China Opens Center for Medical Device Standards
Chinese officials cut the ribbon on a new center for medical device standards last month, promising to improve device safety and promote the country’s nascent medical device industry.
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MacPractice Launches iPad Integration Technologies for Doctors
MacPractice has developed iPad interface solutions designed to make its medical applications available on an iPad.
AIIMS performs India’s first robot-assisted urological surgery
Doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) have performed country
Rs 65 cr AIIMS project to be initiated next month by Omaxe
Real estate development and construction company Omaxe has bagged a Rs 64.8 crore contract for building the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), at Rishikesh, Uttarakhand.
Officials Strive To Ease Registration Process for EHR Incentive Payments
CMS aims to expand its Medicare provider enrollment system to ease the registration process for physicians looking to qualify for health IT incentive payments.
Varian Unveils High-Precision Radiotherapy Device
A new line of “super” accelerators for image-guided radiotherapy and radiosurgery have been launched to enable new approaches to advance the treatment of lung, breast, prostate, head and neck, and other types of cancer.
Agfa and ETIAM enter Global Distribution Agreement
ETIAM has entered into a global distribution agreement with Agfa Healthcare for its medical integration solution: DICOM Izer. ETIAM’s solutions allow for the capture and connectivity of multimedia data to the enterprise archive and EMR. The applications make it possible for documents, images, video, reports, and other clinical information to be digitally stored in Agfa Healthcare’s Enterprise Medical Imaging Repository, IMPAX
Tunstall Launches Next Generation Integrated Care Platform
Tunstall Healthcare Group, the leading provider of telecare and telehealth solutions, has launched the icp integrated care platform
Bill to Regulate Medical Clinics Introduced
A Bill to regulate medical clinics to ensure uniform standards of facilities and services has been introduced in the Lok Sabha by Health Minister Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad.
New FDA Performance Tracking System aims to Boost Transparency
Earlier this month, FDA launched an online system called FDA-TRACK that includes 40 dashboards to track a variety of performance measures at the agency’s 100 program offices.
Delhi Metro’s AIIMS Station to Have Special Facilities for Patients
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has announced that its AIIMS station, coming up on the under-construction Central Secretariat-Qutub Minar corridor, had been specially designed to cater to the needs of the thousands of patients who visit the adjoining All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and Safdarjung Hospital everyday.
FDA to Overhaul Approval Process for Radiotherapy Devices
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken steps to strengthen the approval process for radiotherapy devices following multiple errors. In a letter to the device manufacturers, the FDA identified issues from recent analysis of more than 1,000 reports of errors, which could be fixed by incorporating additional safeguards.
Government Hospitals to have biometric attendance system soon
Biometric attendance system will come into force in all government medical colleges and hospitals in Chennai within a month, according to health minister MRK Panneerselvam.
