Farnborough, United Kingdom – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, and Alliance Medical Ltd., Europe’s leading independent provider of imaging services, today announced a strategic partnership that will see Alliance pilot Philips’ new Radiology Operations Command Centre .
Richard Evans, Managing Director at Alliance Medical commented: “The concept of being able to remotely support our staff and provide training from a team of highly skilled Radiology Operations Command Center operators is groundbreaking. In addition, the continuity of service Radiology Operations Command Center can offer to our customers will be unrivalled due to the technology and the benefits it brings. The Philips team are exceptional, and no doubt will deliver the benefits Radiology Operations Command Center offers through the pilot.”
A key benefit of Radiology Operations Command Center is the compatibility of its remote scanner connections with older, legacy imaging systems, allowing healthcare providers to create a ‘hub and spoke’ model for imaging within their existing services.
Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) is a leading health technology company focused on improving people's health and well-being and enabling better outcomes across the health continuum – from healthy living and prevention, to diagnosis, treatment and home care. Philips leverages advanced technology and deep clinical and consumer insights to deliver integrated solutions. Headquartered in the Netherlands, the company is a leader in diagnostic imaging, image-guided therapy, patient monitoring and health informatics, as well as in consumer health and home care. Philips generated 2020 sales of EUR 17.3 billion and employs approximately 77,000 employees with sales and services in more than 100 countries. News about Philips can be found at www.philips.com/newscenter.
Alliance Medical is Europe’s leading independent provider of imaging services, offering over 30 years of knowledge, skills and experience of diagnostic imaging and unrivalled expertise which enables them to offer an exceptional service and value proposition to meet the demands of the UK healthcare market. Alliance Medical provides medical imaging services to more than 700 000 patients in the UK each year, employing over 1000 people in a UK network of over 62 facilities and approximately 55 mobile scanners.They combine service excellence and innovative imaging technologies to improve patient care and support NHS and independent sector organisations with their ongoing imaging requirements.
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