Search Tag: Data
When Analytics Doesn't Show The Real Picture
2014 28 Jul
Recent changes to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act are intended to further strengthen efforts to improve patient care in the U.S. As a result, hospitals in the country are required to be paid based on how much they improved their patients' health and not on the number of tests and procedures performed. Some data brokers or vendors... Read more
Frost & Sullivan: Volume Rises, Value Falls for Healthcare M&A Deals
2014 13 May
Patent expiry, together with an increase in generic competition in the global pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, is expected to bring a number of deals. According to newly released analysis from Frost & Sullivan entitled “Merger and Acquisition (M&A) Trends in the Global Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Industry”, evolving conditions... Read more
Carestream To Supply PACS For French TéléSanté Centre Project (MIRC)
2014 10 Apr
The Groupement de Coopération Sanitaire (GCS) TéléSanté Centre has selected Carestream Health in France to provide PACS, archiving and medical image sharing and exchange solutions for its public and private health organisations in the Centre region of France, which straddles the middle Loire Valley. This progressive project, which is supported... Read more
Study Investigates Online Physician Rating Sites’ Influence
2014 19 Feb
A new study investigating the US population’s awareness of online physician ratings sites has found that 65% of respondents are aware of these ratings, with roughly one-fourth reporting usage of these sites. The full findings are published in the February 19 issue of JAMA. Background information in the article states that while patients were... Read more
ECR 2014: Aycan to Present Latest Innovations
2014 18 Feb
From 6th to 10th March 2014 the European Congress of Radiology (ECR), organized by the European Society of Radiology (ESR), will be held again in Vienna. Visitors are travelling from all around the world to visit Europe's biggest medical imaging meeting with its accompanying exhibition, numerous lectures and seminars. aycan will present its latest... Read more
HP Saves Data Centre Space, Time, Costs for Belfast Trust
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
Calgary Scientific Joins the Technology Alliance Partnership of Hitachi Data Systems
2014 17 Jan
Calgary Scientific Inc., a company known for creating transformative technology for the medical industry and beyond, announced it has become a member of the Health and Life Sciences Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program of Hitachi Data Systems, and will partner with Hitachi Data Systems to deliver the next generation of Vendor Neutral Archive... Read more
GÉANT Project Receives ‘Excellent’ Accolade From European Commission
2013 19 Dec
Independent review awards highest rating to European project The GÉANT project, which includes the high-speed data network serving 50 million research and education users across Europe, has received ‘Excellent’, the highest possible rating in a European Commission review. This puts GÉANT in the top 10% of all EC-funded projects. The GÉANT... Read more
Welch Allyn and Cerner Collaboration Delivers E-Solution For Patient Data Transfer
2013 13 Nov
Demonstration of vital signs live data transfer planned by the two companies at Medica 2013. Leading medical diagnostic device company Welch Allyn, and Cerner Corporation, a key contributor to the systemic change of health and care delivery, have teamed up to offer healthcare providers a connected solution which aims at improving inaccuracy,... Read more
myAnesthesia by iMDsoft is Now Listed with the FDA
2013 10 Jul
iMDsoft®, a leader in Anesthesia Information Management Systems, announced that myAnesthesiaTM is now a Class 1 FDA listed medical device. “Anesthesiologists can benefit from our safe and effective mobile anesthesia app with confidence, free from constraints of location or hospital IT requirements,” said David Sides, CEO of iMDsoft. “We are gratified... Read more