"With the first commercial release of Motiva, we're bringing healthcare providers and patients closer together, extending the frontier of the hospital to the home," said Maarten Barmentlo, vice president, CEO Connected Care, Consumer Healthcare Solutions, Philips Medical Systems. "By educating patients about their condition and empowering them to help manage their own health, Motiva has the potential to benefit every healthcare stakeholder, not least the patients themselves."

Xcelera 2.1 - Connecting cardiac care In addition to managing examination results in a patient centric-manner, the new release of Xcelera also brings a variety of new or enhanced clinical and reporting tools for 2D and 3D Echo, Cardiovascular X-Ray, Nuclear cardiology, 2D and 3D Cardiac CT and MR, as well as for managing EP recording and mapping information. The new design of results management and availability of new and enhanced clinical tools enables cardiac professionals to more efficiently diagnose a patient's condition and subsequently make more informed decisions about the method of treatment. For example, a recent study on coronary assessment conducted at sites worldwide found that 39 percent of patients evaluated who had coronary disease symptoms could have avoided catheterization, an invasive procedure, if they had been given a CT angiography exam.


The Philips Xcelera WebForum provides secure direct access to the information managed in Xcelera from both within and outside of the hospital, enabling clinicians to compare and contrast data from patients assessed in different locations or share information within their clinical community.

At the World Congress of Cardiology 2006 Philips will be showcasing a number of other products that enable clinicians to make informed decisions about a patient's cardiac condition by integrating and analyzing information from across the Critical Care Unit, interventional and non-invasive care areas. These include:

Non-interventional diagnosis products

CT TrueView Technology This software integrates CT imaging into the catheterization lab by allowing 3D CT images to be transferred to the Philips Allura Xper FD cardiovascular X-Ray system. This provides clinicians with a more accurate view of the anatomy for the treatment planning of invasive
procedures such as ischemia, arrhythmia and heart failure.

Comprehensive Cardiac Analysis (CCA)
Comprehensive Cardiac Analysis is an analysis tool designed for cardiologists, cardiac radiologists and CT technologists to perform detailed evaluation of the coronary arteries and advanced ventricular functional analysis using CT datasets. Philips substantially reduces the time and complexity of a cardiac evaluation, helping to simplify procedures and assessment for clinicians and improve diagnostic confidence.

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