Government to drive e-Health innovations
Hospitals across India could be on the brink of finding a solution to closing the gap between the quality of healthcare between city dwellers and those residing in India’s villages.
e-Health Study receives EU tenders
A tender has been filled up by the the European Commission for a study, for benchmarking e-health deployments internationally.
EMR becomes the part of HITCH project
The testing of electronic medical records (EMR) was a trending topic at the 11th annual IHE European Connectathon that took place April 11-15 in Pisa, Italy.
Telecom firms have strong e-health presence
A report by IT and telecommunications researcher, InfoCom, has highlighted the strong presence of telecom carriers in the e-health industry.
Dutch healthcare system rated Europe
The Netherlands has been named as having the best healthcare system in Europe, emerging as the overall winner in the Euro Health Consumer Index (EHCI) 2008.
EHTEL publishes e-health patient charter
The European Health Telematics Association (EHTEL) has published a patient charter defending patient
mHealth World Congress 2010 at Singapore
Telecom operators, healthcare providers and wireless solution players will meet in Singapore 18-19 October 2010 and discuss key issues while positioning themselves for new opportunities in m-Health key applications. Market analysts and researchers estimate the mobile healthcare monitoring applications market globally at a whopping USD 2 billion, a promising future for the stakeholders in the new healthcare sub-sector.
IITs receive a flak on offering medical courses
Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) plan to start medical education has been put on hold as the health ministry has disapproved of it.
Swine Flu outbreak to be checked by Maryland eHealth system
According to a presidential health panel the government and health officials across the country are preparing for the the possibility that the H1N1 (swine) flu virus could affect half the US population.
Nilekani’s help to support delivery of eBirth certificates
Indian health ministry has started brainstorming with Nandan Nilekani, the man tasked with India’s unique identification project, to produce e-health cards and birth certificates for newborns.
