A new exceptional facility will train 1,500 people per year in single-use technologies Single-use technologies are a growing trend in the biopharma industry. In photo, left to right: Dominic Carolan CEO, NIBRT, Mary Mitchell O’Connor, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Ireland and David Radspinner, General Manager, BioPark, GE Healthcare. Photograph Nick Bradshaw Ireland’s reputation […]

American Journal of Neuroradiology Publishes MAGiC Results   It takes about half an hour to have your brain scanned inside a magnetic resonance machine (MRI). Many people relax and tune out as they slide into the bore. But for some people, claustrophobia can set in. But long brain scans may soon be a thing of […]

Hospitals harness big data to help improve outcomes in the operating room We live in a digital world, and hospitals are no exception. Take for example the machines in an operating room. They generate thousands of data points, and yet only a fraction is typically harvested and saved in hospitals’ electronic medical record systems. Hospitals […]

A mother who urgently needs a C-section. A child cradling a badly broken arm. A man who suddenly collapses at his office. What do they have in common? They are part of the 5 billion people around the world who don’t have access to safe, affordable surgical and anesthesia care when they need it. Each […]

Photo: Business Wire Today, women make up 75 percent of the global healthcare workforce in many regions1 and contribute nearly $3 trillion to the industry. But too often their contributions go unpaid and unrecognized – and stories of their impact go untold. As we seek to increase the numbers of women in leadership in the field […]

The Top 10 Reasons Transformation is the New Normal for Healthcare – Reason 8 Today, hospitals are cornerstones of communities, often the first, most central and largest structures included in city planning. This is changing. In a time of increasing cost pressures for health systems and patients, and in which 5 billion people lack access […]

Dr. Sharmila is the subject of a new documentary about the untold work of women in healthcare It’s an unusually hot day for March in Thirukalukundram, a village two hours away from the nearest city in the south of India. Dr. Sharmila Anand stands outside a home on the dusty road simultaneously typing out emails […]

A new 10-year commitment aims to integrate AI into every aspect of the patient journey Rarely are there such juxtaposed views around the potential of a technology than those surrounding AI in medicine. As skeptics ask for proof, supporters sell the dream. Both know that it’s mostly unchartered territory ahead. That’s why one hospital system […]

Every year the WHO’s World Health Assembly convenes some of the best minds working to make a difference in the health of this world. From giving a platform to NGOs and ministries of health that are bettering the health of people in their countries to bringing together women across continents committed to bridging the gender equality gap, […]