Keywords: Workflow
03/07/2010
Process Management and Radiology
Increasingly, hospitals have to find ways to optimise the capacity, efficiency and utilization of their MRI services. David Wormald, Integrated Assistant Vice President for …
03/07/2010
Medical Engineering and IT
“The problem between information technology and medical engineering may stem from sequential processing and intermeshing”, Peter Gocke, MD, said. Sounds difficult? But the …
03/07/2010
IT and Workflow
How can speech recognition become a workflow improver instead of a road to frustration? Kaye Bonython, Programme Manager, Imaging Informatics & OSL, HCA’s Portland Hospital for …
03/07/2010
IT and Networking
The key to implementing PACS installations networked to multiple hospitals is fully to establish in advance exactly what clinical scenario needs to be satisfied. In her lecture, …
03/05/2010
Nuance customers present speech recognition results at ECR
Nuance Communications, Inc, provides a comprehensive family of speech-driven clinical documentation and communication solutions that enable healthcare-provider organisations to …
03/03/2010
GE’s Vscan takes ultrasound anywhere
Although small, Vscan is a prescription device for ultrasound imaging, measurement and analysis in the clinical applications of abdominal, cardiac (adult and paediatric), …
03/02/2010
Is your head in the clouds?
The equation is simple: Hospital IT data is growing exponentially, hospital funds are not. Facing enormous data volumes and less chance of increasing equipment or staff, IT …
03/02/2010
The growing need for ‘cloud’ computing
In June 2009, IBM introduced the industry’s first set of commercial cloud services. Based on two years of research and hundreds of client engagements, the IBM Smart Business …
01/26/2010
New imaging software for multimodality reading
With syngo.via, Siemens’ new imaging software for multimodality reading of clinical cases, the company is placing special focus on reading efficiency through automated case …
11/30/2009
Siemens introduces Tim and Dot
At this year´s RSNA Siemens Healthcare introduced a new generation of its Tim (Total imaging matrix) technology and its new Dot (Day optimizing throughput) engine. Both …
11/19/2009
Seamless patient monitoring throughout the hospital
Draeger Medical showcases its new component for the Infinity Acute Care System, the M540, at this years Medica. The system makes it possible to seamlessly monitor and record vital …
11/19/2009
Norway readily adopts speech recognition
The Sykehuset Telemark HF hospital (STHF) in Norway reports that it has been saving 900,000 euros a year on transcription costs since implementing Nuance SpeechMagic within its …
11/18/2009
'Smart' patient monitoring needed to improve workflow
In the operating room, a surgeon typically is surrounded by 11 different medical devices, « and they all keep beeping at us, » complains Dr. Martin Schuster at Charité …
11/12/2009
Making public hospitals more attractive for practitioners
Following fierce parliamentary debates last spring, the newly enacted law on Hospital reform is beginning to show concrete moves. One of these is to modify the remuneration system …
10/27/2009
GE Healthcare launched Discovery NM/CT 670
GE Healthcare announced the European launch of Discovery NM/CT 670, a hybrid imaging platform designed to improve workflow, dose management, and overall image quality. …
10/14/2009
Siemens wins service contract from large US clinic
The University of Pennsylvania Health System, one of the largest health systems in the US, has awarded a $135 million contract for Integrated Service Management to Siemens …
09/01/2009
"Any cath lab that is not open 24/7 should be closed"
Surviving a heart attack depends upon where you live in Europe. For cardiologists that is unacceptable. A majority of European countries can deliver life-saving primary …
09/01/2009
Microbiology lab automation
Full automation has now become the gold standard for clinical laboratories. Without hospital microbiology labs, which according to the Centres for Disease Control deal with 1.7 …
07/24/2009
Enhanced archiving of patient data
Hitachi Data Systems Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT) and the only provider of Services Oriented Storage Solutions, today announced a …
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