Sound Advice is our online healthcare technology publication. As the main highlight of our medical division's homepage, each Sound Advice article focuses on true benefits. Benefits of a specific technology's impact within a disease state or in the healthcare market in general.
| Follow the leader If you've purchased Philips Medical Systems products, do you wonder if America's best hospitals use Philips products too? Well, they do. + More |
| Kids need special care Dedicated pediatric anesthesiologists know their work demands a unique focus. Philips CompuRecord frees these specialists to focus on their patients. + More |
| New or Used? An insider's guide What's the criteria for selecting the right refurbished equipment? Learn more about the 'new' versus 'used' myth - featuring customer viewpoints on the decision process. +More |
| Flat detector technology for cardiovascular clarity High definition image quality, ease-of-use operation and thoughtful dose management have helped the FD20 gain widespread acceptance at Yale-New Haven. Find out why these results are so important. + More |
| Online Learning for Professional Development Continuing education (CE) delivered via the web provides a versatile learning opportunity for healthcare professionals. Find out how you too can enrich your career with this flexible, innovative tool. + More |
| Vertebroplasty - Innovative relief of back pain Patients suffering pain from spinal compression fractures may be candidates for percutaneous vertebroplasty or PVP. Learn more about this procedure and the tools it involves. + More |
| Women's Heart Health When it comes to Coronary Heart Disease, women present different symptoms then men. Learn more about this misunderstood and deadly disease and the diagnostic techniques used to address this issue. + More |
| Philips New PageWriter Trim Cardiographs Our new line of PageWriter Trim cardiographs offers flexibility and scalability. Providing unequaled access to one of the most common forms of diagnostic examination - the electrocardiogram (ECG). + More |
| Precision Radiation for Prostrate Cancer Controlled radiation doses are a viable way of killing cancer cells - but "at what cost?". Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) offers a way to destroy cancer cells while saving healthy tissue. + More |
| Achieva MR with FreeWave Technology Utrecht Medical Center in the Netherlands and the University of Manchester's Hope Hospital in the UK are both experiencing the benefits of enhanced multi-channel imaging performance. + More |