Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology, will showcase its intelligent data-driven connected health solutions to enhance diagnostics, improve patient care and help lower costs at Arab Health 2017 in Dubai.

The Arab Health Exhibition & Congress, which opened today (Jan  30), will run till February 2 at the Dubai World Trade Centre.

At the congress, Philips will feature its fully integrated data-driven connected health technology solutions.

Visitors to the Philips Booth (S2 C10, Sheikh Saeed Hall 2) at the Arab Health will also experience advanced solutions in acute and chronic care management of cardiology.  From intravascular imaging, ultrasound, healthcare IT and advanced software applications, to physiology image guided interventional technologies and personal health solutions for better heart health, Philips is providing a customised integrated approach to deliver enhanced outcomes for clinicians and patients alike.

Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death around the world. Over 7 million people annually die of coronary heart disease alone. One in every five in the UAE lose their lives due to cardiovascular diseases. As a leading company, that combines clinical and personal health solutions across the health continuum, Philips offers unique integrated solutions to help healthcare professionals treat cardiovascular disease by encouraging healthy living and prevention, first-time-right diagnosis, more effective treatment, and enabling recovery and monitoring that is more effective at home, it said.

Arjen Radder, Philips CEO Middle East and Turkey, said: “At Philips we believe every heart is unique and every patient deserves an individual approach to health. Today, digital technologies are empowering people to take greater control of their health and lead healthier lives. Data and connected solutions help deliver the relevant information at the right time, enabling clinicians to make more efficient and effective clinical decisions and deliver personalized care to each of their patients.”

Connected care  
Philips fully integrated cardiology solutions leverage deep clinical insights to help speed the path to treatment through early interventions, improved productivity and enhanced patient outcomes. Philips data-driven intelligent solutions offer actionable insights to help drive timely intervention, while advanced technology enables minimally invasive, more effective, personalized treatments so patients can go home earlier, the company said.

Diagnosis and Treatment
At this year’s Arab Health, Philips will demonstrate its advanced solutions delivering diagnostic confidence and enhanced decision-support through every step of the cardiology patient journey, highlighting the following:

•    The Minicare system, a handheld testing platform that is able to show blood test results on the reader display 10 times faster than conventional methods, this helps speed cardiovascular disease diagnosis.

•    HeartModel –  premier Anatomical Intelligence Ultrasound (AIUS) application - part of a suite of tools and technologies available on Philips’ EPIQ Ultrasound system that brings advanced automated quantification, 3D views, robust reproducibility and significant time-savings to echocardiography.

•    InnoSight is a Philips diagnostic, compact ultrasound system that will be on display for the first time at Arab Health. InnoSight is designed to address customer’s needs for an affordable, portable ultrasound system that combines simplicity with clinical versatility.

•    IntelliSpace Cardiovascular – next generation image and information integrated software solution. Web-based echo reporting provides clinicians with improved remote access and convenience and vendor agnostic expanded WebAPI enables easier integration for comprehensive patient data and analytics
 
•    Dynamic Coronary Roadmap: is a Philips exclusive technology that allows physicians to navigate in coronary arteries efficiently and with confidence by creating a dynamic, motion-compensated, real-time view of the coronary arteries. This new technology is seamlessly integrated into standard care workflow and is used in daily clinical practice. Philips is a global leader in Image Guided Therapy and our image guided solutions helps physician Decide, Guide and Confirm the right therapy for each patient.

Radder continued: “Healthcare is not just limited to a clinical setting inside the hospital (between the 4 walls of the hospital). In fact, if you want to lower costs and improve outcomes, it is important to focus on the home. That is where health mostly happens”. -    TradeArabia News Service