IT

05/08/2013

Health IT connects global as more nations integrate with 'IHE Inside'

Leaders from electronic health programs in 22 countries attended the first-ever IHE World Summit to take on the challenges of advancing patient care in the digital era. …

02/26/2013

Secure, dynamic networking during surgery

Operating theatre (OT) equipment is increasingly distributed and interconnected, and the staff depends on IT to access and exchange vital information. …

02/08/2013

Aurelius acquires healthcare business of Tieto

The investment company Aurelius Group, based in Munich/Germany, has closed a deal to acquire Tieto’s divisions Healthcare, Systems Integration & Consulting, and Product …

12/08/2012

Increase your reading efficiency with syngo.plaza

Syngo®.plaza is the agile PACS solution for the clinical routine. syngo.plaza helps speed up reading and knows when to call up 2D, 3D, or 4D applications. …

11/19/2012

Smartphones and high-tech laboratories to reveal health effects

New technologies for sensing chemicals that people are exposed to and their effects in the body will help scientists work towards a complete picture of how environmental …

11/12/2012

Tactics to become comfortably mobile and wireless

Wireless networks expert Melih Duran discusses solutions to streamline and optimise patient care. …

11/07/2012

Healthcare delivery on the move

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11/06/2012

Health issues go electronic at the International Biology Days in Paris

The JIB Journées Internationales de Biologie (held in Paris from Nov 7 to 9) is the event of the year for lab-biologists across France. …

10/12/2012

Global PACS, RIS & CVIS markets to exceed $4.5 billion by 2016

With decreasing budgets, healthcare providers are under increasing pressure to develop effective means of improving efficiency and reducing costs, whilst maintaining high levels …

09/06/2012

ID World International Congress

The 11th World Summit offers the most comprehensive global overview of the opportunities and challenges facing the automatic identification sector. …

09/03/2012

Connectivity and interoperability

Roche’s new information system aims to tackle the complexity and variability of clinical processes within and beyond laboratories. …

08/08/2012

Cloud computing

The storage and retrieval of an ever increasing volume of imaging data is raising hospital IT managers’ interest in sharing computing resources via the Internet, thus saving on …

07/12/2012

Medical Transcription and Health Information Security

In July 2011 the Defense Department of the United States lost approximately 24,000 sensitive Pentagon files in a large-scale cyber attack. If you know anything about the U.S. …

07/10/2012

There’s no meteoric rise to the clouds for medical images

For technology suppliers the potential return on investment in medical images storage via cloud computing will not be lightning fast, market analyst for healthcare IT Theo Ahadome …

07/10/2012

Caradigm is here

]Back in December 2011, when General Electric and Microsoft announced their joint venture, Peter Neupert, then head of Microsoft’s healthcare solutions group said: ‘This …

07/10/2012

Present and future clinical laboratory management systems

Exit the monoliths, enter diversity -IT for labs is continuously progressing; solutions in the European market are becoming ever more complex and richer in functionality – all …

06/14/2012

IHE European Connectathon: Cross-border network expands

One month after entering into operational mode for real-world exchanges of patient summaries, the large-scale project Smart Open Services for European Patients (epSOS) was back at …

06/06/2012

Teleradiology use in Europe

A new survey brings fresh insight into radiologists’ thoughts on teleradiology in Europe. Conducted by radiologist Dr Erik Ranschaert from the Jeroen Bosch Hospital, Den Bosch, …

05/02/2012

A dynamic HIMSS 12 in Las Vegas

To date, the US administration has subsidised care organisations to the tune of over US$3 billion to implement IT -- particularly electronic health records. Nor is that the end. …

04/30/2012

Agfa HealthCare’s Cardiovascular Information System

The Impax CV12A, a new version of Agfa HealthCare’s Cardiovascular Information System (CVIS), was introduced this March during the American College of Cardiology’s (ACC’s) …