Search Tag: cloud computing
2018 21 Sep
Today the healthcare system is being totally transformed by the use of cloud technology. Here are some of the ways this is happening: C loud computing Cloud computing is more than just uploading your files in Yahoo! Groups or Google Communities to share with a common group. Today, it speaks of large data and resources that companies use....Read more
2018 17 Apr
Hospitals and other healthcare facilities with tight IT budgets can turn to Mercy Technology Services for help with their cloud computing needs. The company has launched a new healthcare cloud service for hosting mission-critical apps like the EHR and imaging, as well as business-essential systems like email, file shares or any other healthcare workload....Read more
2016 06 Jul
The ability to process huge quantities of visual electronic data rapidly and efficiently following man-made and natural disasters could spell the difference between life and death for survivors. Visual data created by security cameras, mobile devices and aerial video provide useful data for first responders and law enforcement. Such...Read more
2016 11 Jan
Cloud plays an important role in any hospital's digital transformation. The technology can help improve workflows and provide access to new information for better patient care, while maintaining security and required governance, according to an article in HealthcareBusinessTech.com . "While most think of the public cloud when they hear the term,...Read more
2016 05 Jan
Accenture has acquired CRMWaypoint, a supplier of cloud advisory and technology services in the Netherlands, specializing in Salesforce cloud solutions for sales, service and marketing. The acquisition further strengthens Accenture’s position as a leading cloud services by reinforcing its Cloud First agenda that provides clients with high-standard...Read more
2015 13 Oct
Dell Inc. and EMC Corporation signed a definitive agreement today under which Dell will acquire EMC Corporation. This acquisition will result in a merger of two of the greatest technology franchises in the world. Dell will buy EMC Corp for $67 billion and is all set to create a record in the technology industry. With this acquisition, Dell aims...Read more
2015 06 Oct
Intel and the Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health & Science University have created a prototype collaborative platform to enable cancer precision medicine research across multiple institutions. Ultimately, the goal is to speed up genomic analysis so the care team can tailor a precision treatment plan for the patient within 24 hours. While the...Read more
2015 13 Apr
The proper collection, management and utilisation of health information play a critical role in modern healthcare. Electronic health records (EHR) serve as the main carrier of medical information, and emerging information technologies — health sensing, big data analysis and cloud computing — provide great potential for facilitating research and improving...Read more
2014 20 Nov
Cloud computing service providers offering guaranteed reliability and clear data portability terms stand to benefit from the fast-growing healthcare cloud market in the United States and Europe, according to Frost & Sullivan. Average market penetration rates are projected to increase by 10 to 30 percent by the end of the decade. Investments in healthcare...Read more
2014 30 Oct
KCR, the European Contract Research Organization (CRO) operating across 19 European countries and in the U.S., has turned to the cloud in a move to improve cross-functional collaboration and trial operations. KCR will replace the mix of paper and file-share solutions used to manage trial master files with Veeva Systems’ cloud-based content management...Read more
2014 01 Jul
Patient participation in healthcare is facilitated by the use of personal health records. However, the closed nature of Personal Health Record (PHR) systems and privacy concerns have limited their adoption. In this paper, the authors introduce the MyPHRMachines cloud-based PHR platform, which enables external developers to develop apps, and allows...Read more
2014 29 May
Seamlessly image-enabling any healthcare enterprise Calgary Scientific Inc., a company known for creating transformative technology for the medical industry and beyond, has made it even easier for healthcare enterprises to retrieve and review any patient image, and diagnose from mobile devices in a completely secure manner with the introduction...Read more
2014 22 Apr
Industry’s largest medical imaging network helps providers and patients coordinate care and share information across distances and disparate healthcare systems Nuance Communications, Inc. has announced the immediate availability of Nuance PowerShare™ Network, the industry’s largest cloud-based network for securely connecting physicians, patients,...Read more
2014 27 Mar
ZNA hospital group in Belgium extends Agfa HealthCare’s ICIS to integrate all medical images onto a single cloud-based platform All relevant images will become part of the patient record, regardless of source, leading to an image-enabled EMR Solution will integrate all medical images from different departments and facilities, whether DICOM...Read more
2014 11 Jun
The 2014 Cloud Computing Policy Conference USA will bring together over 150 delegates from the digital industries, the public sector, civil society and policymaking communities to debate the priorities facing the US cloud computing sector. It will explore market developments in cloud computing and how businesses and government administrations can best...Read more
2014 07 Feb
Carestream’s Works-in-Progress PACS, Archive, Image Viewer, Patient Portal and Cloud Services Will Be Upgraded With New 64-Bit Windows/Intel Technology to Elevate Performance While Reducing Costs Carestream will showcase upgrades to its healthcare IT portfolio at HIMSS 2014 as works in progress that include a new CARESTREAM Vue PACS...Read more
2014 20 Jan
Two 20-foot HP Performance Optimised Data Centres will meet Trust's compute requirements for the next seven to ten years HP has announced that the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust has improved its IT services while saving space, time and costs by installing two HP Performance Optimised Data Centres (PODs) at the Ulster Hospital, Belfast....Read more
2013 04 Dec
BridgeHead partner INHS implements secure, on-site private Cloud that lets hospital protect its data within the firewall, Achieves MEDITECH Best Practices BridgeHead Software announced that The Good Shepherd Medical Center (GSMC), a progressive, not-for-profit hospital located in Hermiston, Oregon, has deployed the BridgeHead Software Health...Read more
2013 27 Nov
Carestream Health in France has been selected to provide shared PACS and RIS services and teleradiology support in the Midi-Pyrénées region. The tender process was supported by Groupement de Coopération Sanitaire (GCS) Télésanté Midi-Pyrénées and will allow all medical imaging produced in the region to be shared. This developmental project...Read more