Kyle Hardy
The GasthuisZusters Antwerpen (GZA) Hospital Group in Belgium has implemented a new temperature monitoring solution across its three hospitals to monitor and manage the temperature in refrigerators that contain temperature-sensitive items, such as pharmaceuticals and blood.
HIMSS Analytics Europe will introduce awards for European Hospitals that have achieved the highest scores on the EMR Adoption Model (EMRAM). They'll be unveiled at the upcoming HIMSS Europe Health IT Leadership Summit in Rome from September 29 to October 1.
St. Helens and Whiston hospital recently automated its bed management. The IMS MAXIMS real-time system recently went live at St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. Officials say has simplified the handling of more than 500 patient admissions, discharges and transfers a day.
Macquarie University Hospital performed Australia's first Gamma Knife surgery with its new Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion system on Aug. 3, making it the country's first center capable of providing dedicated intracranial radiosurgery.
In an effort to expand clinical informatics offerings, Royal Philips Electronics has entered into an agreement to acquire the business of CDP Medical Ltd, an Israel-based provider of picture archiving and communication systems.
On Friday, doctors in Nepal will leverage a new IT solution to participate in an educational session, watching live video of a surgery performed halfway around the world.
CSC Global Healthcare, a Falls Church, Va.-based research group has developed and launched a new online community with the intent of cultivating a network healthcare executives who can discuss the final rule on the first stage of meaningful use.
The Singapore Ministry of Health has signed a contract with Accenture to implement the National Electronic Health Record (NEHR) system, a key enabler of Singapore’s vision toward a national, integrated health care system.
Birmingham Health and Wellbeing Partnership (BHWP) has selected Health Portal, developed by Dotted Eyes, to help facilitate information sharing at every level of the Partnership organizations.
Insight Medical Imaging, an Alberta-based group practice of 20 radiologists, has rolled out a new PACS imaging solution at multiple new work stations.