http://www.windbercare.com – Through our partnership with GE Healthcare, Windber Medical Center is one of the first sites in the U.S. to deploy true sixteen-slice PET-CT imaging. Windber Medical center’s capabilities now combine the fastest and most sophisticated CT technology with the most advanced PET technology — all in a single exam. Together, a PET/CT scan [...]
I know a lot of folks here at Dell believe technology can make a real impact in health care by improving the quality and efficiency of patient care. It’s estimated that in one year avoidable medical errors led to 98,000 deaths—more than from AIDS, homicides, and car crashes combined. Initiatives like electronic prescriptions and health [...]
Captured at HIMSS09, one of the core developers for Microsoft Amalga walks through the application. The health care industry has a complete aspect of new technologies and processes to see in the future. The PHR product Microsoft HealthVault is also featured. Duration : 0:8:31
Exciting careers in health care, make a difference in someone’s life, find out more about this here. Allied Health careers are varied and each specialisation is an exciting field by itself. Dietitians, occupational therapist, physiotherapist, speech therapist, dianostic radiographer,medical technician..you can be a profession in one of these fields. This video gives an insight of [...]
Professor Boris Rubinsky and his team at Hebrew University and the University of California, Berkeley, have designed a system to transfer medical images via cell phone. Watch and learn how this brilliant technology works! Duration : 0:3:42
Videoconferencing is creating a surge of opportunities in many fields, including medicine. Watch to see how this emerging technology changes Irma’s life. Duration : 0:2:52
http://karmavision.tv/video/551/bluetooth_technology_in_health_care.html BLUETOOTH wireless technology is expanding beyond consumer electronics and will soon be used in medical, health and fitness devices. The Bluetooth SIG announced the formation of a Medical Devices Working Group. This team, made up of 19 member companies including IBM,Intel, Motorola, Nonin Medical, Philips Electronics and Welch Allyn, will work together to create [...]
Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) — Severin Schwan, chief executive officer of Roche Holding AG, talks about second-half profit and outlook. The Swiss drugmaker reported an 11 percent gain in profit, helped by cost savings from its takeover of partner Genentech Inc. and an increase in demand for the swine flu treatment Tamiflu. Schwan, speaks from Basel, [...]
Larry Hill Walleton explains that medical technologists complete tests on body tissue, blood and other fluids to help doctors diagnose and treat disease. They use microscopes, computers and other laboratory equipment. They supervise medical laboratory technicians. Duration : 0:1:7
Many industries in Germany are suffering from the economic crisis — but medical technology isn’t one of them. After all,people still become ill — crisis or no crisis — and doctors and hospitals need modern medical equipment to treat them. Few Germans are willing to scrimp when it comes to health care.The market for health [...]