Logica Delivers Health IT System in Afghanistan
Logica, with its sub-contractor System C, has successfully delivered a new healthcare IT system to support the UK military and NATO personnel being treated in the Camp Bastion hospital in Afghanistan.
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Greater Diagnostic Accuracy in Pulse-Wave Velocity Measurement
The Austrian research institute AIT Austrian Institute of Technology has in cooperation with German industrial partner I.E.M. developed a 24-hour device.
Less invasive treatment for breast cancer
A breast cancer research surgery shows that removing all nymph nodes may not be necessary as a method of treatment.
Indian Vaccine for meningitis
Indian made vaccine for meningitis has saved 250 million lives in Africa by the efforts of World Health Organization (WHO) and PATH, an NGO.
MAX money back insurance plan
Max New York Life Insurance has recently come up with new health plan for private insurers.
HIPPA violation leads to defrayal of $1M by Massachutes
The Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston will settle down all the potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 Privacy Rule U.S by paying the government $1 million as advised by Department of Health and Human Services.
Private clouds- The Medical Data Organizer
DELL and Microsoft together introduce private clouds services for physicians and hospitals to organize and access medical data and manage information in a simpler way.
Indo-French meet on psychiatry to be held in New Delhi (India)
An Indo-French meet on psychiatry, psychoanalysis and psychotherapy will be held in New Delhi (India) soon.
Global warming hits world’s largest tiger reserve
There has been erosion of the habitat of tiger in the Sunderbans (West Bengal, India) due to global warming.
Nearly 1 in 6 of world
Up to 1 billion people, nearly one in six of the world’s population, suffer from neurological disorders, according to a new World Health Organisation (WHO) study titled “Neurological Disorders: Public health challenges”.
Health IT spending unlikely to be hit by slowdown
In recent years, acquisition of ICTs by healthcare organizations has increased substantially. The spending shows an upward tendency, placing the industry as one of the major consumers of technology products and services.
Oxytocin initiative started in Ghana
An international non-profit organisation, The Programme for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH) Ghana, will begin a three year project called Oxytocin Initiative(OI) in the country to complement government’s efforts to reduce maternal mortality.
Internet exposure may pose hazard to health
Lakehead University, in Thunder Bay, Ontario in Canada has ruled out campus-wide wireless Internet access as it is feared the system’s electromagnetic forces may pose a risk to students’ health.
