Search Tag: Mobile
2021 03 May
The NIH recently approved a 24-month grant for researchers to develop sensors that can be embedded into mobile devices which could potentially detect COVID-19 particles on their surfaces. The General Electric Research team is set to begin developing miniature sensors that can be embedded into mobile devices in order to detect COVID-19 on...Read more
2015 10 Aug
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has released a mobile security guide which is specifically written for safeguarding medical information. The 82-page handbook offers healthcare organisations insights on how to improve mHealth cybersecurity via open-source or commercial tools. The guide currently in draft form is awaiting public...Read more
2014 23 Oct
Calgary Scientific Inc. has announced a partnership with OnBase by Hyland to extend mobile image access capability to its enterprise content management (ECM) platform. OnBase makes information readily available to clinicians and staff within the applications they already use and know. OnBase integrated Calgary Scientific’s diagnostically-cleared medical...Read more
2014 24 Jul
Pekin Hospital in Illinois will soon offer mobile access to physicians after upgrading its CARESTREAM Vue PACS and adding Carestream’s Vue Motion image viewer to allow referring physicians and clinicians to access patients’ radiology images and data. “Our hospital is establishing a virtual environment to deliver easy electronic access to all patient...Read more
2014 30 Jan
Consolidating clinical communications, patient-centric workflow and a real-time clinical team directory, a secure smartphone application connects all members of a patient’s care team and enables better patient care at a lower cost. Mobile Heartbeat launches Mobile Heartbeat CURE (Clinical Urgent REsponse), a smartphone application enabling secure...Read more
2013 22 Jul
A 50% reduction in X-ray dosage has been achieved after the University Hospital Tenon, Paris installed a CARESTREAM DRX-Revolution Mobile X-ray System. The Resuscitation Department and Thoracic Surgery Department drive over 70% of X-rays taken at the bedside and after six months of use, 60% of those X-rays are now performed using the DRX-Revolution....Read more
2013 04 Jun
Handheld ultrasound device manufacturer Signostics has received 510K clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its new Signos RT to the lucrative American market. The device will be marketed as the “Sonimage P3” – the brand name of Signostics’ newly appointed global partner Konica Minolta Inc. The Signos RT / Sonimage...Read more
2013 08 May
Demand for mobile X-ray and retrofit upgrade kits is driving strong growth in the global X-ray market, according to a new report “The World Market for General Radiography and Fluoroscopy X-ray Equipment – 2013” from IMS Research, now part of IHS Inc. Revenue in the worldwide market for general radiography X-ray is projected to rise to $3.8 billion...Read more
2013 18 Apr
GE Healthcare has announced over 500 installations in the United States of its Optima XR220amx and Optima XR200amx mobile x-ray systems. Globally the company has installed over 800 units. Mobile x-ray is designed to use when it may not be safe or practical to move a patient from his or her bed to the radiology department. GE Healthcare’s Optima...Read more
2013 26 Mar
Siemens Healthcare will showcase its imaging IT solutions in addition to its latest mobile digital X-ray, mobile surgical imaging and wireless ultrasound solutions at the annual UK Radiological Congress (UKRC) event in Liverpool, 10-12 June 2013. Demonstrations and information on the syngo®.plaza PACS, syngo.via visualisation and syngo.share smart...Read more
2013 21 Mar
The Cios Alpha C-arm system from Siemens Healthcare will debut at the UK Radiological Congress (UKRC) 2013, 10-12 June. The Cios Alpha is the first mobile C-arm system to use Full View flat detector (FD) technology for highly detailed images during surgical procedures. The Cios Alpha offers a completely new imaging chain with the latest FD technology,...Read more
2013 19 Mar
Symantec has announced that its Mobile Management system (MMS) is being used to enable secure mobile working at The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust, one of the largest and busiest hospital trusts in the North of England. The 4,500 medical staff now have instant access to healthcare history, medical images, medical notes...Read more
2013 15 Mar
Mobile medical imaging technologies are consistently changing the healthcare landscape. With ageing societies and increasing disease incidence on the one hand, and efforts towards cutting down healthcare expenditure and shortage of practitioners on the other, mobile medical imaging solutions are gaining momentum. This is especially because a large...Read more
2013 11 Mar
Today at ECR experts will focus on mobile technology and weigh the pros and cons of using tablets in radiology in the Special Focus Session, ‘Tablets in radiology: friend or foe’. In less than five years, tablets, and especially the iPad, have made their way into research, education and general communication in medicine. The speakers will give...Read more