is highlighting fundamental access inequalities....Read more
2014 03 Apr
COCIR, the non-profit trade association of the European Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry launches the 4th edition of its eHealth Toolkit which focuses on how modern data-driven approaches can improve healthcare quality in a cost-effective manner. The Toolkit also highlights Big Data’s societal value and the contribution of eHealth...Read more
2014 07 Mar
COCIR has welcomed the EuroSafe Imaging campaign launch, whose main objective is patient and healthcare worker safety. A European Society of Radiology (ESR) initiative, the launch is taking place at the 2014 European Congress of Radiology (ECR) with a poster exhibition and a new dedicated website. The EuroSafe Imaging campaign promotes...Read more
2014 07 Mar
COCIR, the non-profit voice of the European Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry, and ESR held a Joint Session at 2014 European Congress of Radiology (ECR) entitled “How does integrity affect our daily lives? A joint radiologist/industry initiative”. The aim was to share information on integrity relating to the everyday activities...Read more
2014 04 Feb
Today is World Cancer Day 2014 and COCIR, the non-profit trade association of the European Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry, wants to take this opportunity to raise awareness of what our sector is contributing to the fight against cancer by providing solutions for the prevention, early diagnosis and treatment of this devastating,...Read more
2014 21 Jan
COCIR, the voice of the European Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry launched a new initiative as part of its Self-Regulatory Initiative on eco-design, providing recommendations to users of Computed Tomography scanners on how to save energy. These recommendations come at a time when energy-saving is at the top of healthcare authorities’...Read more
2013 06 Sep
The European Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry association, COCIR, has published its 3rd Annual Self-Regulatory Initiative (SRI) Status Report focusing on Computed Tomography (CT). COCIR’s membership continues to proactively invest in green technologies as they are convinced this remains key in meeting the challenges healthcare...Read more
2013 08 Jul
COCIR, the European trade association covering medical diagnostics, has welcomed the adoption by the European Council of the revised Directive on Protecting Workers from Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields, also known as the EMF Directive. The new Directive contains a crucial Article that provides a derogation from the Directive’s exposure limits for...Read more