Keywords: Data Management

05/22/2013

Strategic lab control

Managing physicians’ test requests is a key ingredient of modern lab management. However, doctors and nurses still do not provide the clinical reasons for orders to all labs. …

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. …

02/25/2013

The pros and cons of tabletcomputers in radiology

Although not yet suitable for primary readings, tablet technology does offer potential for second opinions, sharing information with patients and clinicians, and seeking expert …

11/27/2012

Carestream opens portal for patients to view images

No more CD or DVDs! MyVue Patient Portal empowers patients to securely access, manage and share their medical images and radiology reports with specialists and healthcare …

11/20/2012

Mobile devices are making their way into diagnostic imaging

Smartphones and tablets are a part of everyday life, and have rapidly proliferated among physicians. Today, nearly 80 percent of physicians are using mobile devices in their daily …

11/13/2012

Omron builds partnerships to expand personalised health lines

R&D is the core strength at Omron Healthcare, a leader in medical and home healthcare products with innovative technologies. At Medica the company is on the hunt for new partners …

11/12/2012

The needs of European hospitals are similar

Procedures, financing and cultural philosophies can shape the difference, Michael Reiter, Mark Nicholls, Eduardo de la Sota, Jane MacDougall report …

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

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 …

06/11/2012

Agfa HealthCare and Dell form strategic alliance for cloud-based image management solution for the U.S. market

Agfa HealthCare extends managed services platform to cloud host ICIS - its Imaging Clinical Information System - and enable facilities in the U.S. to image-enable their EMR. …

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. …

05/02/2012

Weight and height

In many hospitals medical specialists from different fields work closely together. To give them access to centrally held information and patient data collected from admittance to …

04/30/2012

The fmCh Public Database

Swiss surgical patients can check on and correct their treatment data and thereby facilitate reliable hospital benchmarking. In 1995, surgeons in the Biel, Burgdorf and Zurich …

02/22/2012

What’ s new in information technology?

This remains critical in radiology and demand rows for even more rapid report turnaround and quicker access to imaging, especially for cancer. …

02/22/2012

Ambulance paramedics switch to on the spot electronic reporting

A British ambulance service has successfully made the transition from paperbased patient reporting to a fully electronic system enabling paramedics to capture patient data at the …

02/21/2012

Helping to create the ‘medical home’ EPR

Neuroradiologist and researcher Gregory Sorensen MD, changed roles in June 2011 when, as the new President & CEO of Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., he became responsible for …

02/16/2012

Describing Community Nursing: Building blocks for improvement

The International Council of Nurses (ICN) is delighted to announce the release of a new publication, Community Nursing, in partnership with the Scottish Government and the …

12/20/2011

Process management for future hospitals

Architect Herbert Michael Küpper Dr-Ing from M+ management, demonstrates that full understanding of the working needs of a hospital is necessary to arrive at a successful new …