Version 3 of HL7 released
Developer of global healthcare standards, Health Level Seven, has announced the release of Version 3 Normative Edition 2008, a globally-defined suite of specifications based on HL7
Transasia launches Erba Den-Go to detect Dengue
To provide a user-friendly and rapid diagnostic method for detection of dengue infection, Transasia Bio-Medicals Ltd has launched its brand new product, Erba Den-GO (CE marked).
NEWS REVIEW – WORLD
[This article was published in the August 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
World News
Docs with foreign PG set to get govt’s nod
In a bid to allow Indian doctors practising abroad to return and plug the acute shortage in healthcare back home, the government may soon recognize postgraduate medical degrees of 10 foreign countries.
iSoft introduces LabCentre in Netherlands
iSoft has announced that its LabCentre laboratory information system is to be introduced in the Netherlands.
Robotic surgery at AIIMS for rare neuro disorder
On Saturday, for the first time ever, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) performed robotic thoracoscopic thymectomy on patients with myasthenia gravis, a rare autoimmune disorder.
Teleradiology plus electronic health record
Klinikum Chemnitz GmbH has become one of the first hospitals in Germany to link its teleradiology service with the electronic health record (EHR).
Pan-European health network planned
Smart Open Services (SOS) is a pan-European ehealth project facilitating cross-border healthcare. The project aims to develop services providing patients travelling across Europe with access to high-quality care.
Techmagnate bags prestigious medical tourism portal project
Techmagnate, a fast growing Internet firm of India, has bagged prestigious order of developing and managing the complete web portal on medical tourism for All India Medical Tourism Company.
New visual control system for patient management
McKesson has launched Horizon Enterprise Visibility, a
NEWS REVIEW – INDIA
[This article was published in the May 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
India News
German hospital saves energy with data storage
DataCore Software, a provider of storage virtualisation SAN software, has announced that St Marien Amberg Hospital, a German teaching hospital, has implemented SANmelody to support its information systems and PACS (picture archiving and communication system) project running on a VMware environment.
