Responding to continued growth in clinical trials as well as the increasing linkages across life sciences, diagnostics and healthcare, Oracle recently announced the formation of a new Global Business Unit focused on software applications for the health sciences industry. Neil de Crescenzo has been named Senior Vice President and General Manager for the business unit.
The open source developer community, Open Health Tools (OHT), has announced a collaborative effort to develop common healthcare IT products and services. Its 26 members consist of national health agencies, government-funded organisations and agencies, major healthcare providers, international standards organisations and companies from Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States.
NoemaLife has launched a new eHealth application platform called Galileo, designed to help exchange information and share resources across the healthcare industry.
Google is also looking to figure out how to create transportable personal health records that give users.
IBM and Mainsoft Corporation, recently announced that the Belgian University Hospital Ghent (UZ Gent) has chosen IBM WebSphere Portal Version 6.0 to develop a self-service virtual information center for its 5,000 staff members, students, healthcare professionals, plus more than 380,000 patients and their families that visit the hospital each year.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has signed a deal with Parkway Group Healthcare of Singapore to give its IT system.
Parkway hospitals, has signed deal with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to provide and implement healthcare information management solution for their hospitals.
