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The Texas Regional Medical Center (TRMC) in the US has deployed Iron Mountain's vendor neutral archive (VNA) and cloud storage solution to manage its CT scans, MRIs, X-rays and other...
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Wisconsin Heart Hospital performs world's first surgical robotic procedure
Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare's Wisconsin Heart Hospital Campus in Milwaukee, US, has claimed that it has successfully performed the world's first surgical robotic procedure using the Leonardo...
Tennessee hospital to install Hitachi radiation therapy system
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, will install the Hitachi Proton Beam Therapy (PBT) system at its facility to treat cancer...
US hospital to launch new mental health facility
Highland Hospital in West Virginia, US, is set to complete the construction of its new mental health facility in Kanawha City by July...
CQC report highlights failings at UK care home
The Care Quality Commission (CQC), UK, has warned Kingsley House care home in Wallasey, Merseyside, that it must improve services after inspectors found that the provider was failing to comply...
MEDIVista bedside computing technology selected for new US hospital
St Mary's Healthcare System for Children has selected Lincor Solutions' MEDIVista Bedside technology to improve patient care at its new facility due for completion this...
UK hospital deploys RTLS and workflow software
The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust, UK, has deployed the first phases of Awarepoint Corporation's real-time location system (RTLS) to improve patient flow, equipment tracking and...
DuPage Medical Group deploys Merge iConnect Access and Eye Care suite
The DuPage Medical Group in Illinois, US, has deployed Merge Healthcare's iConnect® Access and the Merge Eye Care...
CQC warns UK care home over non-compliance with safety standards
The UK Care Quality Commission (CQC) has warned Priory (Watton) Limited that it must make necessary improvements to its Buckingham Lodge Care Home to meet essential standards of quality and...
Kuwait hospital implements new Cardiac MRI technique
Dar Al Shifa Hospital in Kuwait has implemented a cardiac MRI to diagnose and assess cardiac diseases and...
New York hospital steps up security on patient information
Saratoga Hospital in the US state of New York has selected DigitalPersona® Pro software and U.are.U® fingerprint readers to securely control access to patient health information (PHI)...
US budget plan trims spending on federal health programmes
The US President's 2013 budget plan will cut spending on health programmes at the expense of hospitals and care...
Tennessee hospital opens hybrid operating room
Saint Thomas Hospital in the US state of Tennessee has opened one of two hybrid operating rooms (OR) for cardiac and vascular...
Oman hospital to open new emergency unit
Khoula Hospital in Muscat, Oman, has announced it will open a new accident and emergency department and burns department in...
Hope for inoperable heart disease patients at Florida hospital
Morton Plant Hospital in the US state of Florida has performed the first transcatheter aortic valve replacement surgery (TAVR) in the Tampa Bay...
Survey shows most Dubai hospitals yet to go paperless
A recent Dubai Health Authority and Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) survey has found that most Dubai hospitals are yet to adopt a paperless...
US hospital performs first robot-assisted thoracic surgery
St John's Hospital in the US state of Minnesota has performed the first robot-assisted thoracic surgery to treat lung...
UK hospital invests in SATO self-adhesive paediatric wristband
Frimley Park Hospital NHS Trust in Surrey, UK, has selected SATO, a provider of data collection systems and labelling, to provide its self-adhesive paediatric/infant soft...
UK children's hospital receives device to reduce anxiety in patients
The Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh, Scotland, has received Diversionary Therapy Technologies' (DTT) ditto device from Sick Kids Friends...
Michigan hospital deploys Toshiba's new ultrasound system
Spectrum Health in Michigan, US, has deployed the first Aplio 500 ultrasound system from Toshiba America Medical...
Australian hospital opens new hyperbaric chamber
The Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney, Australia, has opened a new $5.2m hyperbaric chamber, three times the size of its old one, hospital officials have...
