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The University of Manchester
wins award at the inaugural
Forbes Middle East Higher
Education Awards
The University of
Manchester has been
honoured for its work
in the Middle East
Sectra delivers
digital solution
for more
efficient cancer
care to Swedish
healthcare
region
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largest and most successful universities,
academies and business schools for an
exclusive celebration and networking event
exploring the higher education sector.
Forbes Middle East awarded the Best
MBA Program award to The University of
Manchester Middle East Centre team in
recognition of the outstanding success
of the Manchester Global Part-time MBA
programme in the region.
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he University of Manchester was the
winner of the ‘Best MBA Program’
award for its Alliance Manchester
Business School Global Part-time MBA
at the inaugural Forbes Middle East
Higher Education Awards 2019. The
presentation took place at a gala
occasion hosted at the Taj Dubai
Hotel. The award was presented to
the University’s Middle East Centre
by Mohammad Abdullah, Managing
Director of Dubai Knowledge Park and
Dubai International Academic City, and
Khuloud Al Omian, Editor-in-Chief of
Forbes Middle East.
Forbes Middle East brought together
representatives from the region’s
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The university has supported more than
2,500 part-time MBA students – all
experienced and highly qualified working
professionals – and graduated around
1,500 students, since opening the
Middle East Centre in Dubai, in 2006.
The Middle East Centre has developed
into the largest and fastest-growing
centre in the university’s international
network comprising five hubs in key
business cities around the world.
The Best MBA Program award was
received on behalf of The University of
Manchester by Randa Bessiso, Director
– Middle East, who also participated in
a panel discussion on regional higher
education issues, at the awards event.
he Swedish healthcare region, Skåne,
has gone live with a digital pathology
solution from the international medical
imaging IT and cybersecurity company,
Sectra. The solution is an extension of
Region Skåne’s existing IT solution for
handling medical images. The region’s four
pathology departments will now have a fully
digital workflow for reviewing tissue samples,
without the need for paper and glass slides.
The extension provides pathologists with
access to pathology images all over the
region, allowing capacity and competence
to be utilised more effectively across the
hospitals. This will translate into more equal
healthcare since patients will have the same
access to specialists regardless of which
hospital they are treated at.
Eliminating the need for physical glass
slides, digital access enables pathologists
to instantly access and share current and
historical images regardless of time and
location. In addition, a digital solution
provides pathologists with functionality
beyond the microscope, including assistance
at critical decision points, such as grading or
performing more precise measurements. The
solution also facilitates the use of tools based
on Artificial Intelligence (AI) to enhance the
quality and efficiency of the reading – for
example, through image analysis, which
reduces variation and improves the precision
of tasks such as cell counting.
Region Skåne has used Sectra’s solution for
handling medical images since 2008. This
same solution has now been extended to
also include a digital workflow for pathology.
A common solution for radiologists and
pathologists enables them to smoothly share
images and information with each other. Like
radiologists already do, pathologists will now
be able to prepare for multidisciplinary team
meetings digitally. This will enable Region
Skåne to utilise the benefits of integrated
diagnostics and increase the quality of care
for its patients. Sectra’s enterprise imaging
solution will handle approximately one million
examinations per year, including radiology,
breast imaging and pathology.
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