NHS trials GE Healthcare

GE Healthcare has supplied an NHS trust with patient monitoring technology as part of a pilot scheme designed to improve quality of healthcare, reports Zenopa.com.

NHS Central Lancashire has incorporated the medical technology firm's IntelO health guide system in Preston, involving 40 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the initial 12-month trial.

Richard Rees-Davies, GE Healthcare's UK general manager for home health, says: "The increasing cost and burden of chronic disease is a huge problem in the UK. This is where new health technologies like the IntelO health guide can make a real difference."

CIOs are concerned about their technology and electronic healthcare record investments meeting the criteria for 'meaningful use' as set forth in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, says Channel Insider.

Valued-added resellers looking to reap the benefits of the increased spend in electronic health records and the corresponding value-added services that go along with it, may find themselves in an improving market position, according to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

Because electronic health records cannot be done in a vacuum, everyone needs to jump on board and start sharing data through what PwC calls a “national health information superhighway”, and it just doesn't exist yet, according to the CIOs surveyed.

An international expo on medical, surgical and diagnostic equipment, technology, materials, supplies and allied services, Healthex 2010, will be held in Bangalore from 16 to 19 July, writes Sify.com.

Organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry and Bangalore International Exhibition Services, the four-day event will showcase the latest trends in healthcare, including the technology being used for delivery mechanism at affordable cost.

“The objective is to encourage the medical fraternity to invest in modern equipment and help stakeholders expand their offering or services into towns and villages across the country where affordable healthcare solutions are yet to reach,” says Healthex co-chairman and Philips Electronics India VP Anjan Bose.