Health-care providers of all stripes face a host of technology challenges in the new year. Indeed, “the tea leaves are not settled at the bottom of the cup yet, but [providers] are already expected to budget for 2009, 2010 and beyond,” said Bob Booz, managing vice president for Gartner Research, at a kick-off town hall at Everything Channel’s Healthcare Summit in San Diego.
SecureCare Technologies, Inc., a health care information technology company based in Austin, Texas, has successfully launched Sfax(TM) as part of an integrated and automated faxing solution within Addison Health Systems’ WritePad(TM), an EMR (electronic medical record) system used to track patients, create exam notes and compile detailed patient reports.
WebMD Health Corp. announced the honorees of the 2008 WebMD Health Heroes awards, featured in the November/December issue of WebMD the Magazine.
Pelco, a developer of video and security systems, and Barco announced a new integrated solution that is set to offer interoperability of the companies’ streaming video solutions.
Perot Systems will significantly bolster its health-care interests after acquiring Tellurian Networks, a managed services provider of electronic medical records (EMR) and practice management (PM) applications.
Patients living in remote areas or suffering from chronic diseases that need continuous monitoring should have better access to medical treatment delivered, for example, over the internet, the European Commission said.
Intel is coming up with several pilot healthcare programmes, including Aetna, to assess how the Health Guide works in the home. Intel is also working with the American Heart Association to develop care plans for patients who have suffered heart attacks.
Now, cancer diagnosis in 15 minutes Diagnosis of life-threatening diseases such as cancer may become a matter of minutes as […]
Fighting Pain Neurostimulation delivers low voltage electrical stimulation to the spinal cord or targeted peripheral nerve to block the sensation […]
GE enters home healthcare monitoring market GE Healthcare, a business of General Electric Co., is entering a potential USD 5 […]
Sysmex, Transasia introduce products for Clinical Research sector Sysmex, the world leader in Haematology, in partnership with Transasia Bio-Medicals introduced […]
The global financial crisis as well as the growing demographic crisis that is affecting Europe could be the catalyst for European governments to finally embrace electronic healthcare reforms, according to Esko Aho, former Prime Minister of Finland and leading thinker on innovation.
In order to improve the process of clinical trail approvals, the Government of India is planning to introduce e-Governance project for clinical trails by 2013. this movement will enable companies from any part of the world to file online applications to seek approval for clinical trials from the drug controller general of India (DCGI).
