TI developing remote asthma monitoring device
Telemedicine researchers have developed technologies for remotely monitoring various bodily functions, including heart rate, blood pressure and even brain function.
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Specialists assist emergency telemedicine consultations
Specialists On Call, Inc. (SOC), has announced that it recently performed its 5,000th emergency neurology consultation via telemedicine since the Company’s inception in 2005.
Unilabs buys Belgian teleradilology firm
Unilabs says the acquisition will enable it to develop teleradiology services on a pan-European basis. At present EuradConsult carries out around 40,000 teleradiology MRI reports a year.
Growth of eHealthConnect and organ transplants
eHealth Global Technologies has announced that it has established its eHealthConnect medical record retrieve and e-delivery service at more than 25 solid organ transplant departments across the US since launching the service just 18 months ago.
State Department, IBM build telehealth bridge to rural Pakistan
A telemedicine project by the State Department, IBM, and other public and private organizations has enabled medical specialists to treat patients in remote, medically underserved areas of northern Pakistan, some of whom have suffered for years from easily treatable diseases.
Leading US health web sites merge
The number two and three US health website networks are to merge to take on the might of market leader WebMD.
Italian GPs get digital x-rays online
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Telemedicine Centre to come up at NIT Tiruchirapalli
The National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli (NITT) has expressed a keen interest in starting a Telemedicine Centre.
City couple launches doctor service for lone parents
A Delhi-based medical organisation visits parents of Non Resident Indians (NRIs) at home to check up on their health and keeps the children posted about every development.
Telemedicine service for tsunami-hit children
The regional government of Nagapattinam district administration has decided to make use of telemedicine services to provide psychological treatment to the tsunami-hit children.
Railways to expand telemedicine network
Taking medical facilities to far-flung areas, the Indian Railways have decided to expand their telemedicine network across the country.
Ericsson, UN to bring telemedicine to Africa
Ericsson is joining forces with the United Nations Office for partnerships to use telecommunications to bring mobile-health applications and services (m-health) and telemedicine to rural Africa.
