From the January/February 2022 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine

Swoop is designed to be wheeled to patient bedsides in hospitals, clinics and other settings outside of conventional MR suites to assess brain tissue in real time and help physicians make quick and informed clinical decisions.

“Expansion to the U.K. and Pakistan is a milestone moment and tremendous opportunity as we step forward to meet the global demand for better imaging access and ultimately drive a more comprehensive and efficient care continuum,” said Dave Scott, Hyperfine president and chief executive officer, in a statement.


Heading British operations will be Dr. Yossi Cohen as Hyperfine’s U.K. senior medical director. He will oversee clinical operations, commercial operations and regulatory activities related to Swoop installations. Cohen brings 20 years of multidisciplinary experience in medicine, research, engineering and software development.

Omer Manya will serve as business development partnership manager for the Pakistani region, where he will help boost the adoption of the swoop system. He has spent decades working in research and development in healthcare and other sectors, with his most recent position as IT director of infrastructure and operations at Aga Khan University in Karachi.


One-third of NHS trusts in England using scanners over 10 years old
About a third of NHS trusts in England are scanning patients with “technically obsolete” imaging equipment dating back more than 10 years, according to a report from last October.

Of all trusts in NHS England, 27.1% said they are still using at least one CT scanner that is 10 years old or more, and 34.5% said they have at least one MR system that is the same, reports The Guardian. The use of these systems goes against the advice of an NHS England report published last year that recommended that all imaging systems 10 years or older be replaced. This is because software upgrades may not be able to be installed on this equipment, or because older CT scanners may require higher radiation doses to produce the same image. Additionally, their use may pose risks to patients.

The issue was made public by the British investigation TV program Dispatches, which learned about it through freedom of information requests. Among the trusts identified are King’s College hospital NHS Foundation Trust in London, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Cornwall hospitals NHS trust, and Chelsea and Westminster hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Notable standouts were London North West university healthcare NHS trust, where half of the MR systems are 16 years old, and Great Ormond Street Hospital Trust, which has been using an MR scanner for 21 years. In addition, Dispatches found X-ray equipment within the NHS dating back to the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

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