State Minister for Information Technology Ishaq Khakwani has invited Japanese companies to invest in key telecommunication areas, including broadband and telemedicine, which offered a tremendous scope for growth in the country.
eNotes Systems, Inc. will be launching its inaugural telemedicine beta test project with LifeHouse Retirement Properties, Inc., the owner and operator of ten long-term healthcare facilities.
eNotes Systems, Inc. has announced a joint venture that will introduce to the healthcare industry the world’s first 100 percent secure, private network that will allow for the safe transmission of critical medical data, as well as secure, real-time, interactive video consultations between healthcare professionals and doctors and patients.
A satellite medical centre was launched by Sankari Hospital, Vellore, in association with Space Hospitals, Chennai, on its premises.
Medical experts are now discussing a pilot project using telemedicine, which was initiated by United States, India and the United Nations for providing healthcare to millions in war-torn Afghanistan, as a possibility for helping people in India and its neighbouring countries. This is a project actually co-sponsored by United States, India and the Unites Nations.
Access to premium health consultations may soon turn into a reality for millions of Indians who live in the rural areas, as telemedicine promises to revolutionise the health sector in developing countries.
Romanian software solutions will be used in 26 European hospitals within a regional project of medical computerisation, provided by Info World Company, one of the most important providers of integrated IT solutions for the healthcare sector in Romania.
The project, titled ‘Health Optimum’ is financed under the EU’s eTEN programme and is aimed at managing telemedicine services lab, care and consulting for 184 doctors and medical staff from public and private hospitals in Italy, Spain, Denmark, Belgium, Sweden and Romania. The total cost of the project is estimated to be 30m euros.
Sacred Heart Women’s Hospital is extending its expertise in managing high-risk pregnancies into the Florida Panhandle thanks to advances in telemedicine technology.
Nine rural hospitals in southern Arizona will soon be able to talk to trauma specialists at the University of Arizona Medical Centre in Tucson through live video linkups.
Chennai-based company, Heartline Telemedicine Services has tied up with an Israeli company, Cardguard to introduce telemedicine service in India.
