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Multiple challenges drive clinical laboratories to boost automation

Healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information’s recent report entitled “Lab Automation Markets, 2nd Edition (Systems, Key Companies, Forecasts and Trends)” points out that while clinical laboratories are vital to the diagnostic industry, they are facing multiple challenges that will require increased automation in order for them to remain competitive.

09 March 2010: Kalorama Information

 

Lean seminar helps healthcare professionals to get more for their money

A ‘sell-out’ seminar in Sheffield helps healthcare professionals in the NHS to learn valuable lessons about how to generate savings, without it coming at the expense of service delivery and quality.

09 March 2010: Lean Healthcare Academy

 

RCGP launches campaign to encourage better access to psychological therapies

The Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) is joining the Royal College of Psychiatrists and mental health charity Mind to launch a new campaign calling for a new deal for children and adults with mental health problems.

03 March 2010: RCGP (The Royal College of General Practitioners)

 

Lean Healthcare Academy launches Product Partner project

The Lean Healthcare Academy is launching a new ‘Product Partner’ project that is ideal for companies and organisations supplying the NHS.

01 March 2010: Lean Healthcare Academy

 

Market report claims no clear leader in US physician EMR market

A new report from healthcare Market research publisher, Kalorama Information, concludes that despite the presence of well-known companies such as IBM, 3M, Dell and Wal-Mart, no single company dominates the market for electronic medical records (EMR).

26 February 2010: Kalorama Information

 

Amnis works with IHM to offer two Accelerated Lean Skills Programmes

After running a series of one-day workshop masterclasses with the Institute of Healthcare Management (IHM), the quality, innovation and productivity organization, Amnis, plans to run two Accelerated Lean Skills Programmes (ALSPs) with the Institute.

23 February 2010: Amnis Ltd

 

Amnis and IHM plan to run new series of Lean workshop masterclasses in 2010

Amnis is collaborating with the Institute of Healthcare Management (IHM) to run a further programme of one-day workshop masterclasses.

16 February 2010: Amnis Ltd

 

RCGP vodcast explains GP revalidation changes

Professor Mike Pringle, RCGP Medial Director of Revalidation, records a video podcast for the RCGP’s website that explains the recent changes and decisions made regarding the revalidation of GPs.

16 February 2010: RCGP (The Royal College of General Practitioners)

 

Masterclass reveals the secrets of Lean strategies for healthcare practitioners

Quality, innovation and productivity organisation, Amnis together with the Institute of Healthcare Management (IHM), completes the fourth of an initial programme of five masterclasses aimed at helping healthcare organisations to transform the way they work, introduce Lean and think strategically.

12 February 2010: Amnis

 

Risk index indicates Nigeria, Chad and Ivory Coast most at risk from TB

The Tuberculosis Risk Index (TBRI), developed by global risks advisory firm Maplecroft, ranks 196 countries on their vulnerability to Tuberculosis (TB) has named Nigeria, Chad and Ivory Coast as the nations that are most at risk from the disease.

11 February 2010: Maplecroft

 

Amnis warns tactical Lean methods may fail under financial pressure

The difficult financial challenges facing the health service over the next few years, as it restructures its service models to release cash, are likely to be difficult to overcome for those organisations that take a tactical approach to improving performance, warns the quality, innovation and productivity organisation, Amnis.

09 February 2010: Amnis Ltd

 

US clinical lab services market to reach $61.9bn by 2014

Healthcare market research publisher, Kalorama Information publishes a new report entitled “Clinical Laboratory Services Market (Growth Opportunities, Competitive Analysis and Competitor Profiles)”.

08 February 2010: Kalorama Information

 

CT scans for H1N1 cases spur market growth for CT contrast agents

Published reports on the usefulness of CT scans for complicated H1N1 cases have spurred use of these procedures in US hospitals and is opening up a pathway of diagnostics for physicians reckons healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information.

02 February 2010: Kalorama Information

 

Electrical stimulation offers new depression treatment market growth

Kalorama Information’s new “Electrical and Magnetic Neurostimulation,” reports that electrode devices that stimulate nerves have emerged as a solution to depression and there is competition among notable device companies to provide the most effective stimulator.

01 February 2010: Kalorama Information

 

Bridge4Bio offers life science businesses global strategic support

An international business consultancy group focused on promoting the growth of life sciences and biotechnology companies, Bridge4Bio, is targeting four strategic areas to assist both startups and established companies plan and grow their businesses globally.

01 February 2010: Bridge4Bio

 

BSI unveils Passport to Europe seminar programme in the USA

BSI, a world-class Notified Body providing regulatory and quality management reviews for medical devices, is kicking off its “Passport to Europe” Programme.

28 January 2010: British Standards Institution (BSI)

 

Jobs4Medical enters Irish recruitment market

Jobs4Medical.co.uk is moving into the Irish recruitment market, which the search engine identifies as a significant growth area.

21 January 2010: Jobs4Medical.co.uk

 

RCGP pilots revalidation ePortfoio system

The RCGP is piloting a secure ePortfolio for GPs to use for revalidation.

15 January 2010: RCGP (The Royal College of General Practitioners)

 

Amnis develops new people based project management training programme

Amnis develops a training programme that focuses on the essential skills needed to plan and run successful projects.

15 January 2010: Amnis Ltd

 

McGraw-Hill launches emergency medicine online training software solution

McGraw-Hill Professional launches AccessEmergency Medicine's Custom Curriculum, a cutting-edge functionality that enables emergency medicine (EM) programme directors to create, track, and report usage of resident rotations online.

06 January 2010: McGraw-Hill Higher Education

 

Elekta receives World Class Manufacturing award

Elekta, the manufacturer of treatment solutions for cancer and brain disorders, is awarded the World Class Manufacturing award by The Manufacturer magazine.

30 December 2009: Elekta

 

Cardiac marker POC tests lead the way in hospital point-of-care diagnostics

Cardiac marker POC tests are now widely used in hospitals and have emerged as a successful model of the concept of point-of-care diagnostics concludes a new report from Kalorama Information.

29 December 2009: Kalorama Information

 

Amnis sets out a process to help hospitals improve performance

The quality, innovation and productivity organisation, Amnis, is sounding a note of caution in the debate over the Dr Foster Hospital Guide and has also set out a process to help those organisations which have been criticised in the Guide to improve performance by developing their internal capabilities.

29 December 2009: Amnis Ltd

 

Kalorama updates EMR uptake survey analysis

A new report from healthcare market research publisher Kalorama Information, suggests that Washington can encourage physicians to buy electronic medical record systems, but it is the vendors and hospitals that affiliate with physicians that will ultimately determine if they go electronic.

18 December 2009: Kalorama Information

 

HCRS to provide medical records coding and analysis to US Air Force for training

HealthCare Resolution Services (HCRS) is awarded a contract with the US Air Force's Commodities Council to support the Air Education and Training Command (AETC) with medical records coding and analysis, auditing, and provider training.

17 December 2009: HealthCare Resolution Services

 
 
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