Philips highlights Integrated Diagnostics’ role in the future of cardiovascular informatics following MediReport acquisition

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Philips highlights Integrated Diagnostics’ role in the future of cardiovascular informatics following MediReport acquisition. (2026, October 20). Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/globenewswire/philips-highlights-integrated-diagnostics-role-in-the-future-of-cardiovascular-informatics-following-medireport-acquisition/article_e5d95024-9872-5599-90b4-8921735c9385.html

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On October 20, 2026, Royal Philips highlighted the role of MediReport’s advanced reporting and workflow technologies in enhancing its cardiovascular informatics portfolio. The acquisition of MediReport is expected to streamline clinical workflows and improve data accessibility for cardiovascular care teams. At the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference, Philips will demonstrate how these innovations can reduce time lost due to incomplete or inaccessible patient data, aiming to support a more connected and AI-enabled healthcare experience.
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Royal Philips, a global leader in health technology based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, announced on October 20, 2026, that it will integrate advanced reporting and workflow capabilities developed by MediReport into its cardiovascular informatics portfolio. This acquisition supports Philips' broader vision for integrated diagnostics, aimed at creating a more connected, AI-enabled, and cloud-ready experience in cardiovascular care. The move is set to be highlighted ahead of the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference in 2026, where Philips will showcase innovations designed to enhance clinical confidence, streamline workflows, and improve access to meaningful information for better patient outcomes.

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Amsterdam, the Netherlands – October 20, 2026 – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today highlighted how advanced reporting and workflow capabilities developed by MediReport are expected to complement its cardiovascular informatics portfolio and support its broader Integrated Diagnostics vision ahead of Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2026.
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🔮 Advanced reporting and workflow capabilities developed by MediReport are expected to complement Philips’ cardiovascular informatics portfolio and support its evolution toward a more connected, AI-enabled and cloud-ready cardiovascular experience.

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Advanced reporting and workflow capabilities developed by MediReport are expected to complement Philips’ cardiovascular informatics portfolio and support its evolution toward a more connected, AI-enabled and cloud-ready cardiovascular experience. asserted
capabilities → develop → experience
Amsterdam, the Netherlands – October 20, 2026 – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today highlighted how advanced reporting and workflow capabilities developed by MediReport are expected to complement its cardiovascular informatics portfolio and support its broader Integrated Diagnostics vision ahead of Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) 2026. asserted
capabilities → highlight → Therapeutics
Philips brings together expertise in diagnostic and interventional cardiology, image-guided therapy and informatics to support cardiovascular care, from diagnosis through intervention and follow-up. asserted
Philips → bring → intervention
As part of its presence at TCT, Philips will showcase innovations that support clinical confidence, streamline workflows and make meaningful information easier to access, while engaging with customers and clinical leaders on opportunities to better connect diagnostic and interventional care. asserted
information → showcase → care
Cardiovascular teams often work across separate imaging, hemodynamic, documentation and reporting systems. asserted
teams → work → systems
This can require repeated data entry and delay access to the complete clinical information needed for procedure reporting, coding and follow-up. asserted
This → require → reporting
In Philips’ Future Health Index 2025: Cardiology Snapshot, 79% of cardiac care professionals surveyed reported losing clinical time because patient data was incomplete or inaccessible. asserted
data → survey → time
Almost half of this group reported losing more than 45 minutes per shift [1]. asserted
half → report → shift
These findings underline the need to make clinical information easier to capture, access and reuse across the care pathway. asserted
information → underline → pathway
Following the acquisition of MediReport, Philips expects to strengthen its cardiovascular informatics capabilities. asserted
Philips → follow → capabilities
MediReport 360 supports structured cardiovascular documentation and real-time reporting at the point of care, with guided workflows before, during and after procedures. asserted
MediReport → support → procedures
It enables health systems to capture clinical information once and reuse it across physician and nursing reports, coding, registries, analytics, charge capture and follow-up. asserted
It → enable → reports
MediReport’s technologies support cloud and on-premises deployment, with vendor-neutral interfaces to imaging systems, hemodynamic systems and hospital IT. asserted
technologies → support → systems
This expected enhancement would build on Philips’ existing cardiology informatics portfolio, including Cardiovascular Workspace for image and information management, with cloud deployment available in North America; Ultrasound Workspace for ultrasound review, analysis and reporting; and interventional solutions supporting cath-lab information management and hemodynamic workflows. asserted
enhancement → expect → management
“Clinicians need technology that fits the way they work and gives them more time for patient care”, said Madhuri Sebastian, Business Unit Leader Imaging Informatics at Philips. asserted
Sebastian → need → Philips
“The capabilities developed by MediReport complement Philips’ strengths in cardiovascular imaging, hemodynamics and enterprise informatics. asserted
capabilities → develop → imaging
Together, they are expected to simplify how information moves across cardiac care, enabling a more connected experience for care teams. asserted
information → expect → teams
This would also support Philips’ longer-term direction towards cloud-ready, AI-enabled cardiovascular and integrated diagnostics workflows. asserted
This → support → workflows
Visit Philips at TCT 2026 to explore innovations in imaging, physiology, procedural guidance and cardiovascular informatics that help care teams access meaningful information and simplify reporting and workflows. asserted
teams → visit → reporting
Philips’ patient- and people-centric innovation leverages advanced technology and deep clinical and consumer insights to deliver personal health solutions for consumers and professional health solutions for healthcare providers and their patients in the hospital and the home. asserted
innovation → leverage → hospital
Headquartered in the Netherlands, the company is a leader in image-guided therapy, diagnostic imaging, ultrasound, monitoring, enterprise informatics and personal health. asserted
company → guide → therapy
Philips generated 2025 sales of approximately EUR 18 billion and employs approximately 63,700 employees with sales and services in more than 100 countries. asserted
Philips → generate → countries
News about Philips can be found at www.philips.com/newscenter. Attachment - Philips cardiology informatics at TCT asserted
News → find → TCT
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