Medical devices need security
With the advent of technology, wireless electric medical devices are getting sleeker and smarter, but their security and privacy features are lagging behind.
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GE and Science Prize invites entries from Young Life Scientists in India
The deadline to enter the 2011 GE and Science Prize for Young Life Scientists is 1st August 2011.
ICICI Lombard became implementing agency for Goa health insurance scheme
ICICI Lombard has successfully fended off competition from six other bidders to emerge as the implementing agency for the health insurance scheme launched by Goa.
EMRs a risky investment for small physician practices
Problems with the reliability and utility of electronic medical record systems has caused hardships for some small physician practices — costing them tens of thousands of dollars and limiting access to patient care.
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$659m poured to support Chinese province health sector
Nineteen provinces and municipalities have spent a total of 4.28 billion yuan ($659 million) to support health sector development in western Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region over the past year.
Specialised Hospital units by Government
The government will open more trauma-care centers and increase the number of beds and doctors in critical units of state-run hospitals in an attempt to reduce overcrowding and denial of admission.
Radiology imaging technology to study mummies
Dr Harry G. Zegel, chief of Lankenau Medical Center’s Department of Radiology, and his team of radiology physicians and technicians had the rare opportunity to scan a pair of mummies Thursday evening.
WHO puts world on swine flu alert
With 74 countries reporting 27,737 cases of infection, including 141 deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 June 2009 declared influenza A (H1N1), also known as swine flu, a pandemic.
US market for PACS and RIS will grow to $3 billion
Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, finds that the US market for picture archive communication systems (PACS) and radiology information systems (RIS) will grow to $3 billion by 2010.
Michigan-based program includes more than halved dose for CT Angiography
On an average more than half of radiation dose for CT angiography was cut for around 5,000 patients with not notable effect on quality of the image.
Beedi workers to get health insurance
A meeting of the Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, decided to extend the insurance cover to the beedi workers spread across the country, with the government spending an estimated Rs 311.25 crore on it.
