Integrating Medical Information With Open Source
Nonprofit organization Open Source Health Care Alliance (OSHCA) believes that open-source software can integrate systems and share various medical related information in the local healthcare industry.
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New program to control tuberculosis by the UN
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) and the Stop TB Partnership on 21 July, 2007 launched a US$ 2.15 billion two-year programme to save over 100,000 lives.
Irish Government to invest
The Irish Government is planning to invest
Telemedicine service goes mobile in India
Now, telemedicine services have become mobile. Chennai (India) based Space Hospitals is providing the telemedicine facility by networking referral hospitals.
DFID, UK allocates
The Department for International Development (DFID), UK has granted
India to use one-fourth World Bank loan to improve healthcare services
India will use about one fourth of the World Bank USD 3.8 billion loan to improve healthcare services in the country.
Apollo establishes Asia’s first health city in Hyderabad, India
Apollo Hospitals Group has launched Apollo Health City in Hyderabad, India, the first functional health city in Asia.
Mobile phones spread health awareness in Africa
Around nine million people live in Rwanda and approximately, 200,000 of them are infected with HIV. So, the government of Rwanda is using mobile phones to track epidemics across the country.
Apollo’s telemedicine service reaches small towns of India
The newly launched low-cost telemedicine project of Satguru Pratap Singh Apollo Hospital, Ludhiana, have found its way in small towns, namely Fazilka and Dorah of India.
Chunghwa to deliver mobile medical care in Taiwan
To be launched at the Taipei Medical University Hospital, Tri-Service General Hospital and Taipei City-Wan Fang Hospital, Chunghwa’s mobile healthcare service is part of the M-Taiwan initiative, which is being piloted by Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs (MoEA).
A new wireless monitoring system uses RFID to detect esophageal reflux
UT Southwestern Medical Center doctors and UT Arlington engineers have developed a wireless monitoring system, which uses electrical impulses to track esophageal reflux.
US NSW Health develops e-Health record system
US, NSW Health has developed an online medical records system called Healthelink, which is integrated with online services.
ONGC launches telemedicine project in India
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) of India has launched the telemedicine network project, named “Sagar Space Chikitsa” from SQL platform at Lilavati Hospital of Mumbai, India.
