Better health through your cell phone
Lens-free imaging advance by UCLA researchers could lead to improved wireless diagnostics for HIV, malaria and other global medical problems.
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Holland aims for electronic child records
In Holland all child healthcare providers will have to introduce electronic patient records by the end of 2009.
GE Healthcare, Varian to collaborate on MRI system
GE Healthcare and Varian, Inc. announced that they will begin a collaboration to develop a new pre-clinical 7T magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system.
HIMSS investigates global EHR implementation
Recognising common threads that affect all EHR implementations in 15 countries, the Global Enterprise Task Force of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has released the white paper Electronic Health Records: A Global Perspective.
CSC selects InterSystems for trust integration
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) is to use InterSystems Ensemble for the integration of all new applications it provides to existing trust systems.
Healthcare to attract USD 500 mn PE funding in 3 yrs
The country’s healthcare segment is likely to attract private equity funding to the tune of USD 500 million in the next three years.
GE eyes acquisitions in India
General Electric Co (GE) is scouting for acquisitions to scale up its presence in India. The diversified engineering and services major is looking across a gamut of sectors for opportunities to acquire firms, especially the core infrastructure, healthcare and the media space.
Idhasoft launches hospital management system
The USD 100 company aims to be amongst the top 50 IT company in the world, Idhasoft, an IT services company in healthcare space, has launched its iHMiS (Idhasoft Hospital Management System) product in Pune.
IT service agreement by Marietta Memorial Hospital
Care Tech Solutions has inked a deal with Marietta Memorial Hospital for a five-year IT solutions contract.
A home early warning system for cardiac patients
Latvian company Integris Ltd, a specialist in the development of mobile wireless telemedicine ECG recording devices, has devised an inexpensive, real-time heart activity monitor for personal use.
C-DAC software to aid healthcare sector
If the new software developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC ) is accepted by medical equipment manufacturers and service providers, patients with medical history will no longer need to worry about maintaining their records and its compatability with different softwares.
MediAssist’s fixed reimbursement model with hospitals
In a bid to address the burgeoning cost of treatment, country’s largest third party administrator MediAssist will tie up with various hospitals for developing a fixed reimbursement model for most illnesses.
IT can improve healthcare delivery say experts
There was a need to make the healthcare sector more IT-oriented, opined experts at a seminar on healthcare organised by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII).
