EU to Adopt Medical Device Database
In an effort to improve public safety, the European Union will adopt a pan-Europe online database for medical device products by next year, the EU’s utive body announced this week.
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Siemens Introduces a Cockpit for Intervention Rooms
Siemens Healthcare presents the Artis zee Cockpit, a new workplace designed to significantly ease the tasks performed in the control room of radiology and cardiology interventional suites.
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Sussex Partnership signs deal with iSoft
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has signed a five-year deal with iSoft that includes an option for it to become an early adopter of Lorenzo.
Agfa Healthcare announces 28 New Healthcare IT Customers in Germany
Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of diagnostic imaging and healthcare IT solutions, announced that it has signed 28 new customers’ agreements in Germany for its leading healthcare IT solutions ORBIS, IMPAX and HYDMedia in the first quarter of 2010.
NCI to offer cancer e-care record
The National Cancer Institute, Washington, plans to release a lightweight electronic health record designed to capture data specific to a cancer patient’s office visit.
Colombia rushes to plug USD 500 million health budget gap
Colombia’s government will rush a tax bill to Congress this week to fill a budget hole that opened up when the Constitutional Court struck down a presidential decree aimed at funding healthcare.
Scottsdale Hospital, USA earns top Cancer Accreditation
Scottsdale Healthcare in the USA has been granted Accreditation with Commendation by the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons for its cancer programme.
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Knowledge Management policy for Health – Service, Education and Research
Secretary, Department of Health Research was requested to chair a Committee on Health Care, Education, Research and Delivery to identify the applications that could use National Knowledge Network.
Scottish health board election nominations open
Nominations have opened for Scotland’s first elected health boards, with 16 and 17-year-olds able to cast their vote for the first time.
FDA Launches Medical Device Transparency Website
As part of the open government initiative, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration launched a “transparency” website for its medical and radiological devices branch.
Toshiba Aquilion ONE Scans Entire Organ in Single Rotation
A new computed tomography (CT) scanner that provides physicians with precise images of internal organs with a single rotation of the gantry has been developed by Toshiba. The Toshiba Aquilion ONE 320-detector row CT system with pediatric imaging capabilities can image an entire organ in a single rotation or over multiple rotations, showing real-time dynamic movement and resulting in lower doses of radiation.
