Taking healthcare to the urban poor
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vCustomer to counsel health issues
vCustomer Corporation has announced its partnership with Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh (JSK) to provide call centre support and counselling on reproductive health, family planning and infant health.
Ericsson, Apollo Hospitals together bring healthcare to rural India
Ericsson and Apollo Telemedicine Networking Foundation (ATNF), a part of the Apollo Hospitals Group, have taken a major step towards helping bridge the digital divide in rural India by laying the foundation for the introduction of telemedicine delivered using HSPA technology, which will enable the provision of affordable and accessible healthcare to millions of people in remote areas.
Gujarat to start e-diagnosis in all villages
On the back of successful launch of its “e-gram” initiative, under which villages have been offered broadband connectivity, the Gujarat government’s health department has announced an e-medicine scheme for rural areas.
India’s foray into telemedicine faces difficulties
India’s attempts to make a foray into the world of telemedicine has not made much headway, especially due to foreign data processing laws and difficulties in certification of qualifications of Indian telemedicine providers, the Planning Commission has said.
Berlin University opens telemedicine centre
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ISRO extends Telemedicine project across Karnataka
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has extended its telemedicine project to 14 more districts in Karnataka. With the inauguration of Karnataka Telemedicine Project Operational Phase II, the entire state is now covered under the project, senior ISRO officials said recently.
Telemedicine links Africans to Indian expertise
Linked by a high-speed Internet connection, the doctors in Care Hospital in Hyderabad, India, study X-rays and laboratory results being transmitted by doctors from Black Lion Hospital in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. Flipping between charts, they use light pens to point out important features. They can see each other in windows on their screens, while medical charts fill the rest of the display.
Medtronic to surf Europe’s ‘wave of telemedicine’
The US-medical device manufacturer Medtronic is planning to extend its presence as a telemedicine provider in Europe the company announced in Switzerland recently.
VDE paper supports telemonitoring for diabetics
German industry association, VDE, has published a paper on telemonitoring for diabetic patients, urging politicians to make greater use of telemonitoring technology in order to reduce long-term complications of diabetes and costs for diabetic patients.
Greek telemedicine programme extended to more areas
Doctors and nursing staff from several municipalities in Greece – plus four specialists from the Athens Medical Centre – have been trained in the use of telemetric systems as part of an extension of the country’s telemedicine programme.
An NHS health board to run telemedicine trial
A telemedicine initiative first piloted in the NHS Grampian area is now to be trialled in Perthshire by NHS Tayside, it was revealed recently.
Diabetes telemedicine system tested
A hospital is piloting an innovative system which allows diabetic patients to monitor their blood sugar levels remotely.
