Accounts payable automation in healthcare, one of the most promising opportunities for hospitals to reduce expenses and reallocate resources to more strategic and patient-facing activities, will be the topic of a breakout…
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Gulf health authorities discuss international best practices in evaluation of medicines
Health authority representatives, Academia, policy-makers and health experts from across the Gulf are getting together this weekend to discuss the assessment of medicines, to ensure government funds are spent wisely at a…
International Nurse’s Day to be Marked in UAE
Abu Dhabi, 7th May 2010 Nurses from the entire region the United Arab Emirates, who save lives and maintain the health of sick and expectant clients, are all geared up to celebrate…
Indian Pharma Firms offer Illegal incentives to The Doctors
Ever since the Medical Council of India (MCI) banned doctors from accepting gifts and freebies from the pharma and healthcare industry, some companies have openly induced the medical profession to disobey the…
GE Healthcare Installs New Generation Wide-Bore MR System in Europe
PARIS, France — GE Healthcare announces the installation at Hospital Laennec, Creil, France, Europe’s first, wide-bore Optima MR450w. The new 1.5T MR system has a 70 cm wide bore that provides increased…
GE Healthcare launches its eHealth solutions portfolio in the Middle East
With a focus on connecting the healthcare system through clinical information exchange, GE Healthcare introduced today its next-generation eHealth platform in the Middle East. The Global eHealth Solutions platform includes expanded services…
GE Healthcare Launches EMR Interoperability Solution at Providence Health & Services
GE Healthcare has announced the successful upgrade to its latest Centricity® EMR platform at Providence Health & Services. GE Centricity EMR’s interoperative functionality ensures the same industry-leading solution that Providence has depended…
Siemens to further develop its healthcare business
Munich, Germany, Siemens will further develop its healthcare business, effective May 1, in order to more effectively exploit market and growth potential. With a stronger focus on the different market segments, the…
Iranian President opened cardiac bio-implant factory
A cardiac bio-implant factory was inaugurated by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Kish Island south of Iran on Friday Successful commissioning of the project in Iran marks lift of western states’ bio-implant monopoly….
FDA Recalled medications still available in UAE
ABU DHABI i// Pharmacies are continuing to sell more than 40 infant and child medications that were subject to a quality-standard recall yesterday. McNeil Consumer Healthcare and the US Food and Drug…
Experimental drug helping people with Fragile X Syndrome
Some people with Fragile X Syndrome have shown substantial improvements in the behaviours associated with the condition during a small clinical trial for a new experimental drug, it has been reported. According…
Medical Device Industry Commit to Reducing Energy Use of Ultrasound Products
PARIS & WAUKESHA, Wis. GE Healthcare announced today a commitment to reduce the average energy consumption of new ultrasound products by 25 percent by 2012*. With support from the European Union (EU)…
GE Healthcare invest 3m Euro in Independent Living Centre
Global healthcare corporation GE Healthcare has announced a €3m investment in the Irish Technology Research for Independent Living Centre (TRIL). Current partners in TRIL include Intel, UCD, Trinity and NUI Galway. The…
Capsule Technologies and GE Healthcare partner on device connectivity
Capsule Technologies and GE Healthcare have formed a partnership, in which Capsule will integrate its medical device connectivity system with GE’s Centricity Enterprise, Perinatal and Perioperative suites. By incorporating Capsule’s Enterprise Device…
GE Healthcare, Ascom Offer Wireless IP Phones for Health Care
General Electric’s Healthcare division and Ascom Wireless Solutions announced an agreement to implement a hospital system that would send alerts from patient-monitoring devices directly to a caregiver via paging or text messaging….