The Siemens Acuson P50 is a new laptop-based ultrasound system with integrated echocardiography software. The system is designed for mobile applications in cardiology, musculoskeletal and vascular imaging, as well as in the operating theatre and anaesthesiology departments.
The Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has signed a multi-million-pound agreement to use Cisco technology to provide a state-of-the-art network infrastructure across the network of hospitals.
Microsoft has announced the European launch of its Amalga enterprise unified business intelligence (UBI) product for the health sector.
Philips has agreed a new deal to deploy SpeechMagic across the Ull University Hospital in Oslo, Norway
Global information technology giant Satyam Computer Services recently announced setting up of its Life Sciences Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Hyderabad.
Dabur OncQuest, the cancer diagnostics arm of Dabur Group, is planning to enter Pakistan, Dubai and other south Asian countries.
Northern Ireland health minister, Michael McGimpsey, has launched the Northern Ireland Emergency Care Record – a new emergency care project for patients attending A&E and out-of-hours services.
Medsynaptic announced recently that it has completed the installation of its Enterprise WebPACS system – Medsynapse at Ashwini Hospital in Solapur, India.
The Swedish government has launched a new citizen-centred national e-health strategy designed around ensuring the provision of information to where it is needed to support improvements in care.
In an effort to control proliferation of chronic diseases in the country, a group of healthcare professionals has devised a new non-profit organization, Disease Management Association of India (DMAI) to propagate disease management concept and tools all over the country.
A cluster of EU research projects, collectively known as the SFIT Group are piloting garments which can measure a wearer’s body temperature or trace their heart activity.
[This article was published in the April 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
India�s Finance Minister P. Chidambaram increased the health allocation in the latest budget by 15% compared to the last fiscal year to INR 165.34 billion with particular stress on HIV/AIDS, polio and health care for the rural and urban poor.
New York Governor, David Paterson announced recently announced US$ 105 million in grants to help develop a unified system of electronic medical records for New Yorkers he said would reduce errors and duplicative testing.
