The Rural Nebraska Healthcare Network (RNHN), a consortium of nine rural hospitals and related clinics in western Nebraska, launched construction of an US $18M fiber optic medical network that aims at improving care throughout the Nebraska panhandle.
Royal Philips Electronics has announced a new service that provides Web-based remote monitoring follow-up services for patients with pacemakers.
NOVA Medical Centers, India
BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York launched a Web-based service that connects members to in-network physicians.
Online Care NY is part of the insurer’s “virtual health” plan to improve health care delivery. Cynthia Ambres, senior vice president and chief medical officer at BCBS, said that the program will help to alleviate an expected shortage of primary care physicians in the next 10 years.
Panasonic has unveiled its new CardioHealth Station, a tool for personalized preventive medicine, at the 2010 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched a programme to facilitate the development of safer and more effective external defibrillators through improved design and manufacturing practices.
Medical imaging specialist Barco announced recently that it is supplying the University of Virginia Health System (UVA) with a growing number of diagnostic and DICOM-compliant clinical review displays throughout the institution as part of the facility’s ongoing technology purchases.
Red Herring announced its Top 100 Asia Award in recognition of the leading private companies from Asia, celebrating these startups
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IBM has created a new Federal Community Cloud designed to help government organizations, such as the Department of Health & Human Services, respond to technology requirements more quickly and at lower cost.
Royal Philips Electronics and Electron, a leading Russian medical equipment manufacturer, recently announced that they have completed Russia
Siemens Healthcare and Olympus Medical Systems Corporation developed a new technology for stomach examinations that allows comfortable patient procedures.
IT is going through major changes and challenges. It is extremely important to convert the hurdles into opportunities to sail through the tough times. Industry has been resilient to fight back these times by accepting and adapting to the changes. Change is evident in the technology being used, the services provided and the products being offered.
