A sublime strategy for holistic diagnoses
Professor Erich Reinhardt (below), President and CEO of Siemens Medical Solutions and member of the Board of Management of Siemens AG, discusses the company's current and future strategies.
The electronic health card
„Through its engagement in various initiatives and publications ZVEI (the German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association) consistently underlines the great potential of IT in the healthcare system — in Germany and Europe. “It's a milestone in German healthcare modernisation within a European context”, says ZVEI
RSNA/US launch for EU healthcare consultancy
Launched in 2005, and introduced to a broader healthcare public at the 2006 European Congress of Radiology (ECR), Agfa Healthcare Consulting is now to be introduced to potential customers beyond Europe - at this year's RSNA in Chicago.
Preventing hypothermia
A new, compact, fully portable Patient Warming System, is '..the most efficient, non-invasive method of temperature control currently available'
PNEUMONIA
It kills more children than any other illness. According to UNICEF and the World Health Organisation (WHO) that includes AIDS, malaria and measles combined - yet pneumonia remains a forgotten disease. A report published by the two organisations aims to provoke action to reduce child mortality from pneumonia.
University hospitals have a market value
Tours company opens a medical centre within a centre of excellence
International Clinical Research Centre in Brno
The Saint Ann Hospital, in Brno, is about to commence a joint project with the renowned Mayo Clinic, based in Rochester, Minnesota, USA.
Virgen del Rocío
Spanish event surprised with a number of high-profile IT projects.
Sharing the load
New to MEDICA this year is MLR, whose automated guided vehicles (AGV) have been radically modified transport containers in hospitals.
Creating the right image for hospital beds
A new range of hospital beds, developed with both the needs of patients and nursing staff in mind, meets the highest expectations of functionality and design.
Cheering up the wards
While bringing friends and loved ones flowers can cheer them up, dealing with the vases can cause headaches for care professionals.
Closing in on the brain
The new Nextim system, eXimia NBS is a novel brain stimulation technology which provides individual measures of the health and functional capacity of the central nervous system, as well as of brain reactions to targeted magnetic pulses. Thanks to its advanced technology and proven clinical performance, the NBS system helps medical professionals to focus on the issues that matter the most - and to…
Defining the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN)
New magazine should progress IT for healthcare.
Electronic patient records
The UK Health Minister has set out key details of what patients and the public can expect from the NHS Care Records Service.
Switzerland
The 6th Swiss eHealthcare Congress gave an overview about the latest topics concerning eHealth.
Saving time with speech recognition systems
High-profile IT projects aimed at increasing efficiency and improving patient care.
New challenges require new management strategies
Rapidly changing conditions which affect patient throughput, require very quick reactions from hospital management.
Software automatically converts data between devices
The DICOM Attribute Converter is a software module that solves even complex communication problems.
The 3M Healthcare Forum 2006
DRG and quality management as a success factor in hospital management
The Sopro 640 insufflator
Having incorporated customer's feedback, the Sopro Insufflators product line has been enlarged.
Water purifiers for renal care network
One of the largest renal programms startet at Leicester General Hospital, part of the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.
Meet them in Minsk
Danube seeks international distributors at the Laundry and dry-cleaning exhibition held in Minsk.
A large chamber washer/disinfector
Hamo Jupiter Large Chamber Washer/Disinfector meets the international standards for washing/disinfecting.
What about the kitchen?
A recently published report reveals that hygiene standards in some hospital kitchens in the UK are far beyond common standards.
Medical and financial assessment of new technologies in hospitals
Frederik L Giesel MD MBA about the importance of process management and efficiency in hospitals.
