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Healthcare in 2022: what you need to know
Omicron, supply chains, and pandemic recovery are several themes likely to trend in the hospital sector this year.
New Dawson Creek and District hospital gets approval
A new Dawson Creek and District hospital worth $377.86m has received approval from the British Columbia government and is set to be built at 11401-8th St on the northwest corner of the nearby Northern Lights College campus, Canada.
Adventist Health to sell behavioral health services to Acadia Healthcare
Psychiatric hospital Adventist Health Vallejo has agreed to divest the hospital and its behavioral health services to Acadia Healthcare in the US.
MPT and MIP V to form partnership for Massachusetts hospitals
The sale will enable MPT to continue to apply substantial equity funding to its US investments.
HAVELSAN Launches Secure Data Storage and Sharing Platform ‘HAVELSAN Drive’ for Enterprises
Concept: Turkish security and software company HAVELSAN has launched secure file storage and sharing platform ‘HAVELSAN Drive’ which allows users...
Victoria unveils designs for Bendigo day rehabilitation facility
The day rehabilitation facility will help patients to recover from accidents, injuries and other medical conditions.
ADIB Launches Biometric Authentication for E-Commerce Transactions
Concept: UAE’s Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank (ADIB) introduced the UAE’s first biometric authentication solution for e-commerce transactions in partnership with...
Propellor Aero Introduces 3D Mapping Solution to Optimize Worksite Survey
Concept: Australian startup ‘Propeller Aero’ (Propeller) and Swiss vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) drone manufacturing startup ‘Wingtra’ have collaborated to...
Cordata Healthcare to commercialise Cincinnati Children’s Identity technology
Cincinnati Children’s team of researchers partnered with Hamilton County Job and Family Services to close the gap in information.
Robotics hiring levels in the healthcare industry dropped in August 2021
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Environment in Healthcare: Influencers quarterly update –Q2 2021
Is Environment a key part of your company’s future? GlobalData’s report can help you understand the bigger picture by analyzing...
Quantum Star Rolls Out AI-Based Malware Detection Software
Concept: Idaho’s cybersecurity startup Quantum Star has rolled out an AI-based malware detection software named Starpoint that leverages deep learning...
Massachusetts hospital upgrades disinfection technology with Xenex robot
Spaulding Hospital Cambridge, in Massachusetts, US, has become the first hospital in the Boston area to deploy Xenex Healthcare Services' germ-zapping technology to enhance patient safety.
Kansas City health system to open expanded, relocated oncology unit
Truman Medical Centers (TMC), a not-for-profit, two acute-care hospital health system in Kansas City, US, has announced the opening of The Richard and Annette Bloch Cancer Center in early 2014.
Future expansion: full-field digital mammography
Breast examinations are being transformed by full-field digital mammography equipment. With the worldwide market set to grow significantly in the next few years, GlobalData analyses the key facts and trends driving this expansion.
The case for increased screening: Canadian CT scanning
Alberta Health Services plans to significantly increase the number of PET/CT scans being undertaken in the province. Dr Chris Molnar talks to Nic Paton about the organisation’s intention, and what this means for the future of scanning and diagnosis.
Enter the digital age: PACS
Picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) have now been implemented across the NHS in England. This process provides lessons to learn for other health services and organisations as they look to go digital, according to programme director Mary Barber of NHS Connecting for Health.
The pace of change: MRI use in stroke diagnosis
The use of MRI in the diagnosis of strokes has been growing steadily in recent years with a greater emphasis placed on rapid scanning. In this special report, Professor Anthony Rudd, consultant physician at St Thomas’ Hospital, London, and Dr Elizabeth Brown, consultant radiologist at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, talk to Philip Kleinfeld about the trend and consider how the introduction of a national strategy has changed the way stroke patients are treated.
An epidemic looms: the rise of Alzheimer’s
The number of people around the world suffering from Alzheimer’s disease will soar in the next few decades. There is, however, still much about the illness that remains unknown. Dr Linda McEvoy, assistant professor in the department of radiology at the University of California, explains to Medical Imaging Technology how her team is carrying out research to provide earlier diagnosis and improve treatment for sufferers.
Prostate scanning: overexposed?
Research by Dr Jim Hu and Dr Hua-yin Yu of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, US, calls into question the extent to which scanning is used in the treatment of prostate cancer.
Screening’s new technical approach: tomosynthesis
There is a need for a new technological screening approach to provide better results with fewer risks to patients. Alternative screening techniques are under evaluation, but, as Professor Dr med. Per Skaane explains, automated ultrasound and tomosynthesis provide only a part solution for organised population-based high-volume screening programmes.