State Govt. plans to set 100 mobile hospitals in rural UP, India
The state government is planning to establish 100 mobile hospitals in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh (UP), India.
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Record health records on iPod
New software called HealthFrame 2.1 has been launched in the US, which allows patients to access their personal health records using an iPod.
Visually impaired student develops software for blind
A visually impaired student has developed Brailleface, software, which converts Braille commands into Devanagari script on the computer screen.
Wireless Phone system for Canadian doctors
Vocera Communications, a wireless communications solutions company, has partnered with Xwave, a division of Bell Aliant, one of Canada’s largest information and communications technology (ICT) providers to provide wireless phone service for doctors and nurses or Canada.
Mediasite helps diabetes patients through online technology
A new online communication system will link Charleston Area Medical Center with more than 7000 doctors of the state.
Canada Transport proposes for Biometric Card system for airport security
Canada’s Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities, Lawrence Cannon announced about the proposed amendments to the Canadian Aviation Security Regulations for supporting for the implementation of the new Restricted Area Identity Card by Transport Canada and the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA).
Blood bank information system awarded for best ICT product in Malaysia
Malaysia’s National Blood Bank has been awarded for the ICT product of the year 2006. Malaysia’s National Blood Bank is an information system to manage and monitor information of blood donors.
YouTube supports for online anti-smoking campaign
Anti-smoking charity QUIT has developed a new online stop smoking campaign for young generation. YouTube is promoting this campaign by showing one minute long video entitled ‘Black Magic’.
SelfMD empowers people for self-diagnostic
The U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce is partnering with IGP Technologies Inc. to offer an immediate healthcare solution to hundreds of thousands of business owners and millions of consumers across the country.
Microsoft to acquire
Microsoft has shown interest to acquire Azyxxi the health intelligence software and to forge a strategic alliance with MedStar Health.
Software to count nutrition value
A new software by name,Nutritional Epidemiology (EpiNu) has been developed by Madras Diabetes Research Foundation (MDRF) at Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre, enabling to measure the nutritive value of foodstuffs.
IT aid for sex workers in India
It will be a wrong statement if we would say that IT is only for white-collar tech-savvy urbanites rather the domain of IT is wider in its scope and utility. The case of marginalised sex workers in Karnataka is going to fortify the statement.
Finalists of Imagine Cup competition 2006 of Microsoft
At Microsoft’s campus in Redmond, seven projects, the finalists in the software design segment of the company’s annual Imagine Cup competition of this year were displayed on June 28.
