Search Tag: Healthcare
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 09 May
Agfa HealthCare unites with forward-thinking CIOs, imaging informatics specialists, and technology developers to embrace “document + image EHRs” as the gold standard in healthcare IT and patient information management Agfa HealthCare’s “gold standard” ICIS enterprise imaging platform to be featured in numerous SIIM 2014 educational sessions...Read more
2014 19 Apr
The department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in Northern Ireland has expanded its PACS contract with Sectra to include digital breast imaging. The breast screening centres in the region will benefit immediately from the existing centralised PACS facilitating efficient image handling and information sharing across all of Northern Ireland. ...Read more
2014 11 Apr
SBRI contract to explore potential of low-cost commercial 3D scanner in healthcare applications Fuel 3D Technologies Ltd., developer of 3D scanning solutions, has announced it has secured a £685,831 ($1.1 million) SBRI Healthcare development contract for the development of a 3D medical imaging system. SBRI Healthcare is an NHS England initiative,...Read more
2014 20 Mar
Increased presence and cutting-edge solutions support local healthcare sector and digitisation plans HRH Astrid of Belgium spearheaded the inauguration of the offices, in the presence of other Belgian and Saudi Arabian dignitaries. Agfa HealthCare is committed to contributing to the local healthcare sector with cutting-edge solutions...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 31 Jan
Susan Boulanger, Director of Imaging Services at Signature Healthcare Brockton, Massachusetts, explains how replacements to its 25+ year old technology have been heavily influenced by its trial of Agfa HealthCare’s DX-D 100 mobile solution. As the oldest and largest in-patient hospital within its area, Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital...Read more
2014 28 Jan
Blackford enhances any image viewer to accelerate the comparison of medical images Blackford Analysis, a provider of software products that accelerate comparison of medical images, has announced it will be introducing its products to the Middle Eastern market at the Arab Health Congress 2014 in Dubai. Designed to be integrated directly into...Read more
2013 09 May
Up to 85% of technologies developed globally never make it to the commercial world. Business and investors need to closely assess the potential of a given technology platform to understand the true market prospects it holds and to evaluate the risk-reward elements. 50 of the most innovative technologies in the world identified by Frost & Sullivan...Read more
2013 11 Apr
In future 81 percent of people in the UK will be living in urban areas, there will be 200 million connected devices and one in four British citizens will be shopping online the highest number in the world, per capita. The over 65s will represent one fifth of the population, becoming one of the largest consumer groups with increasing healthcare needs....Read more