What You Should Know:
Philips unveils first of its kind ultrasound solution for
pediatric assessment to provide a gentler approach to imaging children.
It combines dedicated transducers, enhanced
processing, and software tools that are optimized for the pediatric diagnostic
workflow to help improve the experience of both young patients and staff.
Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, announced
the ultimate ultrasound
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Philips, U.S. Government Partner to Ramp-Up Ventilator Production to Combat COVID-19 Pandemic
What You Should Know:
Philips and the U.S. government collaborate on ramping up ventilator production to combat COVID-19 pandemic with plans to double the production by May 2020.
In the first three months of this year, Philips already delivered several thousand ventilators to U.S. hospitals.
As a result of its production ramp-up, Philips was able to deliver an additional batch of ventilators to one of New York’s hospitals, to help provide immediate relief to the surge of COVID-19
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Philips Enables Providers to Remotely Screen and Monitor Patients with COVID-19
What You Should Know:
- Philips provides healthcare institutions with telehealth solution to process high volume coronavirus-related healthcare requests via online screening and supports healthcare providers in the use of external call centers to offer the correct care to patients
- If medically justified, patients infected with COVID-19 can be remotely monitored via automated questionnaires about their home situation and state of health
Royal Philips announced
that it can help
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Philips Ramps Up Production of Critical Health Tech Products in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
What You Should Know:
- The most needed products are patient vital signs monitors and portable ventilators and medical consumables for non-invasive and invasive ventilation to treat a broad range of respiratory conditions.
- Philips’ efforts to increase the production include hiring additional manufacturing employees and shifting current employees to support increased demand immediately
Royal Philips announced
that it is increasing the production of
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Op-Ed: Health Care Is Too Important To Stay The Same
Virtually every business around the globe is contending with how to improve the consumer experience in an era of digitization. We live in a world where you can calculate the fastest route to your destination, order dinner to be delivered, have groceries loaded into your fridge, and livestream content from around the world – all from the palm of your hand. So why have we not seen the same strides in health care?
In part, because of the inability of patients to access and control their own
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TeraRecon Acquired by SymphonyAI: What is the Impact for Medical Imaging Market?
On the 4th March 2020, TeraRecon announced it had signed an agreement to be acquired by the SymphonyAI Group. Here are the facts of the deal, followed by our take on the potential impact on the medical imaging market:
- The terms of the deal were not disclosed and TeraRecon will continue to operate business as usual. However, it will benefit from greater financial backing and the synergistic technologies from other companies in the Group’s portfolio.
- TeraRecon is an Advanced
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Philips Launches Emergency Care Informatics Suite to Power Real-Time Feedback Between Emergency Responders & Doctors
What You Need to Know:
- Philips launches its new pre-hospital informatics solution for emergency responders in the U.S. market and will debut it at HIMSS 2020 next week.
- Emergency medical service personnel are facing rising demands in their roles while also encountering challenging and diverse cases that require better technology to meet patient needs.
- By providing real-time, bidirectional feedback between emergency responders on the scene and doctors in the hospital awaiting the
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CTA Launches First-Ever ANSI-accredited Standard for AI in Healthcare
- The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announces the first-ever ANSI-accredited standard for the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare, developed by more than 50 organizations from tech giants to healthcare leaders.
- CTA convened 52 organizations – including IBM, Philips, BlackBerry, Doctor on Demand, Humetrix, American Medical Association, and AdvaMed – to develop this standard that provides a foundation to better
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Hg Takes Majority Holding in Intelerad: 3 Major Implications to Know
- On 23rd Jan 2020, Hg Capital announced it had agreed to acquire a majority stake in imaging IT software vendor Intelerad Medical Systems from previous majority stake owners Novacap.
- The founders, management and employee shareholders at Intelerad will be reinvested, with Novacap remaining as a minority shareholder.
- The company has undergone significant growth in the last four years, announcing a USD75m R&D program in 2019 and acquiring imaging IT workflow specialist Clario Medical
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KLAS Names Epic, Pivot Point, Accenture Overall Best in KLAS 2020
- Epic was named the top Overall Software Suite for the tenth consecutive year in the Best in KLAS 2020 Software & Services report. - Pivot Point Consulting, a Vaco Company, was named the top Overall IT Services Firm, edging out last year’s winner, Impact Advisors. - Accenture earned the award of top Overall Healthcare Management Consulting Firm.Today, KLAS Research announced released their annual Best in KLAS Software & Services that recognizes the leading vendors for solutions,
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