GE acquires Agility Healthcare Solutions
Agility Healthcare Solutions provides unique and innovative products that transform hospital workflow and patient care management.
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Carestream assists EU R-Bay project
Carestream Health is acting as a major technical infrastructure provider to the EU-funded R-Bay validation project, which aims to address the uneven spread of radiologists across member states.
Sectra to provide NI radiology system
The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety in Northern Ireland will implement an integrated solution for managing radiology information and images (RIS/PACS) provided by the Swedish IT and medical-technology company Sectra through a ten-year agreement.
TI delivers breakthrough power efficient AFEs
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) recently introduced two new power efficient integrated analog front ends (AFEs) for handheld ultrasound systems.
Kit to design your own bio-feedback clothing
US company Textronics, Inc., a developer of wearable sensors for health and fitness monitoring, is offering a developer
InterSystems introduces DeepSee, embedded real-time BI
Responding to the growing demand for business intelligence (BI) capabilities that enable real-time decision-making for operational business processes, InterSystems Corporation recently announced InterSystems DeepSee
Bluetooth system orients pedestrians in urban environments
A new system based on Bluetooth wireless technology places a layer of information technology over the real world to tell visually challenged pedestrians about points of interest along their path as they pass them.
It can also assist those with poor and normal sight.
Nuance buys Philips Speech Recognition Systems
Philips has sold its Philips Speech Recognition Systems (PSRS) to US-based Nuance Communications for
Fortis plans hospital in Hyderbad
Hospital chain Fortis is looking to expand its presence by setting up a hospital in Hyderabad and would take the inorganic route for growth there.
Apollo Hospitals, Merck arm to set up diabetes clinics
Apollo Hospitals group along with MSD Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of US drug major Merck & Co, is setting up “Sugar Clinics” to tackle diabetes in the country.
Trivitron Healthcare launches Pride series
Chennai-based Trivitron Healthcare has announced the launch of its Pride Series, an array of “innovative” products researched and designed for the Indian health industry.
GE enters home healthcare monitoring market
GE Healthcare, a business of General Electric Co., is entering a potential USD 5 billion international market providing health monitors for the elderly who live alone.
Dutch EPR rollout on track
The Dutch national electronic patient record project is progressing slowly, but steadily. Sixty five doctors have been connected to the infrastructure so far. By the end of the year, this number will increase to 200.
