Royal Philips plans to establish an innovation center in Nairobi, Kenya to develop lighting, healthcare and lifestyle products for consumers across Africa. The company aims to bring together international researchers to pursue open-innovation programs and conduct applications-based scientific and user studies at the hub, Philips said Thursday. Dr. Maarten van Herpen will lead the technology […] More

More than half of respondents to a Royal Philips survey of healthcare executives cited clinical devices and mobile technologies as among their major information technology investments targeted toward compliance. Interoperability, mobile connectivity and applications were also mentioned as items on the agendas of health IT executives in 2014, Philips said Monday. Fifty-nine percent of respondents cited clinical […] More

Royal Philips has installed a clinical information technology tool for Georgia Regents Medical Center that is built to help facilitate cross-department access of patients’ imaging data through integration with electronic medical records. The company said Friday the Philips IntelliSpace PACS version 4.4 platform was piloted at GRMC’s radiology department for gradual expansion into diagnostic imaging and other […] More

Philips has been chosen to support Partners HealthCare At Home in providing telemonitoring services for patients with chronic illnesses and those who are newly discharged, the companies said Wednesday. The telemonitoring program is intended to remotely track a patient’s health status and alert nursing staff when preemptive medical intervention is needed to avoid hospital readmission for the […] More

Orit Gadiesh, Bain & Company chairman, has been nominated to the serve on the supervisory board of Royal Philips. She will become the ninth member of the board if approved by shareholders on May 1, Philips announced Monday. “Her expertise will be invaluable, particularly as Philips transitions towards a technological company focused on integrating big […] More

Brent Shafer has been tapped to serve as the next chief executive officer of Philips North America where he will be responsible for the company’s operations in the healthcare, consumer lifestyle and lighting markets. Shafer succeeds Greg Sebasky who retired Feb. 3 and will report directly to Frans van Houten, Royal Philips CEO, the company […] More

With the 100th anniversary of its research organization, Philips has renewed its commitment “to improving the lives of 3 billion people a year by 2025.”  Since it was established in 1914 in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, Philips Research has established operations in six international locations, accumulated 1,500 employees belonging to 50 nationalities and granted 165,000 patents, […] More

Healthcare executives are accountable for managing and overseeing operations of healthcare organizations such as hospitals, clinics and medical practices. They collaborate closely with medical professionals and organization heads to ensure that every U.S. citizen is receiving high-quality care they need.   10 Inspiring Healthcare Executives Here are some of Executive Mosaic’s 4×24 healthcare members and […] More

Executive Mosaic honors the life and legacy of ManTech Co-Founder George Pederson and mourns his recent passing at the age of 87. Pedersen established ManTech — the name a combination of “management” and “technology” — with his Vitro Laboratory colleague Franc Wertheimer in New Jersey in 1968, and the company moved its headquarters to Washington, D.C. in […] More

The Department of Defense has infused an additional $10 million into the Defense Innovation Unit’s Rapid Assessment of Threat Exposure project, which tested a wearable technology prototype for early detection of COVID-19. The funding enables the RATE program to include 4,500 new devices in its study and expand distribution of the technology within the department, DIU said […] More

Michelle Lohmeier, strategic advisor to Spirit AeroSystems CEO, and Aisha Barry, vice president and general manager, patient monitoring category leader at Philips, have been named to the board of directors of Kaman.

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Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has received funding from the Defense Health Agency and U.S. Army to lead an initiative focused on developing systems based on a proposed interoperability framework for medical technologies.

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