In response to the NAP4 study addressing the clinical need for both Seldinger1 and surgical cricothyrotomy procedures to be taught side-by-side, Cook Medical is introducing a compact surgical set. This cricothyrotomy range expansion allows clinicians to stay up to date with the latest developments. The new surgical set can be used both inside and outside hospital settings. It is specifically packaged for procedural use and ideal for smaller work spaces. It is also easily transported in medical kit bags and packs. When a patient loses an airway, physicians oft en only have seconds to make a life-saving decision. Training and preparedness are key for successful surgical and Seldinger cricothyrotomy procedures. It is critical that healthcare institutions provide the equipment and training necessary for their staff to deal with emergency airway access procedures. Although it is a rare procedure, a cricothyrotomy can mean the difference between life and death. Being able to carry it out quickly minimizes the risk of damage from oxygen starvation.’
Read more

The P800 is a portable blood pressure monitor that enables patients to take fast and accurate blood pressure readings at their own convenience. Up to 50 user profiles can be created and stored on the P800, each with their own personalized settings. For error-free user authentication, the device comes with a built-in fingerprint sensor to identify each user before starting the measurement process. This safeguards the accuracy of each user’s data and also offers greater convenience as compared to standard password-based authentication methods. Patients can also set alarms using the P800’s reminder function to prompt them to take their blood pressure measurements. The P800 comes equipped with Wi-Fi capabilities so the patient’s data will be automatically uploaded to REKA Health’s cloud platform after a reading is taken. If a wireless network is not present, patients can also easily upload their data via their smartphones using the REKA app. Physicians can then remotely review the data on REKA Health’s cloud platform for convenient monitoring of their patients’conditions.
Read more

The Discovery IGS 740 is specifically designed to improve clinical efficiency in the operating room, whilst also offering high quality imaging. The fact that it is free standing rather than tethered to the floor or ceiling means that it avoids unnecessary restrictions on a physician’s mobility in the theatre. This means the patient can be imaged at any point during a procedure, so operating theatres can be used for a wider range of procedures than would have been previously possible with fixed imaging systems. Its wide bore C-Arm and dedicated arm-imaging positions help clinicians to easily image the anatomy of interest, and offer full patient access from the left or right.

Read more

Carestream’s new Clinical Collaboration Platform allows providers to identify and share diverse patient clinical data to help clinicians make diagnostic and treatment decisions. This data can also be shared with patients during consultations. One of the biggest challenges facing healthcare IT today is the vast amount of data that exists in siloed systems that limit accessibility. This type of infrastructure increases costs and makes it difficult to access clinical data, which impedes the quality of diagnostic services. Consolidating storage devices with a vendor-neutral archive is a good foundation, but the challenge is to deliver better access and management of unstructured data so that a comprehensive view of patient data can be maintained and distributed to authorized users. Carestream’s Clinical Collaboration Platform can be integrated as modules within a provider’s existing IT ecosystem. Using the latest interoperability standards allows data to be aggregated, which creates a holistic view of the patient. This can also mitigate the need for expensive data migration from older systems by federating multiple devices. A vendor-neutral archive (VNA) links radiology, endoscopy, pathology, cardiology, lab results and other forms of data. Carestream’s flexible Clinical Collaboration Platform can complement a provider’s existing departmental PACS or archive and offers a series of optional modules that can bring unstructured data into the clinical work-flow and enhance the delivery of patient images and reports to clinicians
Read more

Carestream’s Managed Print Solutions programme pairs the outstanding image quality of its DRYVIEW laser imagers and medical films with a comprehensive, all-inclusive programme that provides a broad range of benefits to healthcare providers.

The programme helps eliminate the capital investment in film printing systems and offers a
convenient payment model based on per-print usage. Management is through an easy-to-use Web portal that provides innovative tools to monitor film usage, inventory, billing and service information. Under this programme, Carestream maintains its laser imagers at the healthcare provider’s location, and remotely monitors operations.

The Managed Print Solutions programme is uniquely designed to provide customers with administrative and operational efficiencies that offer several advantages including:

• Automatic replenishment of
  Read more