Imaging Informatics: Page 310

COCIR welcomes EC e-health plan

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical, and Healthcare IT Industry (COCIR) has endorsed an e-health action plan published this month by the European Commission (EC).

December 23, 2012

Cerner names new vice president for U.K.

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Healthcare information systems firm Cerner has named Emil Peters as vice president and general manager for the U.K. and the Republic of Ireland.

December 23, 2012

Philips signs partnership with Southern Denmark region

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Philips Healthcare has signed an agreement with Region of Southern Denmark to explore joint business opportunities by opening a research and design office in Odense in 2013.

December 20, 2012

IHE publishes new radiology white papers

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) Radiology Technical Committee has published two new white papers this week, one on the subject of management of report templates and the other defining cross-enterprise screening mammography workflow.

December 20, 2012

Chartrounds offers expert advice to radiation oncologists

By Cynthia E. Keen

Where can radiation oncologists working in community hospitals get advice or feedback about a treatment plan for a patient? If they have an Internet connection, they can join Chartrounds, a virtual networking site that links radiation therapy luminaries with any practicing radiation oncologist in the world.

December 19, 2012

TeamDrive warns about banning file-sharing services

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Enterprise cloud synchronization provider TeamDrive of Hamburg, Germany, has issued a warning about the security risks of banning document- and file-sharing services, such as Google Drive and Dropbox, without providing an encryption-based alternative.

December 17, 2012

Medical Insight launches EasyViz Enterprise Web

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Danish software vendor Medical Insight has launched EasyViz Enterprise Web, a zero-download clinical image viewer, the company said.

December 17, 2012

Philips announces progress in dose reduction

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Philips Healthcare and St. Antonius Hosptial Utrecht/Nieuwegein have revealed they have reduced radiation dose in image-guided guided endovascular procedures using ClarityIQ technology.

December 17, 2012

Market predictions for Europe in 2013

By Theo Ahadome, Sarah Jones, Carly Reed, and Stephen Holloway

This year was one of mixed results for the medical electronics industry. The economic uncertainty and austerity measures implemented by many governments in Europe continued to dominate the headlines. The analysts from InMedica expect a continued mix of challenges and opportunities for 2013.

December 16, 2012

Hackers hold medical records for ransom in Australia

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Seven years of patients' electronic medical records at a medical clinic in Miami, Queensland, are being held for ransom by hackers, according to Australian television channel ABC News.

December 13, 2012

CAD helps detect smaller lesions on CT colonography

By Erik L. Ridley

At a cost of just a minute or two of extra interpretation time, computer-aided detection (CAD) software can significantly improve the performance of experienced readers in finding polyps 6 to 9 mm in size on CT colonography studies, according to a study by Italian researchers published online in Radiology.

December 13, 2012

AuntMinnieEurope.com Healthcare Informatics Insider

By Cynthia E. Keen

December 12, 2012

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