Search Tag: Radiology
2023 27 Apr
University of Florida (UF) Health researchers embark on an academic-industry partnership to make radiologist’s work more precise and efficient. The collaboration was set up to develop and optimise AI-based solutions that would improve quality and safety, whilst also helping radiologists work more effectively and faster. Reza Forghani,...Read more
2022 05 Jul
Seasoned health technology executive Lakshmi Gudapakkam to become CEO and former HCA Healthcare, Inc. executive Dr Rick Abramson appointed as Chief Medical Officer. New leadership team to drive expansion of world’s first comprehensive AI radiology platform globally and entry into the US. CADt FDA approvals for Annalise Enterprise CXR to bring...Read more
2022 15 Jun
As in many sectors, the COVID crisis has substantially changed the way of working, with an increasing need for digital solutions to guaranty continuity of services. The same applies for the medical domain. During the pandemic, clinicians maintained the link with patients, conducting remote consultations, but raising a huge concern with...Read more
2022 09 Feb
Enlitic continues to innovate the way artificial intelligence is utilized in healthcare, shifting focus from diagnostics to workflow. Partnerships with the Department of Defense, Konica Minolta, TMC (a Unilabs company), as well as some of the largest diagnostic reading groups in the world give momentum continuing into 2022 with the debut of Curie™, an enterprise platform that utilizes human, artificial, andRead more
2021 06 Dec
COVID-19 sped digital healthcare development in 2020, as care providers implemented digital methods to keep patients and staff safe during the pandemic. Dr Vishal Desai in a prerecorded session for RSNA 2021, described how Thomas Jefferson University’s radiology service managed their transformation from a traditional health care appointment process...Read more
2021 11 Nov
General Electric (GE) announced its plans to split into three public companies concentrating on healthcare, aviation, and energy. GE Chairman and CEO H. Lawrence Culp, Jr. said 'By creating three industry-leading, global public companies, each can benefit from greater focus, tailored capital allocation, and strategic flexibility to drive long-term...Read more
2021 09 Nov
Accelerating Enterprise AI Deployment into Clinical Practice and Broadening Precision Oncology Research Network The combination creates the leading global AI SaaS company for clinical decision support and clinical research in oncology, cardiology, and neurology ConcertAI, LLC, a leader in enterprise AI and RWD solutions for life science...Read more
2021 08 Oct
Mammography provides early detection when breast cancer treatments are more successful. Unfortunately, mammography is less sensitive in women with dense than with fatty breast tissue. This is unfortunate because the breast cancer risk is three- to six times higher in dense rather than fatty breast tissue and two times higher than that of the average...Read more
2019 11 Dec
Early applications of 3D printing technology in medicine have been made in the field of imaging, enabling radiology departments to be of more help to care teams by providing clinicians and surgeons with printed models of anatomical structures. You might also like: The Future of Radiology Training There is a new kid on the block that is...Read more
2019 13 Nov
Large data sets are essential in developing artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms and tools for use in healthcare. Presagen, an AI medical imaging company in Australia, is banking on crowdsourcing in hopes of connecting data from clinics globally to create AI solutions that are scalable and at low cost. AI developers often rely on localised...Read more
2016 25 Oct
The Norwegian healthcare provider Helse Vest RHF is investing in a region-wide radiology IT solution from Sectra for managing radiology images and patient information. The agreement extends for 6 years and the order is, over this agreement period, valued at a total of NOK 57 million (corresponding to approximately EUR 5,7 million). Sectra’s...Read more
2017 03 Apr
IHE Connectathons provide a unique opportunity for vendors to test the interoperability of their products in a structured environment with peer vendors. Participants test against multiple vendors using real world clinical scenarios following IHE Integration Profiles specifications. Read more
2016 21 Mar
The IT and medical technology company Sectra has signed a ten year contract to supply a fully hosted private health cloud service for radiology, breast imaging and a wide range of other medical imaging to Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in London. Through this investment the hospitals will benefit from communicating medical images and...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
2014 25 Feb
Upgrades, extensions and new systems offer wide-ranging hospitals workflow optimisations Agreements demonstrate strength of Agfa HealthCare’s customer relationships in Belgian hospitals. IMPAX solutions and functionalities help hospitals to improve productivity and communication in radiology, nuclear medicine, cardiology and beyond. ...Read more
2014 25 Feb
Promoting unification and cost reduction of medical image management systems TeraRecon, a leading provider of enterprise medical image management solutions, debuted it’s iNteract+™ solution at the 2014 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference. iNteract+ (pronounced “interact-plus”) works in combination...Read more
2014 20 Feb
Barco, a global leader in healthcare visualisation and IT systems, will demonstrate its turnkey patient engagement and clinical collaboration solution, CareConnex, representing the optimum platform for bedside interactive patient care. Available in a variety of integrated hardware/software options, CareConnex is uniquely interoperable with...Read more
2014 11 Feb
A customer in Scandinavia has signed a four-year agreement with the IT and medical technology company Sectra. The order value amounts to SEK 32 million (approx. EUR 3.4 M). The agreement includes development, maintenance and support for the customer’s regional IT solution for managing medical images and patient information, the Sectra RIS and PACS....Read more
2014 03 Feb
The medical imaging IT company Sectra announced that its acute care PACS has been awarded “Best in KLAS” by the research firm with the same name in the “2013 Best in KLAS: Software and Services” report. The initial version of Sectra PACS was installed more than 20 years ago and is now responsible for managing over 70 million annual radiology...Read more
2013 17 Dec
•Streamlined navigation and workflow deliver clinical productivity benefits for radiologists •Task managed workflows enhance the delivery of care •Advanced platform design leverages modern IT technologies to maximize performance and reduce costs Agfa HealthCare has announced the first two U.S. sales of IMPAX Agility, a brand new imaging platform...Read more